188 Lxxxv. (;i:xtia>'ace.t:. 



The dried stalks are sold in the market in S. India. An infusion of the dried 

 stalks affords a good bitter and may be used as a substitute for gentian. See Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Exacum pedunculatum, ZzHu. /Sp. P?. (1753) p. 112. Annual, 

 erect, 3-18 in. high ; stem quadriiugular, much-branched above. Leaves 

 subsessile (distinctly petiolate in \Vii\ petiolare), l|-2 by |-| in., elliptic 

 or lanceolate, 3- or 5-nerved, glabrous, base usually tapering. Plowers 

 in terminal much-branched cymes ; peduncles and pedicels long, rigid ; 

 bracts lanceolate. Calyx i- J in. long, 4-lobed, thinly membranous ; 

 lobes g— g- in. long, lanceolate, furnished with a large almost semicircular 

 strongly nerved wing which is rounded and otten subauricled at the 

 base, more or less decurront into the pedicel, produced at the apex into 

 a line point ■\\hich is fused with the apex of the sepal so as to form a 

 mucro. Corolla blue, J-| in. long ; lobes 4, lanceolate, acute, ^-g- in. 

 long. Stamens on the corolla-throat ; lilaments 3-V~T6" ^^- ^^"^S 5 anthei's 

 -jL.-^ in. long, oblong (not tapering), cordate at tlie base. Capsule 

 globose, ^ in. in diam., smooth, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 97 ; Trim, 

 n. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 182 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 30t). Exacum i)cdunculare, Arn. in Ann. 

 Sc. Nat. ser. 2, v. 11 (1839) p. 176; Wight, Icon. t. 336.— Elowers : 

 Dec. 



Deccan : BalseU\; Kelgaon, 14 miles north of Poona, -S/u'ra ! S. M. Country: 

 Belgaum, common near brooks, Eitchie, 459 ! Kanaka : Yellur, Ritchie, 45'J ! 

 Gujarat: '^mv&'i, Kanitkar \ — Distrib. Throughout India ; Cejlou. 



Yak. petiolare. Trim. Y\. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 182. Leaves distinctly petio- 

 late, broader, 5-uerved. Griesb. in DC. Prod. v. 9, p. 46 (sp.) ; C. B. 

 Clarke, in Hook, f . PI. B. I. v. 4, p. 98 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1324 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 157; Trim, in Journ. Bot. v. 27 (1889) p. 164; AVoodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168. 



KoNKAN : island of Karanja, Dalzdl cf- Gibson ; Matherau, H. M. Birdwood, Cooke !, 

 Kanitkarl S. M. Country : JjowAa, Cooke \ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



I have followed Trimen in reducing this to a -variety. The only difference appears 

 to be that the leaves are better developed and have longer petioles, which might 

 perhaps be the effect of soil and situation. 



3. Exacum pumilum, Griesb. in DO. Prodv. v. 9 (1845) p. 46. 

 Herbaceous, erect, 4-9 in. high ; stems tetragonal. Leaves thin, sessile, 

 those near the base of the stem abbreviated, sometimes scarcely g in. 

 long, linear, acute, 1-nerved, the upper leaves g-|^ by ^-| in., lanceolate 

 subobtuse, 3-nerved, attenuated to\^ ards the base. Plowers in lax cymes, 

 bluish-purple ; peduncles slender, long ; pedicels filiform, sometimes 

 reaching ^ in. long. Calyx ^-^ in. long, thinly membranous ; lobes 4, 

 ovate, acute, ^\y in. long, the keels with rounded veined wings obtuse at 

 the base and produced to a point at the apex, there fusing with the 

 acute apex of the calyx-lobes. Corolla ^^^ in. long ; lobes ^ by l-l in., 

 broadly elliptic or suborbicular, obtuse. Anthers oblong, straight. 

 Capsule subglobose or ovoid, g in. in diam. PI. B. I. v. 4, p. 98; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. p. 157; Wight, Icon. t. 1324.— Plowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Pretty common in grass during the rains. Konkan : Law'., Dahelll ; Uran (in 

 Bombay harbor), Z'a/.-c'W ! S. M. Country: Belgaum, Eitchie, iij3 1— Distiub. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



Griesbach (^. c.) is in error when lie describes the calyx as wingless. The ]ilant 

 may perhaps be a slender form of E. pcdunculatum, to which it i.* very closely allied. 



