Ezacum.] XCVII. GENTIANACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 97 
7. E. atropurpureum, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 119; leaves subsessile 
round-ovate shortly acute 5-nerved, flowers 5-1 terminal, calyx winged, corolla-. 
lobes $ in. anthers in. E. Beddomei, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 497. 
Deccan PENINSULA ; Quilon, Gen. Cullen ; Pulney Mts., Beddome. 
Stems erect, terete. Leaves 1 by 1 in., coriaceous. JPeduncles à in., solitary from 
the penultimate axils. Caiyx-lobes 4 in. Corolla-lobes obovate-oblong, acute, deep 
blue. Capsule oblong (Beddome). 
Var. anamallayanum, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 154; leaves larger ovate or oblong 
acute or obtuse margined, flowers corymbose.—Anamallays and Pulneys, alt. 6-7000 
ft., Beddome. 
8. E. courtallense, Arn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176; stem quadran- 
gular much branched, leaves lanceolate 3-1 nerved succulent sessile, corymbs 
terminal few-fld., corolla-lobes 4-4 in., anthers 3 in. shortly attenuate, Griseb. 
m DC. Prodr. ix. 47; Wight Ic. t. 1323. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight. . 
Stem often almost woody below, 3-8 in., densely ramous, or 14 in. with fewer 
longer branches. Leaves 12 by 4 in., narrowed below, nerves often obscure. Peduncles 
0-1 in., often 1-flowered in the ramous form, corymbose in the less divided. Calyx- 
$ in, wing oblong or lanceolate. Corolla-lobes obovate-oblong acute, blue. 
Capsule Y by 1 in., ovoid. 
Var. travancorica ; peduncles 3-14 in. solitary, flowers and capsule rather larger. 
E. travancorica, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1 18.—Travancore, alt. 5000 ft., Beddome.—The 
examples are only 2-7-fld. and look like alpine forms of E. courtallense, but Beddome 
says that E. travancoricum is sometimes 50-fld. 
9. B. Wightianum, Arn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176; leaves elliptic- 
lanceolate 3-5-nerved, calyx winged, corolla-lobes 2 in., anthers 1-1 in. scarcely 
attenuated upwards. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 45; Wight Ic. t. 840. E. 
zeylanicum, Wall. Cat. 4357, letter a. E. foliosum, Griseb. l. c. 45. 
Nicuerry Mrs., alt. 4-7000 ft., frequent. Travancore, Beddome. 
, Only differs from Æ. zeylanicum in the much shorter anthers, which have a 
minute papilla at the summit of the connective behind. 
10. E. zeylanicum, Rob. Catal. Pl. (1813), and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & 
Fai. i. 414, leaves elliptic-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, calyx winged, corolla-lobes 
4 m., anthers 4-4 in. attenuated upwards. Wall. Cat. 4357 , letter b; Arn. in 
Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176; Griseb. Gentian. 110, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 45; 
Thwaites Enum, 203 (excl. var. 8) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4423. Chironia trinervis, 
Linn. Sp. Pl, 979 ; Moon. Cat. 16. Lisianthus zeylanicus, Spreng. Syst. i. 586. 
— Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 67. 
ÜEYLoN ; common up to 5000 ft., Thwaites, &c. . 
Stem 1-3 ft, quadrangular, erect, little-branched below. Leaves 4 by 1 in. 
„arrowed at the base subsessile. Corymbs terminal, many-fld., 1-fid. peduncles 
from the lower axils sometimes added. Calyx-lobes 2 in.; wing lanceolate, in fruit 
I by 1n cordate. Corolla-lobes blue, obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute. Capsule 
in, 
Var. macrantha ; stem terete, corolla purplish-blue, anthers à in. broad. E. 
pucrantha, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Sc. 2, xi. 176; Griseb. Gentian. 111, and in DC. 
odr, 1x. 46; Bot. Mag. t. 4771; Thwaites Enum. 203.—Ceylon, frequent. The lobes 
oF the corolla are not always acuter than in many examples of £. zeylanicum type. 
*** Smaller slenderer plants with small 4-merous flowers. 
p J: E. pedunculatum, Linn.; Griseb. Gentian. 112, and in DC. Prodr. 
2 16; stem erect much-branched, leaves subsessile elliptic or lanceolate 
nerved, cymes terminal many-fid., pedicels suberect rigid, corolla blue. Vahl 
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