Emcostema.l GentianacecE. 185 



3. C. Roxburg'hii, At-n. in Miq. Altai. Bot. Ind. iii. lo (1852). 

 Exacutn connatum, Moon Cat. 1 1. Thw. Enum. 442, and C. perfoliata, 



204. C. P. 1874. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 105 {C. Wallichii). Wight, Ic. t. 1327, f. 2 (C. per- 

 foliatd). 



Stem 9-15 in., slender; lower 1. i-if in., sessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute at both ends, 3-nerved, upper ones smaller, 

 uppermost connate forming a suborbicular perfoliate bract; 

 fl. numerous, on quadrangular but scarcely winged ped. ; cal. 

 \ in., narrow, scarious, striate, without wings, segm. lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminate; cor.-lobes rather narrow, obtuse; capsule 

 shorter than cal. 



Dry region ; rare. Jaffna (Moon) ; Kachavalli (Gardner) ; Trincomalie 

 (Glenie). Fl. Jan., Feb. 



Also in S. India. 



Clarke (in Fl. B. Ind.) appears to have overlooked Arnott's name for 

 this species, and has bestowed a new one. 



4. C decussata, R. &= S. Syst. iii. Mant. 229 (1827). 

 Thw. Enum. 204. C. P. 2400. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 104. Bot. Mag. t. 3066 {Pladera decussatd). 



Stem 6-18 in., branched above; 1. rather numerous, sessile, 

 lowest ones about i in., upper ones smaller, all ovate- or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute, 3-nerved ; cymes 

 few-flowered, very lax, ped. long, quadrangular, strongly 

 winged ; cal. nearly \ in., 4-winged, segm. very short, lanceo- 

 late, very acute ; cor.-lobes rounded, 2 lower ones much 

 narrower. 



Wet places up to 4000 ft.; rather rare (.''). Near Badulla ; Hantane ; 

 Trincomalie. Fl. Feb.-April ; pale yellow. 



Also in India, Mascarene Islands, and Trop. Africa. 



4. SNICOSTEMA, Bl. 



Perennial herb, 1. opp., fl. in sessile axillary clusters; cal.- 

 segm. 5, deep; cor. tubular, lobes 5, slightly contorted; stam. 

 5, inserted in cor.-tube; ov. i -celled, ovules numerous on 2 

 parietal placentas, stigma capitate ; capsule ovoid, septicidally 

 dehiscent, seeds numerous, subglobose, reticulate. — Mono- 

 typic. 



E. littorale, Bl. Bijdr. 848 (1826). Vellaruku, T. 



Slevogtia orieiitalis, Griseb., Thw. Enum. 204. C. P. 1871. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. loi. Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. t. 28 {Cicendia hysso- 

 pifolid). Wight, Ic. t. 600 {Adenetna hyssopifolium). 



Stems several from a woody base, erect or procumbent, 

 6-18 in., sub- quadrangular, glabrous; 1. numerous i-i| in., 



