Argostemma.] 
LXXIV. RUBIACE^E, 
35 
Staminal cone 
than tube. Corolla *5 in. across, lobes lanceolate, 
shorter. Hab, Perak at 3400 ft. altitude (Wray). 
I have not seen this plant. 
15. OPHIORRHIZA, Linn. 
Small herbs, sometimes slightly woody at base. Leaves 
herbaceous, usually slightly unequal, elliptic-lanceolate or lanceo¬ 
late. Stipules setaceous. Flowers small, white or more or less 
pink (rarely green), secund in dichotomous branched terminal 
(rarely axillary) cymes. Calyx short, 5-toothed or lobed. Corolla- 
tube cylindric or funnel-shaped, lobes 5-valvate. Stamens 5, 
usually included, inserted in tube; anthers linear. Disc large 
fleshy, 2-lobed. Ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous ; style fili¬ 
form. Stigmas 2, linear or oblong. Capsules coriaceous, flattened, 
obreniform or obcordate broader than long, dehiscing at the top 
by 2 broad valves. Seeds many, minute. About 50 species. 
Tropical Asia. 
Not an easy genus to sort; the species are not very distinct as a rule and 
vary and approach each other. Some of the plants identified by King I 
have not seen. 
Corolla long, lobes not reflexed. Stamens included. 
Leaves quite glabrous. 
Leaves lanceolate narrowed both ends, olive 
colour above, pale beneath, 4-5 by 
1*5 in. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, whitish beneath; 
cymes often very long 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, very thin; flowers 
distant on long branches . 
Leaves ovate 4 to 9 in. long, 1-25 to 4 in. wide ; 
fruit *4 in. wide .... 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, -6 by 1*75 in.; cymes 
capitate; bracts large persistent; 
flowers large ..... 
Leaves lanceolate-acuminate; plant suffruti- 
cose branched. 
Leaves 4 by 1 in., drying red 
Leaves 2 by -25 in.; flowers small 
Leaves ovate to lanceolate, pale green, 1 to 
2 in. by -3 to -25 in. . 
Leaves more or less pubescent beneath; fruit 
glabrous. 
Base woody; leaves whitish beneath; nerves 
beneath hairy only. 
Leaves unequal, base round or unequally 
cuneate ...... 
Leaves equal, base acuminate 
Base herbaceous. 
Little-branched, drying red; nerves and 
edge hairy; panicle hairy . 
Sparsely hairy both sides; stem densely 
hairy above ..... 
(1) 0. discolor 
(2) 0. major 
(3) 0. remotiflora 
(4) 0. costata 
(5) 0 . Klossii 
(6) 0. rosacea 
(7) 0 . Iancifolia 
(8) 0. fontinalis 
{9) 0. pallidula 
(10) 0. scabrella 
(11) 0. communis 
(12) 0. singaporensis 
