106 XCVII. GENTIANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Canscora. 
uppermost herbaceous. Pedicels 0-3 in. Calyx à—l in. broad at the base, slightly 
narrowed upwards, lobes short triangular. Capsule 3 by } in., ellipsoid. Seeds as 
of Éucanscora. 
12. C. Helferiana, Wall. mss; calyx 1-4 in., corolla-lobes } in. 
Phyllocyclus Helferi, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 236 ; Clarke in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 432. 
Movraxm, Griffith ; Three-Pagoda Pass into Siam, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 5816). 
Closely resembling C. Parishii, but the calyx, corolla, and capsule rather smaller, 
and the uppermost (floral) leaves very scarious. It is probably only a var. of C. 
Parishii. 
8 CRAWFURDIA, Wal. 
Twiners. Leaves opposite, petioled, 3-nerved. Flowers showy, axillary, 
solitary or in small cymes, purple white or greenish-yellow. Calyx tubular, 
lobes 5 (or 4 in a non-Indian species). Corolla elongate tubular-campanulate, 
plicate or subterete; lobes 5, short. Stamens 5, on the middle of the corolla- 
tube, filaments flattened ; anthers oblong. Ovary stalked, 1-celled ; disc small, 
5-toothed; style linear, stigmas 2 short linear. Fruit globose or oblong, 
compressed or terete, 2-valved, or indehiscent. Seeds many, discoid, broadly 
winged, or wedge-shaped subtriquetrous narrowly 3-winged.—Species 9-10; m 
India, Malaya, China, and Japan. 
Svseewvs I. Dipterospermum. Flowers (or many of them) long- 
pedicelled. Calyx not keeled. Capsule dry. Seeds compressed, discoid ; wing 
marginal, broad, simple, scarious. 
1. C. speciosa, Wall. Cat. 4371, and Tent. Fl. Nep. 64, t. 48; leaves 
elliptic acuminate minutely denticulate glabrous, calyx-limb truncate teeth 5 
small lanceolate excurrent below the margin, corolla-limb subtruncate teeth 
distant small triangular acute. D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 517 ; Griseb. 
Gentian. 305, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 120; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 442, 
partly. 
CENTRAL and Eastern Hrwaraya ; Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft., frequent, 
Wallich, J. D. H., &c. 
Leaves 3 by 1 in. base cuneate or rounded. Cymes 1-3 in., 1—5-flowered ; 
pedicels 0-7 in.; bracts $ in., lanceolate, one pair near the base or summit of the 
pedicel, often 0. Calyx 4 by 1 in., cylindric, base campanulate ; teeth }—+ in. Corolla 
1} by 3 in. purple, plicate; teeth scarcely 3 in. Filaments dilated in the middle, 
attached in the middle of the corolla, sometimes free at the base. Stigma more 
than à in. linear. Capsule 1 by 1-4 in., subincluded in the corolla, stalk 4-$ in. 
2. C. campanulacea, Wall. § Griff. mss.; leaves elliptic acuminate 
entire glabrous coriaceous, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate terminating the tube, 
corolla-lobes approximate ovate-lanceolate. C. speciosa, Clarke in Journ. Linn. 
Soe, xiv. 442, partly. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft., frequent, Wallich, H. f. & T., &c. 
Leaves as of C. speciosa but more coriaceous, the 3 main nerves broad beneath, 
others obscure. Peduncles 0-4 in. all 1-flowered ; bracts } in., present or absent, 
varying in position. Calyx-tube } by 3 in., cylindric; lobes 3-3 in., not keeled. 
Corolla 14 by $ in., purple, very obscurely plicate; teeth 4- in., hardly keeled. 
Stamens as of C. speciosa, Stigmas 1 in., linear. Capsule } by } in., included in the 
corolla ; stalk 3 in. 
3. C. angustata, Clarke; leaves elliptic acuminate entire glabrous 
coriaceous, calyx-tube elongate teeth small approximate lanceolate, corolla-tube 
elongate narrow lobes lanceolate. . 
