Ophiorhiza (ofioriza)

[NL. (Linnæus, 1747), deæ, characterized by the five stamens, two cleft style, and compre ed obcordate or mitriform capsule two-valved at the summit. There are about 50 species, natives of tropical Asia, the Fiji Islands, and Australia. They are erect or prostrate herbs, with slender round branchlets, opposite leaves, and one-sided cymes of white, red, or greenish flowers. See mungo2, and Indian snakeroot (under snakeroot ).