.56 RUBIACE^. 



Ophiorfhiina Linn. 



Ophiorrhiza dimorphantha Hayata (Fig. 23-1) Gen. Ind. p. 36. 



Hab. Daitonain, Agioku, Keluug. 



NoTE : Corolla hirsute inside, lobes 5, tube broader ; ovary sino ;th, but- 

 hirsute. 



Ophiorrhiza inflata Maxim. (Fig. 23-2) Melang. Biol. XTT. p. 729 ; 

 Matsum. Ind. Pl. Jap. II.-2, ^. 593. 



Hab. Ochobi ; Urai ; Agioku ; Shinjo ; Taiko ; Yeyama. 



NoTE : I^lowers white glabrous. New to the flora of Formosa. 



Ophiorrhiza monticola Hayata (Fig. 23-3) Gen. Ind. p. 3G. 



Hab, Arisan, ad 2,500 m. alt. 



Ophiorrhiza parviflora Hayata (Fig. 23-4) Gen Ind. p. 36. 



Hab. Kwashoto ; Kotosho ; Teraso ; Kusukusu. 



NoTE : Flowers white. 



Ophiorrhiza stenophylla Hayata (Fig. 23-5) Gen. lud. p. 36. 



Hab. Soseikyaku ; Togo et Kamiyodani ; Urai ; Raga ; Agioku, leg. B. 

 Hayata. 



Note : CoroUa wliite, lobes 4-5, tube very sleuder, glabrous within ; 

 ovary mmicate glabrous. 



^Liisswnda Linn. 



Mussaenda albiflora Hayata sp. nov. Frutex scandens, ramis et ramu- 

 lis teretibus hirsutis. Foha opposita oblonga 4-5 cm. longa 3-3 1 cm. lata 

 apice acuminata basi obtusa vel acuta margine integra chartacea utraque 

 pagine tenuissime hirsuta, petiohs 3-4 mm. longis tenuiter hirsutis, stipuhs 

 interstipuLiribus dense hirsutis 2-pai-titis, partibus subulato-triaugularibus 4- 

 5 mm. longis apice subulatis glabris basi dense hirsutis. Cymse terminales 

 dense floriferfe liirsutaj, bracteis triangiihiri-hnearibus 5 mm. longis hirsutis 

 jacuminatis. Flores fere sessiles. Cal^rs tubiformis cum lobis 6-7 mm. longus 

 2 mm. latus, tubo 1-2 mm. longo, Hmbo 5-partito, partibus hnearibus erectis 

 subulatis 4-6 mm. longis liasi 1 mm. latis extus hirsutis intus glabris. CoroUa 

 tubulosa 13-15 mm. longa extus liirsuta, tubo 1 cm. longo 2 mm. lato, Hmbo 



