194 LXXXV. GENTfAXACK-E. 



2. Swertia decussata, JVimmo, ex Grah. Cat. PL Bomb. (1839) 

 p. 249. Stem erect, 1-3 ft. high, densely leafy, obtusely quadrangular, 

 more or less 4-M'inged. Leaves sessile, numerous, approximate, decus- 

 sate, ^-1^ by g-l in., broadly ovate, obtuse, sometimes shortly apiculate, 5 

 (less commonly 3) -nerved. Plovvers very numerous, iu dense corymbose 

 cymes; pedicels yo-^ in. long; bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, 3-nerved. 

 Calyx ^ in. long, tube about ^'^ in. long; lobes lanceolate, acute, with a 

 strong midnerve. Corolla white with blue veins ; tube scarcely -^ in. 

 long ; lobes 4- by i in., broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, with a yellow 

 circular pit at the bnse fringed all round -with rather long scaly fimbria3 

 but without a covering scale. Eilaments ^ in. long, dilated and connate 

 at the base, flattened ; anthers -^ in. long, oblong. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 127; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 169; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. fi, part 3, p. 392. Ophelia multijlora, Dalz. in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 135 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 156. Ophdla 

 alba, Wight, 111. t. 157 bis, fig. 3, /.—Flowers : Oct. -Jan. Verx. 

 Kadu ; Kavadi. 



Western Ghats, Dcdzcll !, Woodrow ! Deccan : Mabableshwar, Cooke !, Balph !, 

 Wight \; Panchgani, Woodrow \, abundant on the Table Rock above the Traveller's 

 Bungalow, Cooke ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



The whole plant is bitter, but the roots are considered to be the most valuable 

 part, and are sold in the bazaar at Mabableshwar as a substitute for gentian. See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. Swertia corymbosa tar. Lawii, C. B. Clarice, in Hook. f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 4 (1883) p. 126. Stem erect, 1-2 ft. high, 4-winged, branched 

 near the top only. Leaves sessile, 4-1 1 by J-g in., lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 3-nerved, base broad, rounded-truncate. Flowers in lax cymes ; 

 pedicels |-| in. long ; bracts linear-lanceolate. Calyx divided almost 

 to the base; segments ^ in. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 white W'ith blue nerves, equalling or slightly exceeding the calyx; tube 

 hardly ^V i"- ^ong; lobes i in. long, obovate, shortly apiculate and with 

 a large circular pit with densely fimbriate margin at the base, covered 

 by a large scale with a fimbriate margin. Filaments linear, flattened. 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 169. OpheUa Lawii (sp.), 

 Wight, 111. v. 2 (1850) p. 175, t. 157 bis, fig. 3, c. 0. paucijlora, Dalz. 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 211 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 156.— Flowers : 

 Sept. 



Deccan: Sahyadri range, BaJzell] S. M. Country: Belgaum, Eifchie, 4fil ! ; 

 Castlerock, lihival, Woodrow. Kanaka: nali_yal, ]\ uudrow.—Dis,TM\\. Mountains of 

 the W. Peninsula of India. 



7. LIMNANTHEMUM, Gmel. 

 Aquatic herbs floating or creeping; stems ei-ect or runner-like, or 

 resembling petioles. Leaves alternate (rarely subopposite), orbicular, 

 elliptic or ovate, deeply cordate (rarely peltate witli a closed sinus), 

 entire or obscurely crenate. Flowers white or yellow, dimorphic, 

 solitary, or in pairs or clusters at the nodes, or on the apparent petioles 

 close to or a little below the leaf-blade. Calyx 4-7-partite ; segments 

 lanceolate or oblong. Corolla subrotate ; lobes 4-7, induplicate-valvate 

 with fimbriate or naked margins. Stamens 4-7, inserted on the corolla- 

 tube ; filaments short. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 2, parietal ; style 



