82 Lxxv. RUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) lOphiorrhiza. 



short curly haii-s on both surfaces, stipules setaceous, cymes contracted long- 

 peduncled glabrous, bracteoles numerous persistent linear glabrous, calyx-tube 

 ribbed, teeth lanceolate obtuse, corolla ^ in., lobes very short broadly winged. 



Cbyion ; forests of the Ambagamowa district, Thviaiies. 



A small species, of lax habit, more or less clothed everywhere, except the glabrous 

 cyme, frith short curly hairs. Leaves 1-1 in. Cymes smaller and more lax than in 

 0. pectinata. — A small, quite creeping form has leaves very broad, not 1 in. long. 



20. O. succlrubra, Kinffmss.; erect, nearly glabrous throughout, cymes 

 and leaves beneath red-purple when dry, leaves elUptic-lanceolate acuminate, 

 stipules lanceolate 2-fid, cymes short-peduncled contracted branches glabrous 

 or pubescent above, bracteoles large linear-lanceolate persistent glabrous, calyx- 

 tube broadly trapezoid, teeth triangular obtuse, corolla ^ in. glabrous withiu, 

 lobes short keeled, capsules puberulous. Ophiorrhiza 17, Serb. Jnd. Or. H.f. 

 ^ T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; in wet forests, alt. 5-8000 ft., J. D. H., Dr. Treiotler. 



Stem branched, glabrous, or with a line of hairs which runs up the peduncle, and 

 stout short cyme-branches. Leaves 4-7 in., quite glabrous beneath, with sometimes a 

 few scattered short hairs above. Cymes 1 in. diam., flat-topped, few-tlowered, droop- 

 ing, then erect ; branches suberect ; bracts veined, exceeding the glabrous capsules. 

 Calyx puberulous, tube much broader than the pink corolla. Disi-Iobes very large. — 

 Dr. King has attached the mss. name of succirubra to this, no doubt from the colour- 

 ing of the dried leaf resembling that of Cinchona succirubra. 



21. O. Griffitliii, JffooA. /. : erect, glabrous, branches fleshy, leaves long- 

 petioled elliptic acute, upper stipules large coriaceous oblong acute lower lanceo- 

 late, cymes contracted, bracteoles large linear-lanceolate gli|,]3rous, calyx-tube 

 ribbed, teeth triangular, coroUa-tube f in. 5-angled villous within, lobes short 

 broadly winged. Ophiorrhiza, Griff. Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 475. 



At Kuttack boom in the Naga Hills (Assam), Griffith. 



A very fine species, of which I have seen no capsules. Leaves 3-5 in., elliptic and 

 acute at both ends ; petiole long, 1 J-2 in. ; upper stipules ^ in. and upwards. Cymes 

 nodding on a stout short peduncle ; flowers amongst the largest of the genus, crowded, 

 purple, fleshy. — The leaves in Griffitli's drawing have short thick petioles, but very 

 slender ones in his 2 specimens. 



22. O. Thomsonl, SooJc.f. ; slender, glabrous, stem piiberi^lous creeping 

 below, leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate subacute glabrous above nerves puberulous 

 beneath, stipules filiform from a broad base, cjmes small glabrous on slender 

 axillary and terminal peduncles, bracteoles narrow persistent glabrous, calyx- 

 taeth subulate, corolla-limb very broadly funnel-shaped, lobes broadly ovate 

 acute. O. rugosa, JTerJ. Ind. Or. H.f. %■ T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya., alt. 4-6000 ft., Herb. Gnffith, J. D. H. ^ T. T., &c. ; Bhotan, 

 alt. 4000 ft., C. B. Clarke. 



Stem 6-8 in., rooting below. Leaves 2-5 in. ; petiole rather short." Cym£s small, 

 \-\ in. diam., branches spreading. Corolla \ in., tube short, soon expanding into the 

 very broad funnel-shaped limb. Stamens at the base of the tube. Capsules glabrous, 

 -^ in. diam. 



23. O. lurlda, Hook./.; stem or short rooting at the base ascending 

 and petioles and leaf-nerves beneath pubescent, leaves elliptic-oblong obtuse 

 glabrous above, stipules filiform from a triangular base, cymes long-peduncled 

 contracted glabrous, bracteoles linear glabrous persistent, calyx-teeth subulate, 

 corolla i in., limb funnel-shaped. Ophiorrhiza No. 12, fferb. Ind. Or. IT. f. 

 IS; T. 



