a.] LXXV. RUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 83 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA alt, 3-4000 ft., Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2852), J, D. H. & 

 T. T., C. B. Clarke. 



A small species, with a short copiously rooting stem. Leases ^--3 in., rather long* 

 -petioled, lurid green both when fresh and dry. Cymes -1 in. ; peduncle slender, 

 long or short. Corolla | in. white, like that of 0. Thomsoni, but having a/short tulc 

 -soon expanding into a funnel-shaped limb, with (I think winged) ovate lobes. Cap- 

 sules glabrous. 



24. O. Treutleri, Hook. f. ; herbaceous, pubescent throughout with 

 crisped hairs, stems stout fleshy erect, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate subcau- 

 date-acuminate, stipules lanceolate entire or 2-fid, cymes many-flowered on 

 hort peduncles hirsute, bracteoles long linear hispid persistent, calyx-teeth 

 .subulate, corolla hirsute, limb funnel-shaped with short spreading broad lobes 

 glabrous within, capsules pubescent. Ophiorrhiza No. 16, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 H.f. $ T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-7000 ft., Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2854), J. D. H. 

 T. T., Treutler. KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T., C. B. Clarice. 



A low stout species, 6-10 in., with very persistent large stipules. Leaves 2-4 in., 

 sometimes almost glabrous above. Cyme-branches stout, ascending ; bracteoles in. 

 or less, slender, 1-nerved. Corolla pink in Sikkim, white in Khasia. 



25. O. fasciculata, Don Prodr. 136;. erect, stem woody below pubes- 

 cent above as are the petioles leaf-nerves beneath and cymes, leaves elliptic- 

 ovate or lanceolate glabrous, stipules lanceolate long-acuminate, cymes spreading, 

 bracteoles many lanceolate pubescent persistent, calyx-tube orbicular compressed, 

 teeth very short, corolla pubescent, tube slender, lobes small, capsules pubes- 

 cent. O. bracteolata, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6228. O. villosa, Wall. Cat. 6230 B. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Gurwhal, alt. 4000 ft., to Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 

 4-7000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched from the woody base. Leaves 1A-5 in., mem- 

 branous ; petiole slender. Cymes 1-2 in. diam., axillary and terminal, "few or many- 

 fid; bracteoles \ in. Corolla pure white, ^-f in., tube much more slender than in 

 the allied species, throat very short, lobes oblong. 



26. O. hispida, Jfook.f. ; stem above petioles and capitate cyme hispid, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate glabrate or with scattered hairs above, 

 nerves hispid beneath, stipules large oblong-lanceolate, cymes shortly peduncled 

 dense-flowered subglobose clothed with linear ciliate bracteoles, calyx-teeth 

 subulate, corolla ^ in., tube slender, lobes oblong hispid with long hairs, capsules 

 hispid. Ophiorrhiza No. 20, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H.^ T. T. CACHAR; at Shapore, Keenan. 



Stem woody below, ascending, 8-12 m. ; hairs white, stiff, suberect and spreading. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. Cymes -| in. diam. ; peduncle hispidly hairy; branches very stout; 

 bracteoles linear, ciliate; flowers greenish-white. Corolla-tube dilated below, nar- 

 rowing upwards to the spreading lobes. 



27. O. subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 6238; softly hairy, stem slender creeping 

 below, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, stipules ovate acuminate, cymes 

 small subcapitate on slender peduncles, bracts large lanceolate obtuse ciliate 

 concealing the flowers, calyx-tube ribbed teeth membranous ovate-lanceolate 

 ciliate, corolla-tube cylindric, lobes short hispid at the back glabrous within, 

 capsules glabrous. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-4000 ft., Gomez, &c. 



Stem long, slender, creeping below, ascending. Leaves 2-6 in., softly hairy, espe- 

 -cially beneath. Cymes |- in. diam. ; bracteoles pinkish when dry ; flowers very 

 small, pedicelled. Ovary globose. Corolla glabrous, except the bristly back of the 

 lobes. 



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