32 2 KuMaceCB. \OpMorrhiza. 



numerous, ovate or rotund-ovate, obtuse or subacute, glabrous 

 except on veins beneath, petiole about half as long, pubescent, 

 stip. inconspicuous ; fl. few, shortly stalked, in small bifid 

 cymes on erect slender apparently terminal peduncles much 

 exceeding the L, bracts subulate, caducous; cal.-segm. acute; 

 capsule very small, \ in. wide, 3 times as broad as long, hairy. 



Moist region to 4000 ft. ; rather common (?) Hantane; Kukul Korale, 

 &c. Fl. June; white. 



Endemic. 



I have a very small-leaved creeping form from Kalubowitiya Kande, 

 Hiniduma. 



4. O. peetinata, Arn. Pug. 20 (1836). 

 Thw. Enum. 140. C. P. 712, 750. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 81. 



Stem erect, often semi-shrubby below, slightly branched, 

 glabrous or pubescent ; 1. 3-6 in., oval to linear-lanceolate, 

 much tapering below into obscure petiole, acuminate, acute, 

 glabrous on both sides, thin, midrib very broad, lat. veins 

 numerous, curved, stip. over Jin., broad at base, then filiform; 

 fi. very shortly stalked, closely placed in dense cymes ura- 

 bellately arranged at end of stiff peduncle, and fornr'ng an 

 almost globose head, bracts conspicuous, much exceeding 

 cal., linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, persistent in fruit; 

 cal.-segm. small, subulate ; cor.-tube J in., lobes short, hairy 

 within ; capsules crowded and overlapping, f in. wide. 



Lower montane zone in forests; very common. Fl. March-May; 

 white or greenish. 



Also in S. India. 



C. P. 750 has the flowers very closely packed in the corymbs, and is 

 var. j3 of Thw. (O. imbricata, Gardn.). 



5. O. pallida, Thw. Enum. 140 (1859). 



C. P. 711, 3344. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 81. 



Stems more or less procumbent and often rooting below, 

 roughly tomentose; 1. i|~3| in., lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or rounded at base, acuminate, acute, hairy on both 

 sides, petiole rather long, hairy, stip. simple setaceous; cymes 

 small, subglobose, glabrous, on long peduncles, bracts rather 

 long, linear ; cor.-lobes very short ; capsule about \ in. wide, 

 glabrous. 



Moist region ; very rare. Murutu (Gardner) ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. 

 December; white. 



Endemic. 



C. P. 3344 (from Ambagamuwa) is a very small form more creeping, 

 and with broader, smaller leaves. 



