Ophwrrkmi.'] LXXY. KUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) 79 



bracts minute or 0, calyx-teeth very short, corolla (rounded at the tip in bud) 

 .glabrous or puberulous cylindric glabrous within mouth not dilated, lobes short 

 rounded recurved not keeled or spurred at the back. O. discolor, Wall. Cat. 

 0232 B. Ophiorrhiza, 6 Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. # T. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA from Sikkim to Mishmi, and KHASIA MTS, alt. 4-7000 ft., 

 common. 



Very similar to 0. ochroleuca, but inhabiting a higher level and differing in the 

 corolla, which is ^-^ in. long, rose, not fleshy, and very different in bud. 



6. O. Wallicbii, Hook,f. ; quite glabrous or the cymes puberulous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate rather coriaceous, petiole slender, cymes 

 short-peduncled few-flowered, branches very short, bracteoles subulate, calyx-teeth 

 very snort subulate, corolla 1 in., tube slender terete, lobes short broad tomentose 

 within. Psychotria sp., Wall. Cat. 8358. 



KHASIA MTS., De Silva; JYNTKA HILLS, Gomez; BIHMA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 2683). 



Stem branched, rather thickened at the nodes. Leaves 4-6 in., stiff, pale reddish 

 beneath when dry ; stipules not seen. Cyme-peduncle % in., slender ; flowers crowded. 

 Fruit unknown. A very distinct species, easily distinguished by the long stiff leaves, 

 reddish beneath, and the long corolla with short lobes. 



7. O. discolor, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6232 A.; tall, branched, quite glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate membranous red beneath when dry, 

 petiole very slender, stipules long slender, cymes puberulous, branches spreading, 

 bracteoles 0, corolla \ in., tube cylindric smooth, lobes not keeled, capsules 

 glabrous. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 522. 



PENANG, Wallich. 



Apparently a tall slender shrub. Leaves 5-8 in., gradually narrowed at both ends, 

 membranous, nerves slender. Cymes as in 0. Mungos. 



8. O. villosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 702; stem stout shrubby and leaf-nerves 

 below and cymes densely tomentose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate rather coriaceous glabrous above white beneath, cymes dense sub- 

 capitate, branches very short, bracteoles 0, calyx-teeth short, corolla in. pube- 

 rulous, tube angular. Wall. Cat. 6230. 



GHITTAGONG HILLS, Roxburgh. 



This differs from all the forms of Harrisiana, var. argentea (also a Chittagong 

 plant), in the robust habit, coriaceous leaves, and almost capitate cyme densely 

 clothed with a rusty -red pubescence. The buds are truncate with 5 points, and the 

 short corolla lobes strongly keeled. Kox^urgh's drawing (in Bibl. Kew) of this plant 

 is quite unlike the specimens in Wallich's Herbarium, which agree with the descrip- 

 tion in the Flora Indica. 



9. O. tomentosa, Jack in Roxb. Fl. Ind. cd. Carey $ Wall. ii. 546; 



erect, softly pubescent throughout, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate white 

 beneath, stipules subulate, cymes with spreading branches, bracteoles 0, calyx- 

 teeth small, corolla \ in. pubescent, lobes not keeled, capsule glabrate or puberu- 

 lous. Wall. Cat. 6231. 



PENANG, Wallich, Phillips. Maingay (Kew Distrib. 898). DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Stem 1-2 ft,, stout. Leaves 3-5 in., petiole slender, both surfaces powdery. 

 Flowers small. 



VAR. ?glabrata; leaves larger broader less pubescent, cyme glabrate. Malacca? 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 899). 



10. O. Brunonis, W. 8f A. Prodr. 404; shrubby, branched, quite 

 glabrous except the puberulous cymes, leaves ovate or ovate^ or elliptic-lanceo- 



