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0. nudicaulis, Eoth. Lanka wi (Curtis 2669) 



Distrib. India, Malacca, Java, Philippines. 



O.paniculata, L. Perlis, Kanga (15014) Bangtaphan (Keith). 



Not at all common in the peninsula. Distrib. Indo- 

 Malaya to Polynesia. 



0. dichotoma Hook. fil. Sandy spots Setul (15013.) 



Distrib. Malay peninsula. Easily recognized when 

 alive by its charming little violet flowers. 



0. diffusa-, Eoxb. Setul. Kedah, Alor Sta in dry rice-fields, 

 (15012) Distrib. Tropical Asia. 



Ophiorrhiza tomentosa, Jack. Kedah, Bukit Pinang, Alor Sta 

 (14988). Lankawi, Kwah (Ridley), Kassum (Curtis 3257), 

 Bangtaphan (Keith). 



Distrib. Penang and Perak. 



0. Kunstleri, King. Lankawi (Curtis). Setul, Rajah Wang 

 (14987) Bangtaphan (Keith 396). "Very common every- 

 where in jungle where damp, corolla teeth slightly purple " 

 (Keith). 



I suppose this is the plant intended by 0. Kunstleri 

 King. It is rather larger in leaf usually and the flowers 

 are covered with distinctly yellow hair. 



Distrib. Perak. 



Mussaenda villosa, Wall. var. Herveyana. Lankawi, Kwah 

 (Curtis 2521). Pedis, Chupeng, Bangtaphanoi (Keith). 

 This variety is much the commonest in the peninsula. 



Distrib. Malay peninsula. 



Randia 'dumetorum, Lam. var. ptibescens. Lankawi, Kwah 

 (Curtis). Burau bay (Ridley). Perlis, Kanga (15007). 



A shrub, flowers at first white, soon orange coloured. 

 I have it also from Pekan, Pahang. 



Distrib. India, Java, Sumatra and Perak. 



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