Ophiorrhiza.'] LXXV. EUBIACE^B. (J. D. Hooker.) 81 



15. O. Xtoxburgrhiana, Wight lc. t. 1068; erect, branches leaf-nerves 

 beneath and cyrues densely pubescent, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous, stipules large ovate or ovate-oblong entire or 2-fid, cymes contracted, 

 bracteoles many linear-subulate, calyx-tube terete, lobes lanceolate, corolla 1-1 

 in. pubescent, tube slender funnel-shaped above hairy within, lobes large broadly 

 ovate acute, capsule hairy. 



THE CABNATIC ; Shcvagherry or Pulncy hills, Wight. 



Similar in habit, stature, foliage and flowers to 0. grandiflora, tut the cyme is 

 longer pediincled densely pubescent, the calyx-tube terete, bracteoles much shorter, and 

 capsules hairy. Wight in his Icones states that this is a native of the Shevagherry 

 hills, but the ticket on his specimen says Pulney Mts., Sept. 1836. 



16. O. eriantha, Wight Ic. t. 1067 ; erect, branches and petioles pubes- 

 cent or villous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above puberulous 

 on the nerves beneath, stipules subulate-lanceolate equalling the petioles, cymes 

 villous with long soft hairs contracted, bracteoles filiform caducous, calyx-tube 

 terete, lobes subulate, corolla 1 in. villous with long soft hairs, tube slender 

 funnel-shaped above lobes large broadly ovate acute, capsules hairy. 



THE CABNATIC ; Shevagherry or Travancore hills, Wight. 



This resembles both 0. grandiflora and Eoxburghiana, differing from the former 

 in the stipules, terete calyx, and hairy capsules, and from both in the villous cyme. 

 This again is stated by Wight in the Icones to be a native of the Shevagherry hills, 

 but his specimens bear 2 tickets of Courtallam, one of July, the other of August, 

 1835. 



17. O.hirsutula, Wight mss.] erect; stem petioles and cymes softly rusty- 

 tomentose, leaves ovate-lanceolate acuminate sparsely hairy above furfuraceous 

 beneath, stipules subulate-lanceolate, cymes axillary subcorymbose, peduncles 

 stout, bracteoles very narrow subpersistent, calyx-teeth lanceolate obtuse hispid, 

 corolla hirsute, tube cylindric. 



NILGHEBBY MTS. ; Sisparah, Wight. 



Apparently shrubby. Leaves 4-6 in., scabrid above when dry, pale and reddish 

 beneath ; petiole short. Cyme 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 2 in. ; branches spreading ; 

 bracteoles scattered, pubescent ; flowers few and scattered. Flowers seen in bud only. 

 Capsule pubescent. 



* Bracteoles linear or oblong, with a distinct midrib, persistent in fruit. 

 Corolla less than an inch long (except in O. calcarata). 



t Bracteoles quite glabrous. 



18. O. pectinata, Arn. Pugill. *Pl. Ind. Or. 20; erect, glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate, stipules subulate from a broad base, cymes 

 capitate many-flowered, peduncle strict axillary or terminal, bracteoles many 

 lanceolate glabrous, calyx-teeth subulate, corolla ^ in., tube cylindric, lobes short 

 keeled villous within. Thw. JEnum. 140. O. imbricata, Gardn. mss. O. 

 Mungos, Wall. Cat. 6227 D. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8356. 



WESTEBN PENINSULA ; Shevagherry hills, Malabar and Quilon, Wight. CEYLON ; 

 abundant up to 5000 ft., WaUcer, &c. 



Stem a foot high, stout, rarely branched, sometimes puberulous upwards. Leaves 

 4-7 in., variable in breadth, pale beneath, midrib very stout. Cymes globose, ^-1^ in. 

 diam.; peduncle 1-4 in., glabrous or pubescent, stout or slender; flowers usually 

 densely compacted, rarely loose and pedicelled ; bracteoles \ in., green, imbricate. 

 Capsules in. diam., glabrous or puberulous. 



19. O. pallida, Thw. Enum. 140 ; procumbent, creeping below, stem and 

 petioles subtomeutose, leaves small elliptic-ovate subacute or acuminate with 



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