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liliftinii, 1 to 2.5 cm. long, 1,5 nnn. wide or less, sessile, glabrous or scabrous 
above, slightly pubescent beneatb, the margins recurved; stijuiles united, hyaline, 
with two or three liliform segments 2 to 3 mm, long. Flowers sessile in the 
leaf axils, or shortlj" pedieeled, solitaiw or 2 to 3 in each axil. Calyx 3 mm. 
long, ciliate, 4-lobed, the lobes recurved, acuminate. Corolla white, tubular. 
4 mm. long, pubescent inside, 4-lohed, the seginents oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, 
tiltimatel_y spreading. Stamens 4, the filaments glabrous, 1.5 mm. long. Ovary 
globose; style persistent, slender. 3 mm. long, glabrous, the 2 stigniatic arms 
strongly recurved. Capsiile about 2 ]nm. long, hisi>id-ciliate, 2-celled. Seeds 
numerous, minute, brown, angular. 
(3295 Merrill) October, 1903. On bluffs along the seashore, not common. 
2. O. nudicaulis Roth.; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 3 (1880) 70. 
(3303 Merrill) October. Along trails in forests at 100 m. Tropical Asia and 
Malaya. 
3. O. paniculata Linn.; Hook. f. I. c. 09. 
(489 Whitford) July; (6020 Leiherg) July; (1928 Borden) October; (2494 
Merrill) June. In thickets and open forests 50 to 150 m. Trojiical Asia to 
Malaya and Polynesia. 
2. HEDYOTIS I nnn. 
1. H. congesta R. Br. ; Hook. f. 1. c. 61. 
(1224, 1579, 1583, 2379, 3001 Borden) June, May; (0822 Elmer) November; 
(3243, 3753, 3894 Merrill) October, August, .January; (287 Copeland) February; 
(212 Whitford) May. In forests 100 to 1,200 m. Malayan Peninsula and 
Archipelago. 
Possibly two species are included in the above, the material from the higher 
altitudes being somewhat different from specimens collected in the lower forests. 
The identification has been made from the description only, the material having 
been named by Mr. Elmer, in herb., Enoxia corymho.sa . 
2. Hedyotis elmeri Merrill, sp. nov. 
A shrub 1 to 3 m. high, glabrous or nearly so tbrongbout. Branches brown 
or greenish, glabrous, more or less 4-angled. I.,eaves oblong-ovate, submem- 
branous, often yellowish when dry, 5 to 10 cm, long, 2 to 4.5 cm. wide, glabrous, 
shining above, the base acute, the a]>ex blunt acuminate; nerves 6 to 7 on each 
side of the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, loosely anastomosing, the retic- 
ulations lax; petioles 0.5 to 3 cm. long; stijniles pectinate or tri-partite, the 
lobes slender, 2 to 3 mm. long, glandular at the apex. Cymes terminal and axil- 
lary, many flowered, glabrous, usually about 6 cm. long, the peduncles 3 to 4 cm. 
long. Cal 3 ^x glabrous, 4 to 5 lobed. 3.5 mm. long, the lobes ovate, acute, 1 mm. 
long; pedicels about 2 mm. long. Corolla white, more or less funnel-shaped, 
0 to 7 nun. long, glabrous outside, denseh' haiiy within. 4 to 5 lobed, the lobes 
olilong ovate, 3 mm. long, acute. Stamens equaling the corolla; anthers linear 
oblong, 2 mm. long. Fruit oblong ovoid; 4.5 mm. long including the persistent 
calyx lobes, glabrous, separating into 2 cocci. Seeds 1 mm. long, black, angular. 
(793, 2113 Borden) November. May; (2210 Meyer) December; (151 Whitford) 
May; (3227 Merrill) October; (0834, 0979 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges 
in the mossy forest above 1,000 m. Hedyotis stylosa Ehner, in herb., non R. Br. 
3. OPHIORRHIZA Idnn. 
1. O. oblongifolia DC. 1. c. 415. 
(205, 258, 350, 509 Whitford) Ma^', Juh'; (2178 Meyer) December. On damp, 
shaded banks along the river 50 to 800 m. Endemic. 
