Enicostema.] XCVII. GENTIANACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 101 
. B. littorale, Blume Bijd. 848; Griseb. Gentian. 135 and in DC. Prodr. 
ix. 66. Gentiana verticillata, Linn. ; Wall. Cat. 4396; Korb. Fl. Ind. ii. 7]. 
G. verticillaris, Retz Obs. ii. 15. Exacum hyssopifolium, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 640 ; 
Roxb, Hort. Beng. l0. E. verticillatum, Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 640. Ericoila ver- 
ticillata, Borkh. tn Roem. Arch. i. 27. Hippion hyssopifolium and verticillatum, 
Spreng. Syst. i. 589; Griseb. Gentian, 134. H. orientale, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
FL 157. Cicendia hyssopifolia, W. & A. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 249, 
t. 28,  Slevogtia verticillata, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 532. 8. 
orientalis and occidentalis, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 65. S. maritima, Dalz. 
in Hook. Kew Journ. ii, 137. Adenema hyssopifolium, G. Don Syst. iv. 201; 
Wight Ic. t. 600. 
Throughout Inp1a, alt. 0-1500 ft.; from the Punjab and Gangetic Plain to 
CEYLON ; more frequent near the sea, not known in Bengal.—Disrrrs. Malaya, Tropical 
Africa, W. Indies. 
Stem 4-20 in. terete or quadrangular, internodes short. Leaves 2 by } in., or 
small or sublinear. Calyx 3, in.; lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse.  Corolla-tube à in. ; 
lobes 3; in., elliptic. Capsule 4-4 in. Seeds small, but much larger than in the pre- 
ceding genera. 
6. ERYTHREJEA, L. C. Rich. 
Herbs, annual or perennial, erect, branched. Leaves opposite, sessile. 
Cymes dichotomous, dense or corymbose, rarely elongate; flowers rose, white 
or (in non-Indian species) yellow. Calyx tubular; teeth 5, lanceolate or linear, 
keeled. Corolla-tube long or short; lobes 5, spreading. Stamens 5, near the 
summit of the corolla-tube, filaments short linear; anthers narrowly oblong. 
Ovary 1-celled, placentæ far intruded; style linear, stigmas semicircular or 
oblong. Capsule oblong, about as long as the calyx, nearly 2-celled, 2-valved, 
capsules separating. Seeds very small, reticulated.— Species 20, throughout the 
N. Hemisphere, extending to Chili and Australia. 
The Indian species have all an elongate corolla-tube, as long or longer than the 
calyx, and the corolla-lobes elliptic or oblong, small, much shorter than the tube, 
and would be by some authors all referred as varieties to E. ramosissima, Pers. 
l. E. ramosissima, Pers Syn. i. 283; radical leaves not rosulate 
cauline oblong or elliptic acute, flowers rose-coloured clustered sessile promi- 
nently bracteate, calyx-teeth long linear about equalling the corolla-tube. 
Griseb. Gentian. 197, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 57; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 67. E. 
ulchella, Hornem. in Fl. Dan. t. 1637. Erythrea sp. 2, Clarke in Journ. 
_ Linn, Soc. xiv. 428, Gentiana Centaurium, var. 8, Linn. Sp. Pi. 333. 
. Punsap, alt. 1-2000 ft.; Loodiana, Hooshiapore, Thomson, Edgeworth, &e.— 
_ Distris. Cabul and Beloochistan, W. Asia and Egypt. . . 
Stem 3-15 in., very leafy. Leaves lj by? in. Calyr j in.; teeth prominent, 
_ overtopping the buds almost till the moment of opening.— This Punjab plant is not 
exactly the type of E. ramosissima, being often tall, leafy, the flowers in clusters 
. enveloped with bracts, the calyx-teeth substellate; the same form extends through 
- Asia to Egypt. 
Var. caspica; upper leaves oblong-linear, cyme repeatedly dichotomous. E. 
caspica, Griseb. Gentian. 145, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 59.—Punjab (?), Falconer.— 
. Cabul and the Caspian region. . 
: Van. pulchella, Griseb. Gentian. 137 ; stem slender, cauline leaves ]-3 in. oblong 
_ Or ovate obtuse, cymes depauperated, calyx-teeth not prominent.—Skardo, alt. 7-8000 
.—Distrib. Central and W. Asia. This is not exactly the same as Fries 
_ E, pulchella, but it is included under E. ramosissima by Boissier, l.e. Hk. f. T. in 
. Herb. marked it E. tenuiflora, Link (Fl. Port. i. t. 67), which again is only a var. of 
- E. latifolia, Griseb.; but the true E. latifolia, Smith, differs considerably, having 
larger flowers and being allied to Æ. Centaurium. 
