^phiorrhim.'] lxxv. eubuce^. (J. D. Hooker,) 83 



SiKxiM Himalaya, alt. 3-4000 ft., Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2852), J, D. H. * 

 T. T., a B. Oarhe. / » 



A small species, 'with a short copiously rooting stem. Leaves \-% iu., r.itlier long- 

 jetioled, luri4 green toth when fresh and dry. Cymes ^1 in, ; pedunde slender, 

 long or short. Corolla | in. white, like that of 0. thomsoni,\mt liaving a short tule 

 ■soon expanding into a funnel-shaped limb, with (I Uiink winged) ovate lohes. Cap- 

 ■siUes glabrous. • 



_ 24. O. Treutlerl,' Hook. f. ; herbaceous, puhescent throughout witli 

 ■crisped hairs, stems stout fleshy erect, leaves elliptic-ovate or lanceolate suhcau- 

 ■date-acuminate, stipules lanceolate entire or ^fid, ' cymes many-flowered, on 

 short peduncles hiraute,' bracteoles long linear hispid persistent, calyx-teeth 

 ^subulate, corolla hirsute, limb funnel-shaped ■with short spreading broad lobes 

 glabrous -within, capsules pubescent, Ophiorrhiza No. 16, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 JT.f.^T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5-7000 ft., Herb. Griffith (Kew Distrib. 2854), J. V. H. ^ 

 T. T., Treutlef. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. # T. T., C. B. Glar&e. 



A low stout species, 6-10 in., with very persistent large stipules, leaves 2-4 in., 

 sometimes almost glabrous above. Oyme-branches stout, ascending ; bracteoles ^ in. 

 or less, slender, 1-nerved. Corolla pink in Sitkim, -white in Khasia. 



25. O. fasciCUlata, Don Prodr. 136 ; erect, stem woody below pubes- 

 cent above as are the petioles leaf-nerves beneath and cymes, leaves elliptic- 

 ovate or lanceolate glabrous, stipules lanceolate long-acuminate, cymes spreading, 

 bracteoles many lanceolate pubescent persistent, calyx-tube orbicular compressed, 

 teeth very short, corolla pubescent, tube slender, lobes small, capsules pubes- 

 cent. 0. bracteolata, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6228, O. villosa, Wall. Cat. 6230 B. 



SuBTBOPiCAL Himalaya ; from Gurwhal, alt. 4000 ft., to Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 

 4-7000 ft. KhaslaMts., alt. 3-6000 ft. 



Stem 6-18 in., simple or branched from the woody base. Leaves 1^-5 in., mem- 

 branous ; petiole slender. Cymes 1-2 in. diam., axillary and terminal, few or many- 

 fid ; bracteoles J in. Corolla pure white, ^-J in., tube much more slender than in 

 the allied species, throat very short, lobes oblong. 



26. O. blsplda, Hook./. ; stem above petioles and capitate cyme hispid, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate long-acuminate glabrate or -with scattered hairs above, 

 nerves hispid beneath, stipules large oblong-lanceolate, cymes shortly peduncled 

 dense-flowered subglobose clothed with linear ciliate bracteoles, calyx-teeth 

 subulate, corolla \ in., tube slender, lobes oblong hispid with long hairs, capsules 

 hispid. Ophiorrhiza No. 20, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. % T. T. Cachae ; at Shapore, Keenan. 



Stem woody below, ascending, 8-12 in. ; hairs white, stiff, suberect and spreading. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. Ct/mes i-J in. diam. ; peduncle hispidly hairy; branches very stout; 

 bracteoles linear, ciliate; flowers greenish-white. Corolla-tube dilated holow, nar- 

 rowing upwards to the spreading lobes. 



27. O. subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 6238; softly hairy, stem slender creeping 

 below, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, stipules ovate acuminate, Cymes 

 small subcapitate on slender peduncles, bracts large lanceolate obtuse ciliate 

 concealing the flovvers, calyx-tube ribbed teeth membranous ovate-lanceolate 

 ciliate, coroUa^tube cylindric, lobes short hispid at the back glabrous within, 

 capsules glabrous. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-4000 ft., Gomen, &e. 



Stem long, slender, creeping below, ascending. Leaves 2-6 in., softly hairy, espe- 

 cially beneath. Cymes §-§ iu. diam. ; bracteoles pinkish when dry ; flowers very 

 small, pedicelled. Ovary globose. Corolla glabrous, except the bristly back of the 

 lobes. 



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