Neilgherries, Coonoor, Kaitie Falls, &c., frequent 

 Stem erect, about two feet high, simple below the 

 cymes and cymules from the upper axils: inter- 

 nodes shorter than the leaves: pedicels about an 

 inch long with a small bract, corolla about ]^ inch 

 in diameter: anthers like those of E. Zelanicum: 

 capsule erect, ovoid-globose. 



1323, 



part of the character of which is "Corolla rosea * * 

 stigmate capitulato," whereas it more properly be- 

 longs to his 1st: "Corolla rosea rarius alba. * * 

 Stigmatis bifidi lamellis planis." 



1326. CaNSCORA (CYCl.OPHTLI.tJM] GRANOIFLORA 



(R. W.), stems above furnished with 4 narrow wings, 

 diffusely ramous: leaves lanceolate acute, 3-nerved, 

 floral ones orbiculate, perfoliate: flowers ternate 



ExACUM CouRTALLENSE (Amott), stem 

 dichotomously branched, branches with 4 very nar- 

 row wings: leaves oblong, lanceolate, acuminate: 



inflorescence leafy: laminae of the corolla obovate Flowering May and June, 

 obtuse, stamens 5: fructiferous pedicels straight: 

 capsule oblong ovate, narrowing towards the apex. 



Courtallum. A beautiful species with somewhat 

 succulent leaves and deep blue flowers. Older bracts, but at once distinguished by the broad wings 

 plants show a tendency to become diffuse, the 



subsessile, calyx broadly winged. 



Coorg and Western provinces of Mysore. Jerdon, 



owering May and June. 



A large and handsome species apparently exten- 

 sively diffuse or seeking support from neighbouring 

 bushes. Allied to C. perfoliata in the form of its 



Fig. a 



branches resting on the ground with the floriferous 

 extremities ascending. 



1324. Fig, 1. ExAcuM sessile (Lin.), stem sim- 

 ple, roundish: leaves short cordate obtuse sessile, 

 obsoletely 5-nerved: calyx 4-parted exalate, seg- 

 ments obtuse very short reflexed: lobes of the 

 corolla obovate obtuse: flowers subsessile. 



Ceylon- Colonel Walker. 



Fig. 2. ExACUJVf PETioLARE (Griscb.), stem sim- 

 ple 4-sided: leaves long petioled, broad ovate, ob- 

 tuse, 5-nerved : calyx 4-parted, segments acute with 

 truncated, semi-ovate, transversely-veined wings at 

 the base: lobes of the corolla elliptic acute: flowers 

 pedicelled. — Petiols dilated into the limb about half 

 an inch long, leaves about l^ inch long, 1^ broad, 

 triangular ovate from the base, a little shorter than 

 the internodes. 



Belgaum. Law. 



ExAcuM PUMiLUM (Griseb.), stem 4-sided: 

 leaves sessile, oblong lanceolate bluntish, 3-nerved, 

 the last shorter one nerved: calyx 4-parted, seg- 

 ments, subulate, wingless: corolla small, purplis 

 lobes roundish ovate obtuse: style elongated. — 

 Stem about a span high simple at the base: upper 

 leaves oblong linear, often only 2 lines long, the 

 middle ones about an inch and 4 or 5 lines broad: 

 pedicels terminal, from half an inch to 1^^ long, form- 

 ing a terminal cyme, bibractiolate above the middle 

 [these I do not find in my specimens]: lobes of the 

 corolla three times longer than the tube, which is 

 about the length of the calyx: anthers oblong 

 straight, opening by a minute double pore, after- 

 wards spliting longitudinally- 



Bombay or Belgaum, I am uncertain which. For 

 the specimen figured, which is larger than that de- 

 scribed fj Grisebach, I am indebted to Mr. Law 

 of Bombay, so often mentioned in this work. 



1325. Erythr^a Roxburghii (G. Don), stem 

 straight, diffusely ramous : lower leaves rosulate, ob- 

 ovate oblong obtuse, cauline ones linear acuminate: 

 cymes once or twice dichotomous, patulous : lateral 

 flowers ebractiate: tube of the corolla, about the 

 time of expansion, somewhat exceeding the calyx, 



lobes narrow, oblong acute. 



Frequent on the table land of Mysore. I do not 

 recollect meeting with it on the lower plains^. 

 Flowers, so far as I have seer 



the stigma bi-lamellate. 

 tioning the colour of tl 

 stigma, as Grisebach pis 



particular 



orm 



of the calyx. 



1327. Fig. 1. Canscora Lawii (R. W.), difiuse, 



very ramous, wingless: leaves suborbicular ciispi- 

 date, bracts subulate, minute: flowers all pedicellate: 

 calyx wingless the subulate teeth scarcely half the 

 length of the limb of corolla: style filiform exserted, 

 exceeding the exserted fertile stamen: stigma bi- 

 lamellate : corolla rose coloured. 



Belgaum. Law. 



Nearly allied to C. diffusa, but differs in the form of 

 its leaves, its much larger flowers and the greater 

 length of the fertile stamen, which is here exserted 

 while in diffusa it scarcely exceeds the others. 

 The leaves of diffusa are ovate lanceolate, and the 

 limb of the corolla is scarcely longer than the 

 teeth of the calyx, stamens all nearly equal and 

 as long as the style. 



Fig. 2. Canscora perfoliata (Linn.), stem 4- 

 winged, ramous from the base : leaves oblong lanceo- 

 late acute, floral ones roundish: central flowers short 

 pedicelled: calyx wingless. 



My specimens of this are from Mysore and 

 Malabar. 



Fig. 3. Canscora tenella (R. W.), stems ob- 

 soletely winged, diffuse, and very ramous: lower 

 leaves broad ovate acute, those of the floriferous 

 ramuli linear lanceolate or minute, subulate : flowers 

 long and slenderly pedicelled: calyx wingless: den- 

 tate; teeth acute, about one-third the length of the 

 lobes of the coroUa: style scarcely the length of the 



tube, stigma incluse. 



Malabar and Mysore. 



This in technical characters very nearly ap- 

 proaches C. diffusa, but is most distinct in appear- 

 ance, which, however, the figure does not so well 

 preserve owing to the draftsman having made the 

 upper leaves much too large ; even the lower ones 

 of the branch selected are too large, being taken 

 form the lower part of the stem. The pedicels, 

 too, of the figure, are about twice the thickness 

 of those of the plant, a defect for which the trans- 

 ferer is accountable. While the leaves of the 

 plant are less than half the size of those of C. dif- 

 fusa, the flowers are fully twice as large, the lobes 

 of the corolla much more obtuse. 



1328 



Gentiana fedicellata (Wall 



stem 



loosely ramous, glabrous: leaves elliptico-lanceolate, 

 the broader ones aristate at the apex, smooth on 

 the margins, the lowest ones rosulate : flowers pedi- 

 celled: calyx campanulate 5-cleft, lobes ovate cus- 

 pidate, recurved at the apex, shorter than the clavate 



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