84 Lxxv. KOBiACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) lOpMorrhiza. 



28. O. calcarata, SooJc. f. ; stem slender creeping below and petioles 

 leaf-nerves beneath and cymes softly pubescent, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate glabrous above, stipviles lanceolate entire or 2-fld, cymes contracted, 

 bracteoles linear pubescent, calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla |-1 in. hairy tubular, 

 lobes very short each with a long spur at the back. Musssenda repens, WtdL 

 Cat. 6263. Ophiorrhiza No. 19, Seib. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



Khasia Mts, alt. 4-5000 ft., Gomez, Griffith. Sec. (Kew Distrib. 2783.) Mishmi 

 Hnis, alt. 4000 ft., Griffith. 



Stem 10-18 in., flexuons. Leaves 2-4 in., lurid green above, pale beneath. Ch/mes 

 8-20 flffwered; branches short ascending; bracteoles much shorter than the flowers, 

 linear, pubescent. CoroUa-tube narrow, puberulous or tomentose, pink or white, throat 

 hardly dilated ; lobes ereet, much shorter than their recurved hispid dorsal spur, 

 glabrous within. lYuit not seen. 



29. 0> nutans, C. B. Clarke; stem erect and cymes rough with crisped 

 hairs, leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above or with scattered 

 hairs, nerves pubescent beneath, stipiiles large subulate-lanceolate ciliate entire 

 or 2-fid, cymes contracted peduncle very stout deflexed, bracteoles large lan- 

 ceolate or linear-oblong ciliate, calyx-teeth ovate acute, corolla f in. villous 

 within tubular glabrous, lobes short broad, capsule hispid. 



SiKXiM Himalaya, alt. 7000 ft., Dr. Treiitkr. Khasia Mts., alt. 5-8000 ft., C. B, 

 CUirJce, 



Stem creeping below, then erect. Leaves 3-5 in., lurid when dry. Cyme 1-2 in. 

 diam., flat-topped; branches thick, suberect; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. 

 Calyx-tube globose, hispid, teeth glabrous. Corolla tubular, dilated at the base, nar- 

 rowing upwards, white. 



30. O. panciflora, Sooh. f. ; stem extensively creeping slender pubescent 

 as are the petioles leaf-nerves beneath and cymes, leaves ovate obtuse or subacute 

 glabrous or with a few scattered hairs above, stipules small filiform, cymes small 

 contracted few-flowered, bracteoles linear ciliate persistent, caJyx-teeth lanceolate 

 obtuse, corolla \ in. fimnel-shaped, tube glabrous, lobes very short broad hispid 

 at the back, Ophiorrhiza No. 18, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. #• T. T., C. B. Clarke. 



A small, slender, prostrate species. Leaves |-2 in., lurid green. Cymes lax, :J-J 

 in. diam.; branches erect, 3-4-flowered ; bracteoles half as long as the flowers. Calyx 

 pubescent, teeth longer than the compressed tube. Fruit not seen. 



31. O. g^lediomsefolia, Thw. Enuin. 140; small, creeping, hispidly 

 pubescent or tomentose throughout, leaves broadly elliptic or orbicular-ovate 

 apiculate, stipules obscure, cymes small contracted hispid, bracteoles linear 

 cUiate persistent, calyx-lobes membranous ovate-lanceolate ciliate much larger 

 than the minute ovary, corolla jg in. 



Ceylon ; in forests of the central province, Thwaites. 



The smallest of the Indian species ; branches creeping nearly throughout their 

 length, rather stout. Leaves l-J in. diam., lurid green, sometimes almost cordate, 

 very hairy on both surfaces. Cymes \-\ in. diam. ; peduncle slender, longer or shorter 

 than the leaves ; flowers pedicelled, white. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



0. EET7BEBCENS, Wall. Cat. 6233 ; stem woody, scaberulous, leaves 4-6 in. elliptic- 

 or ovate-lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous above whitish and puberulous beneath,, 

 flowers not seen. 



AvA ; Chappedong hiUs, Widlieh. 



