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Ophiorrhiza .] 
midrib and nerves 15 pairs, brown-hairy beneath, branching and 
inarching at tips; 4 to 6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles brown-hairy, 
■5 in. long. Stipules setaceous. Peduncle 2 in. long, hairy; 
branches 1*5 in. long; pedicels short. Calyx cupular ribbed, 
hairy. Corolla glabrous, cylindric, lobes short, oblong. Hab. 
Selangor, Semangkok Pass (Machado). 
(17) O. Kingiana Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 17. 
Stem unbranched, rather woody, 6 to 15 in. tall, velvety above. 
Leaves ovate to oblanceolate, tip acute, base narrowed, above 
scabrid, beneath shortly velvety, edge fringed with hairs 2 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, velvety. Peduncles axillary 
and terminal, -25 in. long in flower, 1 in. in fruit; branches short. 
Flowers white, -12 in. long, glabrous. Calyx minute campanulate, 
teeth short. Corolla tubular, lobes short. Fruit -12 in. across, 
oblong, deeply emarginate, glabrous. Hab. Rare, near limestone 
rocks. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(18) O. tomentosa Jack. Roxb. FI. Ind. ( Carey cd.) ii. 546; 
King, l.c. 176. 
Herb, 8 to 18 in. tall, branched, base woody, shortly hairy. 
Leaves membranous, slightly unequal, narrow elliptic oblong- 
acuminate, acute, base narrow, sparsely hairy above, velvety hairy 
beneath; nerves 8 to 12 pairs; 1-75 to 3*75 in, long, 75 to 1-25 in. 
wide; petioles -2 to -8 in. long, pubescent. Cymes terminal, 
puberulous; peduncle 1*2 in. long; branches 75 to 1 in. long, 
crowded. Flowers -2 in. long, puberulous, white. Calyx tubular. 
Corolla-tube cylindric, dilate at top, limb campanulate with short 
blunt lobes. Capsule obreniform, puberulous, *15 in. wide. Hab. 
Hill forests. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Tahan valley. Perak 
(Kunstler). Penang (Wallich 6231); West Hill, etc. (all collectors). 
Kedah, Alor Sta (less hairy); Kedah Peak. Lankawi, Kwah. 
Distrib. Siam. 
(19) O. Kunstleri King, l.c. 176. 
Stem erect, woody, simple, 12 in. tall, brown or yellow-hairy. 
Leaves membranous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic acuminate acute, 
base short, narrowed, sparsely hairy above; nerves and midrib 
thickly hairy beneath; nerves 8 to 12 pairs; 175 to 375 in. long, 
75 to 1*25 in. wide; petioles -2 to -8 in. long, pubescent. Stipules 
linear. Peduncle 1-5 in. long, terminal. Cyme-branches few, 
eventually 1-5 in. long, dense yellow-hahy. Flowers -i in. long. 
Calyx campanulate. Corolla hardly longer, wide, cylindric, dense 
yellow-hairy. Capsule obreniform, densely yellow-hairy. Hab. 
Woods. Perak, Kwala Dipang (Kunstler). Lankawi (Curtis), 
Setul. Distrib. S. Siam. 
(20) O. fruticosa Ridl. 0. fruticulosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 15, not oj Nadeaud. 
Slender much-branched shrublet. Leaves equal, lanceolate- 
acuminate, base cuneate, minutely pubescent above, more so on 
