ParopliiorrUea.'] lxxv. kubiace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 85 



26. PABOFHXOBaHXZA, C. B. Clarke. 



A very small •villous herb ; branches round ; habit altogether of Ophiorrhiza, 

 Leaves opposite, petioled ; stipules deciduous. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled, 

 ultimately ebracteolate ; flowers small, scattered. Capsule widely-obovate, 

 divaricate, two-horned at the summit, dehiscent as in OphioiThiza, Seeds very 

 anany, black, spherical, covered with raised points. 



This genus closely resembles Ophiorrhiza and Poiytwa, but the seeds are altogether 

 different ; the cymes are not clearly secund. 



1. P. khasiana, C. B. Clarke. 



Khasia Mts. ; Churra Coal Hill, alt. 4200 ft., C. S. Clarke. 



WGody stem, very short ; annual flowering branches decumbent, short. Leaves 2\ 

 iby 1 in., oblong, narrowed at each end, not very acute ; petiole J in. Peduncles l-2j 

 in. Capside J by g in Described from Mr. Clarke's mss. 



27. CARZ.i:i«AKSrXA, Benth. 



Branched herbs. Leaves obliquely elliptic, crenate-serrate ; stipules of minute 

 interpetiolar teeth. Flowers small, white, yellowish or pink, in terminal 

 peduncled cymes. Calyx-tube subglobose; lobes 4-5, unequal, persistent. 

 Corolla tubular ; lobes 4-5, short, subeqiial, subimbricate in bud. Stamens 2, 

 in the middle of the tube, filaments short, flattened ; anthers dehiscing laterally 

 included. Disk 2-4-lobed or -parted. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma 

 clavate 2-fld ; ovules numerous, on basal ascending placentas. Capsule mem- 

 branous, more or less pyramidal and 4-lobed, 2-celled, loculicidally 2-valved, 

 many-seeded. Seeds minute, ovoid, testa smooth or reticulated, adhering to the 

 granular or horny albumen ; embryo microscopic. — Distrib. Indian. 



1. C. Griffitbll, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. v. 308 ; cymes glabrous or 

 puberulous, bracteoles and calyx-teeth small, capsule obscurely pyramidal 4- 

 lobed. 



Eastern Himalaya; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 2-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt, 

 2-5000 ft., Griffith, &c. 



A tall branched herb, glabrous except the cymes. Leaves 3-5 in., caudate-acumi- 

 nate, membranous, serrate ; petiole J-J in. Cymes open,pamcled or corymbose, I-IJ 

 in. diam. ; bractSoles ^ in., linear ; flowers yellow, ^ in. Ca?ya;- teie globose ; lobes 

 linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla-limb narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes small, rounded. 

 Capsvies J in. diam. 



2. C. con^esta, Hook. f. in Herb. Ind. Or. ; cymes sparsely hispid, 

 Tjracteoles large oblong ciliate, calyx-teeth oblong-lanceolate ciliate much larger 

 than the ovary, capsule broadly pyramidal sparsely hispid. 



SmiQM Himalaya, alt. 4-7500 ft., J. D. H. # T. T., C. B. Clarke. 



Foliage and habit of C. Griffithii, but leaves sparsely hairy on both surfaces, cymes 

 often dense-flowered with large bracteoles, calyx quite different, corolla sparsely his- 

 pid, larger, more funnel-shaped, with larger lobes. 



3. C> tetrag'ona, JEToo/i;./. ; cymes pubescent, branches elongate slender 

 with subsessile secund flowers, bracteoles minute, calyx-teeth linear erect much 

 longer than the ovary, capsule broadly pyramidal and stellately 4-lobed. 



MiSHMi Hills; in shaded cultivated placijs, Griffith (^ewHistcih. 2841'). 



Apparently a prostrate shrub rooting at the nodes, with ascending pubescent 

 branches. Leaves 1-2J in., witli scattered pubescence on both surfaces. Cyme-branches 

 1-2 in., suberect, very slender, bearing on one side distant single or pairs of shortly 



