78 Lxxv. EUBIACEJ). (J. D. Hooker.) iOphiorrhiza. 



•J. O. Harrisiana, Heyne in W. Sr A. Prodr. 406; herbaceous or 

 shrubby below, stem above leaf-nerves beneath and cymes pubescent or tomen- 

 tose, leaves ovate or ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate 

 glabrous or with minute scattered hairs above, stipules with 1 or more long 

 points, cymes tomentose or glabrate rather contracted, bracteoles few filiform 

 caducous or 0, calyx-teeth subulate, corolla glabrous or pubescent j-J in. tubular, 

 lobes short keeled on the back, capsule glabrous. 



Hilly districts of India from Nipai. eastward to the Khasia Mts., alt. 0-5000 ft. 

 Assam, Silhet, Chittarong, Tenasserim, Heifer (Kew Distrib. 28.')7), Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. 2857-8-9) ; Eastkhk Peninsxtla, from the Concan southwards ; Ceyion. 



A common and variable plant, probably a variety of 0. Mungos, but smaller, more 

 pubescent, with longer stipules, usually longer subulate calyx-teeth, and setaceous or 

 filiform bracteoles, less spreading cymes, and smaller capsiiles. — The following seem 

 referable to it, and are scarcely distinguishable. 



Var. 1. Harrisiana, Wall. Cat. 6236; slender, rooting below, leaves 1^-2 in. 

 broadly ovate often obtuse base often rounded or even subcordate glabrous above, 

 cymes small. Wight Ic. t. 1162 (Harrisonii). — ^Mysore, Heyne, &c. 



Var. 2. fw^osa, Wall. Cat. 6235 (sp.); slender, leaves 1-2^ in. ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate at both ends with minute scattered hairs above, cymes few-fid. — 0. prostrata, 

 Doti Prodr. 136.^— Sikkim and Nipal. 



Vab. 3. decumbens, Gardn. Mss. ; stems decumbent often much branched, leaves 

 lg-4 in. obtuse or acute narrowed at the base glabrous above, cymes contracted, 

 corolla very short. — Ceylon, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; abundant in the Eastern Peninsula and 

 Tenasserim. 



Var. 4. argentea. Wall. Cat. 6229 (sp.) ; more glabrous, leaves l^-i in. ovate or 

 narrowly lanceolate usually white beneath and sometimes along the midrib above 

 glabrous or with short hairs above, cyme and flowers glabrous. — Khasia Mts., Sylhet, 

 Chittagong, Mergui, Ceylon, Nilgherries, and other Peninsula Mts. 



Vab. 5. merguensis ; like var. argentea, but cyme and corolla very tomentose, leaves 

 either glabrous or with scattered short hairs above. — Mergui, Nilgherries. 



3. O. tricbocarpa, Bl. Sijd. 977; stem erect branched, leaf-nerves 

 beneath and cyme densely pubescent, leaves ovate acute or acuminate glabrous 

 or with scattered bail's above, stipules filiform from a subulate base, cymes small 

 sessile or shortly peduncled deuse-flowered tomentose, bracteoles 0, calyx-teeth 

 subulate, coroUa \ in. puberulous, tube narrow, capsules pubescent. O. hispidula, 

 Wall. Cat. 6234 ; O. Dm Gen. Syst. iii. 523. O. villosa, Kurs in Joum. As. Soe. 

 1877, ii. 130, e.vcl. si/non. 



Chittagong, Lister. Tenasserim, and the jiNDAMAN Islands, Gomez, Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. 2869).— Distrib. Java. 



This may be only a form of Harrisiana, and if so this latter name must give place 

 to Blume's. I see little but the pubescent capsules whereby it is to be distinguished. 



4. O. ochroleuca, Hook./. ; shrubby, glabrous except the cymes, leaves 

 large quite glabrous beneath, stipules lanceolate 2-fld. caducous, cyme-branches 

 spreading, bracts or minute and caducous, calyx-teeth very short, coroUa 

 cylindric fleshy mouth not dilated, lobes short recurved pubescent within with a 

 short doreal spur below the top not keeled at the back, capsule glabrous. 

 Ophion-hiza, 5 ITerb. Iiid. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himalaya, alt. 1-6000 ft., common. Khasia Mts., alt. 0-4000 

 ft. Cachar, Keenan. 



A small shrub. Leaves 4-9 by 1^3 in., elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, caudate- 

 acuminate, nerves 10-15 pair ; petiole long. Cymc-peduntles and branches very stout, 

 more irregularly branched than in 0. Mimgos. Corolla i-^ in., primrose-yellow 

 orange or greenish. Capsules pedicelled, | in. diam. 



5. O. rosea, Hook. f. ; shrubby, glabrous except the cymes, leaves 

 glabrous or with the nerves beneath puberulous, stipules minute 2-fld. caducous. 



