84 J.XXY, RUBIACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) ' [Opliiorrlnza... 



2$. O. calcarata, Hook. f. ; stein slender creeping below and petioles 

 leaf-nerves beneath and cymes softly pubescent, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate glabrous ' above, stipules lanceolate entire or 2-fid, cymes contracted, 

 bracteoles linear pubescent, calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla f-1 in. hairy tubular, 

 lobes very short each with a long spur at the back. Musssenda repens, Wall. 

 Cat. 6263. Ophiorrhiza No. 19, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Gomez, Griffith, &c. (Kew Distrib. 2783.) MISHMI 

 HILLS, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 10-18 in., flexuous. Leaves 2-4 in., lurid green above, pale beneath. Cymes 

 8-20 flowered; branches short ascending; bracteoles much shorter than the flowers, 

 linear, pubescent. Corolla-tube narrow, puberulous or tomentose, pink or white, throat 

 hardly dilated ; lobes erect, much shorter than their recurved hispid dorsal spur, 

 glabrous within. Fruit not seen. 



29. O. nutans, C. B. Clarke ; stem erect and cymes rough with crisped 

 hairs, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above or with scattered 

 hairs, nerves pubescent beneath, stipules large subulate-lanceolate ciliate entire 

 or 2-fid, cymes contracted peduncle very stout deflexed, bracteoles large lan- 

 ceolate or linear-oblong ciliate, calyx-teeth ovate acute, corolla f in. villous 

 within tubular glabrous, lobes short broad, capsule hispid. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 7000 ft., Dr. Treutlcr. KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-8000 ft., C. B. 

 Clarke. 



Stem creeping below, then erect. Leaves 3-5 in., lurid when dry. Cyme 1-2 in. 

 diam., flat-topped ; branches thick, suberect ; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. 

 Calyx-tube globose, hispid, teeth glabrous. Corolla tubular, dilated at the base, nar- 

 rowing upwards, white. 



30. O. pauciflora, Hook.f. ; stem extensively creeping slender pubescent 

 as are the petioles leaf-nerves beneath and cymes, leaves ovate obtuse or subacute 

 glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above, stipules small filiform, cymes small 

 contracted few-flowered, bracteoles linear ciliate persistent, calyx-teeth lanceolate 

 obtuse, corolla in. funnel-shaped, tube glabrous, lobes very short broad hispid 

 at the back. Ophiorrhiza No. 18, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. . 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. $ T. T., C. B. Clarke. 



A small, slender, prostrate species. Leaves f-2 in., lurid green. Cymes lax, ~ 

 in. diam. ; branches erect, 3-4-flowered ; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. Calyx 

 pubescent, teeth longer than the compressed tube. Fruit not seen. 



31. O. glechomae folia, Thw. Enum. 140; small, creeping, hispidly 

 pubescent or tomentose throughout, leaves broadly elliptic or orbicular-ovate 

 apiculate, stipules obscure, cymes small contracted hispid, bracteoles linear 

 ciliate persistent, calyx-lobes membranous ovate-lanceolate ciliate much larger 

 than the minute ovary, corolla ^ in. 



CEYLON ; in forests of the central province, Thwaites. 



The smallest of the Indian species ; branches creeping nearly throughout their 

 length, rather stout. Leaves i- in. diam., lurid green, sometimes almost cordate, 

 very hairy on both surfaces. Cymes \-^ in. diam. ; peduncle slender, longer or shorter 

 than the leaves ; flowers pedicelled, white. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



0. ERUBESCENS, Wall. Cat. 6233 ; stem woody, scaberulous, leaves 4-6 in. elliptic- 

 or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous above whitish and puberulous beneath, 

 flowers not seen. 



AVA ; Chappedong hills, Wallich. 



