Erythrea.| LXXXVII. GENTIANEZ (BAKER AND BROWN). 557 
flowers in the forks; pedicels short. Calyx cylindric, }-} in. long;. 
teeth linear, 4—5-times as long as the tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical, 
longer than the calyx; limb bright red, } in. long; segments ovate. 
Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, shorter than the segments. 
—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 54; Engl. Hochgebirgfi. Trop. Afr. 336. 
E. pulchella, Hornem, in FI. Dan. t. 1637. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Haichello Kokab, north of Acrur, 5200 ft., Schwein- 
furth & Riva, 1101! Abyssinia: near Adowa, Schimper, 1100, and near Addi 
Selgenne, Schimper, 507 (ex Engler) ; Shireh Province, Quartin Dillon / 
Widely spread in the temperate zone of the Old World. 
6. SCHINZIELLA, Gilg in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 74. 
Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla equally 4-lobed ; tube very much shorter 
than the lobes. Stamens 4, unequal, 3 sterile, 1 larger, fertile. Ovary 
l-celled, with parietal placentas; stigma 2-lobed.—Herb with small’ 
green leaves. Flowers crowded in large terminal cymes. 
Species 1, endemic. 
1. S. tetragona, Gilg, /.c. Stem above 1 ft.long, narrowly 4-winged. 
Leaves sessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse or apiculate, subcoriaceous, }-} in. 
long by half asbroad, Flowers many, sessile or shortly stalked. Calyx 
+ in. long ; lobes 1 lin. long, broadly deltoid, apiculate, 3-nerved. Corolla 
+ in. long, yellow ; lobes } in. long, 1 lin. broad, much longer than the 
tube. Style nearly 2 lin. long; stigma shortly 2-lobed.—Canscora 
tetragona, Schinz in Viertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Ziirich, xxxvii. (1871) 
338. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 418. 
7. CANSCORA, Lam.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 811. 
Calyx-tube terete or winged ; teeth usually 4. Corolla-tube cylindric ; 
lobes 4, much shorter than the tube. Stamens 4, inserted at different 
heights in the corolla-tube, usually only one perfect ; filaments short ; 
anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas slightly intruded ; 
ovules many; style filiform ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule cylindrical, mem- 
branous, 2-lobed. Seeds many, minute, rugose.—Much branched erect 
annuals. Upper leaves sometimes connate. Cymes lax, terminal. 
Flowers small, pink or white. 
Species 12, chiefly natives of Tropical Asia. 
Calyx 4-5 lin. long a . ° . 1. C. decussata. 
Calyx not more than 23 lin. long. 
Panicle rather diffuse; pedicels 3-7 lin. long . 2. C. diffusa. 
Panicle contracted ; pedicels 1-3 lin. long . 3 C. Kirkit. 
1. C. decussata, Roem. et Schultes; Griseb. in DC. Prod. ix. 64. 
More robust than (. diffusa; stems conspicuously 4-winged. Leaves 
lanceolate, acute, }-1 in. long. Flowers laxly cymose; pedicels stout, 
