76 GENTIANACE^l. [Hoppea. 



or tubular, shorter than the calyx ; lobes 4, moie or less unequal* 

 Stamens 1 perfect and 3 sterile, attached to the throat of the corolla j 

 filaments short, linear ; anthers small, ovate, dehiscing introrsely by 

 longitudinal slits, those of the barren stamens srrall or none. Ovary 

 1-celled, placentas not far intruded ; style short, stigma subentire. 

 Capsule globose or ellipsoid, Seeds nearly black, obscurely reticulate. 

 — Species 2, both in India. 



H. diohotoma, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue Schr. Hi, 434; F.B.I. iv, 

 100 ; Cooke FJ. Bomb, it, 190 ; Brain Beng. Pi. 707. Pladera pusilla, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. t, 403 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. 8oc. xiv, 429 ; Don in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii, 530. 



A small glabrous annual, 2-5 in. high, copiously branching from near the 

 base. Stems and branches 4-angled and more or less winged. Leaves 

 about j in. long, ovate, acute. Bracts lanceolate. Calyx ^-| in. long j 

 lobes scarious, longer than the corolla, ovate, acuminate, with a pro- 

 minent green nerve along the margin. Corolla -^ in. long, white or pale- 

 yellow, ventricose in fruit ; lobes half as long as the tube, triangular, 

 reourved* Capsule ellipsoid, T ^ in. long. 



Abundant, especially in damp ground- Flowers during September and 

 October. Distrib. Common on the Punjab Plain, and in Bengal, 

 Bombay, Central and S. India ; also in Lower Burma, extending to the- 

 Philippines. 



6. CANSOORA, Lamk. ; FL Brit. Ind. iv, 102. 



Ereot annuals, much branohed. Leaves opposite, sessile, petioled 

 or oonnate below. Flowers pink or white, in lax terminal oymes. 

 Calyx tubular, 4»toothed, tube terete ribbed or winged. Corolla-tube 

 cylindric ; lobes 4, more or less unsymmetric, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens 4, near the summit of the corolla-tube, 1 or 2 fertile with 

 longer filaments and larger anthers, the others with short filaments 

 and barren. Ovary 1-celled, placentas not far intruded, style linear, 

 stigma deeply 2-lobed, ovules many. Capsule cylindric, membranous. 

 Seeds very small, dark brown, reticulate.— Speoies 14, in India, 

 Malaya, Australia and Trop. Africa. 



Flowers rose-coloured, calyx not winged . 1. C. diffusa. 

 Flowers white, calyx winged . . . 2. C. decussata. 



1. C. diffusa, R, Br. Prod. 451 in Obs- ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi, 

 429 i F.B.I.iv,103; WattE.B.j Prain Beng, PI. 708; Cooke Fl. Bomb, 

 ii, 191. Pladera virgata, Bcxb. Fl. Ind. i, 401. 



A slender, muoh branohed annual, 2 ft. or more in height. Stems obtusely 

 4-augled. Leaves membranous, 3-nerved, 1 in. long, the lower lanceolate- 



