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LXXIV. RUBIACEA 3 . 
[i Ofthiorrhiza . 
Much-branched yellow pubescent; leaves 
sparsely hairy ..... 
Leaves glabrescent or sprinkled with hairs. 
Cyme short; fruit hairy . 
Leaves nearly glabrous; cyme spreading . 
Leaves densely hairy beneath, glabrous above. 
Peduncle 2 in. long ..... 
Peduncle *25 in. long to 1 in. in fruit 
Leaves hairy on both sides. 
Fruit *15 in. wide ..... 
Fruit *25 in. wide ..... 
Corolla very short, lobes reflexed ; stamens and 
style exert. 
Slender branched shrublet ; leaves lanceolate 
Herb, weak; leaves ovate .... 
{13) 0. tenella 
(14) 0. rugosa 
{15) 0. hispidula 
(16) 0- nervosa 
(r 7) 0 . Kingiana 
(18) 0. tomentosa 
(19) 0 . Kunstleri 
(20) 0. fruticosa 
(21) 0. tenuis 
(1) O. discolor R. Br. Wall. Cat. 6232A; King, l.c. 172. 
Herb about 8 in. tall, glabrous. Leaves deep brown, purple 
beneath, narrow elliptic-oblong acuminate, narrowed at base; 
nerves 7 to 12 pairs; 2*5 to 7 in. long, 1 to 2*75 in. wide; petioles 
•35 to 1 in. long. Stipules linear-lanceolate -i to -2 in. long. Cyme 
solitary, terminal, puberulous; branches -75 to 1 in. long; peduncle 
1*5 in. long. Calyx narrow campanulate. Corolla cylindric, hairy 
outside and inside, a hairy ring in the mouth, -2 in. long, all white 
or pink at base. Capsule narrowed, sinus obsolete, -2 in. across, 
less than -i in. long. Hob. In rocky and stony woods, often at 
an altitude of 3000 ft. Johor, Batu Pahat; Gunong Pantai. 
Pahang, Tahan River. Selangor, Batu Caves; Sungei Bululi. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills; Gunong Keledang. Penang, near the 
Waterfall {Wallich, Curtis, etc.). 
var. elegans Ridl. 
Leaves lanceolate-acuminate at both ends. Branches of the 
inflorescence slender with distant flowers as in 0 . remotiflora. 
Flowers pinkish or white. Hah. Kelantan, Glam Wood near 
Kota Bharu (Ridley). 
(2) O. major Ridl. 0 . erubescens King, l.c. 172, not of Wallich. 
Stem woody slender, 1 to 3 ft. tall, puberulous. Leaves sub¬ 
equal thin, elliptic-lanceolate or narrow-elliptic acuminate, base 
narrowed, pale beneath; nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath, 
often mealy-pubescent, otherwise the whole leaf is glabrous, 4 to 
9 in. long, 1*5 to 4 in. wide; petioles -35 to 1-2 in. long. Cymes 
terminal solitary and axillary; peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, all 
puberulous. Pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx sub-globose, 
obscurely ribbed, with short broad teeth. Corolla *3 in. long, 
cylindric, lobes short, white tipped pink or all dark pink. Capsule 
narrow crescentic glabrous, *2 in. across, -05 in. long. Hab. Forests, 
not uncommon. Malacca, base of Ophir; Bukit Sadanen (Derry). 
Pahang, Kota Glanggi. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis); Ulu 
Gombak; Ginting Peras. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Sulu (Cantley); 
Tampin Hill. Dindings, Lumut. Perak, Lenggong; Thaiping 
