Lxxxv. ukxti.vxace.t;. ISO 



4. Exacum Lawii, C. B. Clad-e, in Hool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1883) 

 p. 98. A small erect lierb 2-5 (rarely reaching 6) in. high. 8tem 

 slender, quadrangular, usually simple, but sometimes slightly branched 

 near the top. Leaves sessile, small, J- in. long or less, often as broad 

 as long, ovate, acute or subobtuse, thick, usually 3 (sometimes 5) -nerved, 

 glandular-punctate. Peduncles terminal, quadrangular, |-2 in. long, 

 usually 1-tlowered. Calyx -i- in. long, 4-partite ; segments g in. long, 

 broadly ovate, acute, pellucido-punctate, nerved, the midrib very strong. 

 Corolla bluish-purple, \-^ in. long ; lobes broadly obovate. Filaments 

 j^^r in. long, filiform ; anthers yellow, J^ in. long, oblong, not tapering, 

 about I as broad as lung:. Capsule subglobose or ovoid, g in. in diam. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168.— Flowers : Oct. 



Deccan : Mahableshwar, common, CooJce !, Woodrow !, H. M. Birdioood. S. M. 

 Country : Cheeta hill, Belgaura, Ritchie, 462 ! — Distrib. Hills of the Western 

 Peninsula of India; Ceylon (?). 



Trimen (Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 183 in adnof.) apparently considers this to be a dwarf 

 uniflorous state (confined to the hills) of E. sessile, which is a common plant in Ceylon, 

 and further states that the flowers of E. sessile, which iiave been differently described 

 as yellow and white, are really (at all events in Ceylon) purple. 



2. ENICOSTEMMA, Blume. 



Erect or procumbent herbs. Leaves numerous, opposite. Flowers 

 small, in axillary clusters. Calyx-tube campanulate ; lobes 5, oblong or 

 lanceolate. Corolla-tube long, the lower half cylindric, the upper half 

 narrowly infundibuliform ; lobes 5, small. Stamens 5, inserted at the 

 middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform with a small double-hooded 

 scale at the base ; anthers erect, not twisted, acute. Ovary 1-celled ; 

 placentas little intruded ; ovules many ; style short ; stigma capitate. 

 Capsule ellipsoid, septicidally 2-valved. Seeds many, globose, foveolate. 

 — Distrib. Species 4 ; 1 in Madagascar, 1 in Tropical America, 2 in 

 Tropical Africa, of which 1 also occurs in Asia. 



1. Enicostemma littorale, Blume, Bijdr. (1826) p. 848. A 

 perennial glabrous herb 4-20 in. high, branched from the base ; stems 

 erect or procumbent, subquadrangular or subterete, glabrous. Leaves 

 sessile, variable, 1|-2| by g-| in., linear or linear-oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, glabrous, 3-nerved, the midnerve 

 strong, the marginal nerves often obscure. Flowers sessile, in axillary 

 clusters all along the stem. Calyx i in. long ; lobes jL in. long, ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, with narrow membranous margins. Corolla white, 

 ^-i in. long, tubular ; lobes j\ in. long, lanceolate, acute. Capsule 

 i iu. long, ellipsoid, slightly narrowed at the base, rounded at the apex, 

 apiculate with the remains of the style. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 101 ; Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 3, p. 185; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 169 ; "Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 245. Slevogfia viaritima, 

 Dalz. in Kevv Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 137. Adenema hyssopi folium, 

 G. Don, S\st. v. 4 (1837) p. 201; Wight, Icon. t. 6U0. ilippion 

 orientale, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 157.— Flowers : Aug. -Nov. Veek. Chota- 

 Kardit. 



KoNKAN : StocJ;s\,BaheU\; 'M3\'^kn,DalzcU. S. M. Country : Dharwar, JFooA-ok- ; 

 Badann, Cookel; Padshapnr, Bitchie, 1879! Gujarat: Porbandar (Kathiawar)', 

 Cookel; Ankleshwar, KanifJcar'.; Nadiad, Bhai \ Sinp : BJwla /"wrrr;; .'—Distrib! 



