Sweriia.'] GentiaiiacecB. 187 



6. CRAWrURDXA, Wall. 



Perennial twining herb, 1. opp., fl. solitary, axillary; cal. 

 tubular, segm. 5, linear, distant ; cor. tubular-campanulate, 

 plicate between the lobes, lobes 5, short; stam. 5, inserted in 

 middle of cor.-tube ; ov. shortly stalked, i -celled with 2 

 parietal placentas, stigmas 2, linear ; fruit an indehiscent 

 berry, on a long stalk exserted from persistent cor. ; seeds 

 numerous, acutely trigonous. — Sp. 10; 7 in Fl. B. Ind., but 

 none in Peninsular India 



C japonlca, Sieb. &^ Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 36 (1846), var. 

 Championii, Clarke^ I. c. io8. [Plate LXV.] 



Tripterospermwn Champiom, Gardn. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. 15. 

 C. fasciculata, var. Chainpioni, Thw. Enum. 204, (non Wall.). C. P. 137. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 108. 



Stems very slender, twining, cylindrical, glabrous ; 1. small, 

 about I in., ovate-oval, rounded and then suddenly narrowed 

 at base, very shortly acuminate, acute, glabrous, 3-nerved, 

 petiole \-\ in.; fl. rather large, nearly sessile; cal. glabrous, 

 thin, segm. as long as tube ; cor. i in. long, tube much ex- 

 ceeding cal., lobes triangular, very acute, spreading ; stigmas 

 exserted, recurved ; berry f in., ovoid, succulent, red, stalk -1^ in. 



Upper montane zone; very rare. Only found on Horton Plains at 

 about 7000 ft. Fl. Feb. and Aug. 



The type in the East Himalaya, China, Formosa, Japan. The var. 

 endemic. 



Discovered by Capt. Champion in 1843; again found sparingly by 

 Gardner in 1847 and by Thwaites in 1856; not since seen. 



7. SWERTZA, L. 



Annual (.'') herb, 1. opp., fl. moderate-sized in dense corym- 

 bose cymes ; cal. very deeply cut into 4 almost distinct sep. ; 

 cor. cup-shaped, lobes 4, deep, erect, contorted, each with a 

 large circular pit at the base; stam. 4, inserted at base of 

 cor., fil. rather long; ov. i -celled, with 2 parietal placentas, 

 stigmas 2 ; fruit a capsule, sessile ; seeds numerous, reticulate. 

 — Sp. 50; 30 in Fl. B. Fid., nearly all Himalayan. 



S. zeylanica, Walker ex Griseb. Gent. 316 (1839). 

 Ophelia zeylanica, Griseb. in DC. Prod. ix. 125. Thw. Enum. 205. 

 C. P. 1875. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 127. 



Stem 6-18 in., erect, cylindrical or with 4 slightly elevated 

 ridges, glabrous, branched above; 1. \-\ in., numerous, sessile, 



