Ophiorrlma.] lxxt. eubiacej;. (J. D. Hooker.) 79 



bracts minute or 0, calyx-teeth very short, corolla (rounded at the tip in bud) 

 glabrous or puberulous cylindric gkbrous within mouth not dilated, lobes short 

 rounded recurved not keeled or spurred at the back. O. discolor. Wall. Cat. 

 6232 B. Ophiorrhiza, 6 Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Eastern HmxLAYA. from Sikkim to Hishmi, and Khasia Mts, alt. 4-7000 ft., 

 •common. 



Very similar to 0. ochroUuca, but inhabiting a higher level and difieriog in the 

 ■corolla, which is |-^ in. long, rose, not fleshy, and very different in bud. 



6. O. VTallicIili, ^ooA;,/. ; quite glabrous or the cymes puberulous, leaves 

 ■elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate rather coriaceous, petiole slender, cymes 

 short-peduncled few-flowered, branches very short, bracteoles subulate, calyx-teeth 

 very short subulate, corolla 1 in., tube slender terete, lobes short broad tomentose 

 within. Psychotria sp., WaU. Cat. 8358. 



Kbasia Mts., Be SUva ; Jyntea Hills, Gomez ; Bibma, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 ■2683). 



Stem branched, rather thickened at the nodes. Leaves 4-6 in,, stiff, pale reddish 

 beneath when dry ; stipules not seen. Cyme-ped/wncle f in., slender ; flowers crowded. 

 Fniit unknown. — A very distinct species, easily distinguished by the long stiff leaves, 

 reddish beneath, and the long corolla with short lobes. 



7. O. discolor, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6232 A.; tall, branched, quite glabrous, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate membranous red beneath when dry, 

 petiole very slender, stipules long slender, cymes puberulous, branches spreading, 

 bracteoles 0, corolla \ in., tube cylindric smooth, lobes not keeled, capsules 

 glabrous. Q. Don Gen. Sysf. iii. 522. 



Penano, Wallich. 



Apparently a tail slender shrub. Leaves 5-8 in., gradually narrowed at both ends, 

 membranous, nerves slender. Cymes as in 0. Mungos. 



8. O. viUosa, Roxh, Fl. Ind. i. 702; stem stout shrubby and leaf-nerves 

 below and cymes densely tomentose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acute or 

 jicuminate rather coriaceous glabrous above white beneath, cymes dense sub- 

 capitate, branches very short, bracteoles 0, calyx-teeth short, corolla \ in. pube- 

 rulous, tube angidar. Wall. Cat. 6230. 



Chittagonq Hills, Eoxbwrgh. 



This differs from all the forms of Harrisiana, var. argentea (also a Chittagong 

 plant), in the robust habit, coriaceous leaves, and almost capitate cyme densely 

 clothed with a rusty-red pubescence. The buds are truncate with 6 points, and the 

 short corolla lobes strongly keeled. — Roxburgh's drawing (in Bibl. Kew) of this plant 

 is quite unlike the specimens in Wallieh's Herbarium, which agree with the descrip- 

 tion in the Flora Indica. 



9. 0> tomentosa, Jack in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 546 ; 

 erect, softly pubescent throughout, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate white 

 beneath, stipules subulate, cymes with spreading branches, bracteoles 0, calyx- 

 teeth small, coroUa. \ in. pubescent, lobes not keeled, capsule glabrate or puberu- 

 lous. WaU. Cat. 6231. 



Penang, Wallich, Phillips, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 898). — Distbib. Sumatra.. 



Stem 1-2 ft., stout. Leaves 3-6 in., petiole slender, both surfaces powdery. 

 Flowers small. 



Vae. ?glabrata; leaves larger broader less pubescent, cyme glabrate. — ^Malacca? 

 Maingay (Kew Distrib. 899). 



10. O. Brunonls, W. ^ A. Prodr. 404; shrubby, branched, quite 

 glabrous except the puberulous cymes, leaves ovate or ovate- or elliptic-lanceo- 



