LXXXY. OENTrAXACE.r. ]91 



Capsule ellipsoid, y\j- in. loug. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 100. HOppea fasfir/iatci, 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168 (not of C. B. Clarke). 

 Pladera pusilln, Eoxb. ¥\. Ind. ed. Carey, v. 1, p. 419 ; Griesb. in. DC. 

 Prodr. V. 9, p. 63. — Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Uraii (Bombay harbor), S(oc^~sl Deccan : Ganesh Khincl near Poonn, 

 Woodrowl; Jinsi near Raver (Khandesh), Kanifkarl S. M. Country: Belgauin in 

 grass land, Bitchie, 1877 ! — Distrib. Throughout India. 



5. CANSCORA, Lamk. 



MiK'h-branched erect annuals. Leaves opposite, sessile, petiolate or 

 perfoliate. Flowers ])ink or white, in lax terminal cymes. Calyx 

 tubular, 4-toothed ; tube terete, ribbed or winged. Corolla-tube cylin- 

 dric ; lobes 4, more or less unsvmmetric, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, 

 inserted at different heights on the corolla-tube, 1 (rarely 2) with longer 

 filaments and larger and fertile anthers and inserted higher up than the 

 others, which are usually barren ; filaments short ; anthers ovate or 

 oblong. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas slightly intruded; ovules many; 

 style filiform ; stigma deeply 2-Iobed. Capsule cylindric, membranous, 

 septicidally 2-valved. Seeds reticulato-rugose. — Distbib. East Indies, 

 Malaya, Australia, Tropical Afi'ica ; species 14. 



Calyx not winged. 



Stems obtusely quadrangular, not or obsoletely winged 1. C. diffusa. 



Stems strongly 4-winged. 



Lower leaves exceeding 1 in. long ; corolla-limb shorter 



than the tube 2. C. decurrens. 



Lower leaves less than 1 in. long ; corolla-limb equalling 



the tube 3. C. paucijlora. 



Calyx strongly 4-winged. 



ITerb 3-5 in. high ; bracts small, linear-lanceolate 4. C. concanensk. 



Herb 6-20 in. high ; bracts large, circular, perfoliate 5. C. perfoliata. 



1. Canscora diffusa, 11. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 451 in Ohs. A 

 much-branched slender erect annual 6-24 in. high (occasionally under 

 favorable conditions of growth reaching 4 ft. high) ; stems obtusely 

 quadrangular, obscurely winged. Leaves membranous, 3-nerved, reticu- 

 lately veined, the upper |-§ by j-| in., broadly ovate, acute, apiculate, 

 rounded at the base, sessile, the lower 1-1 1 by |-| in., elliptic, acute, 

 much narrowed at the base, petiolate. Flowers numerous, in lax diffuse 

 paniculate cymes ; pedicels filiform, \-h in. long or even longer; bracts 

 linear-subulate. Calyx \ in. long, not winged ; teeth 4, lanceolate, 

 acute, y^Q- in. long. Corolla h in. long; tube y in. long, green ; limb 

 rosy, with a darker ring edged with white in the throat, 4-cleft, one of 

 the divisions much less deep than the others ; lobes unequal, ovate, 

 obtuse. Stamens 4, one longer than the other three, which are equal, 

 the long stamen inserted higher up than the others. Capsule mem- 

 branous, 1 in. long, nan-owly oblong. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 103 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 123 ; I)alz. & Gibs. p. 158 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. ]84 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb, ^^at. v. V2 (1898) p. 1G9 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, 

 p. 128. C. Laivil, Wight, Icon. t.'l327 {not of C. B. Clarke).— Flowers : 

 Oct .-Jan. 



KoNKAN ; studs I, Bulzell (f- Gihaon ; Matheran, growing 3-4 ft. high in the Rambag, 

 //. M. Birdwood. Dectan : Sinhagad near Poona, Bhlva ! ; Mahableshwar, Graham, 

 Cooke \, H. M. Birdwood. S. M. Country: Dharwar, Ritchie, iCi6 I Kanaka: Kala 

 naddi, Bifchie, 1274! Gu.tarat : Surat, 7^rt«?7/«/- !— Distrib. Throughout India ; 

 Ceylon, Malaya, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



