192 T.X.VXV. GEXTIAN.VCE.E. 



2. Canscora decurrens, Dalz. in Kew Joum. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 136. A slender erect herb 1-1 g ft. high ; stem 4-\vii]ged ; branches 

 opposite and alternate. Leaves sessile, thin, membranous, 3-nerved, 

 decurrent along the stem for the whole length of the iuternode ; the 

 lower leaves reacliing sometimes 2 in. by g-1 in., oblong, attenuated 

 towards the base; the upper leaves nnich smaller than the lower, ovate 

 or lanceolate, acute. Flowers in subtrichotomoiis cymes ; pedicels 

 4-gonous, g in. long. Calyx not « inged, 1 in. long ; teeth 773- in. long, 

 lanceolate, acute, with a broad sinus. Corolla pale rose-colored or 

 sometimes white {Dahell), rather more than | in. long ; tube i in. long; 

 lobes shorter than the tube, oblong, obtuse. Stigma 2-lobed, the lobes 

 large, ovate, obtuse. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 103 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 157 ; 

 A\''oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nafc. v. 12 (1898) p. 1G9.— Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! ; rice-fields in the S. Konkan, Dahell ! Deccan : Poona, Wood- 

 row I Kanaka: Kumpta, IVoudrow; Kaia naddi, Ritchie, 1120! — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



3. Canscora pauciflora, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 130. Stem erect, 4-winged. Leaves sessile, 3-nerved, rough on the 

 margin alone; lower leaves ^-k by -^--|- in., ovate or obovate, obtuse ; 

 upper leaves smaller, oblong, acute. Flowers in lax dichotomous cymes ; 

 pedicels 4-winged, sometimes reaching 1 in. long, thickened at the apex ; 

 bracts small, linear, acute. Calyx \ in. long, 12-ribbed, the ribs in 

 threes running out to the tips of the calyx-teeth ; calvx-teeth -^ in. 

 long, lanceolate, acute. Corolla § in. long ; lobes equalling the tube, 

 oblong, obtuse. Style exserted. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 103 ; Dalz, & Gibs, 

 p. 157. Canscora Laivii, C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 14 (1875) 

 p. 430 (not of Wight). — Flowers: Sept. 



Konkan: Stocks], Da helll ; Malwiln in grassy places, Dalzelll, Eilchic (without 

 locality), 1875 ! — Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



4. Canscora concanensis, C. B. Clarice, in Hook. f. FJ. B. I. v. 4 



(1883) p. 104. A small slender annual 3--5 in. high ; stem decumbent, 

 then erect, obscurely quadrangular. Leaves |-g by \-h in., ovate, 

 subacute, sessile, 3-nerved. Flowers in weak terminal ])aniculate cymes 

 at first dichotomous, the branches upwards subunilateral ; pedicels 

 filiform, |-| in. long; bracts small, linear-lanceolate. Calyx 3 in. long; 

 teeth about j"^ in. long, deltoid, acute ; wings -j^-g in. broad, semi- 

 elliptic, membranous, prominently reticulately veined. Corolla -^ in. 

 long ; lobes g-^ in. long, obovate, obtuse. 



A very distinct specie.«, of which there is but a single sheet in Herb. Kew. ticketed 

 " Konkan, Lav; I " — Distkib. Apparently endemic. 



5. Canscora perfoliata, LamJc. Encijc. Method. (1783)) v. 1, p. 001. 

 An erect annual G-20 in. high ; stem 4-vviiiged. Leaves of the stem 

 I-I7,- by ^-y in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, sessile, 3-nerved, 

 those of the branches perfoliate, circular, \~h in- in diam., bract-like, 

 2-mucronate. Flowers in paniculate terminal cynics, usually in threes, 

 but sometimes reduced to a single flower, each division of the cyme 

 supported by a circular perfoliate bract \-\ in. in diam. ; pedicels very 

 fihort, sometimes almost 0. Calyx J-| in. long, with 4 broad mem- 

 branous reticulately veined pemi-elliptic wings about j^ in. broad in the 

 widest part ; lobes ,' in. long, acute or acinninatc. Corolla reaching 



