The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



to the right, stamens as many, anthers erect, style single, 

 stigmas 2, small. 



The plants of this order, abounding especially in tropical and tem- 

 perate mountains, are known in most parts of the world for the 

 beauty of their flowers. They have generally bitter and tonio quali- 

 ties. Most of the species are absolutely symmetrical (using the word 

 in the ordinary, not the botanical sense) in all parts ; and in this 

 and some other respects they resemble outwardly many of the 

 Rubiacese. 



1. EXACUM. Calyx deeply 4-lobed, generally winged, 

 corolla tube and filaments short, anthers large, capsule round. 



2. ENICOSTEMA. Flowers small, sessile, clustered in the 

 axils, calyx deeply 5. divided, stamens on the upper part of the 

 corolla tube. 



3. ERYTHRJEA. Calyx tubular with 5 keeled teeth, stamens 

 near the top of the tube, filaments short, capsule oblong. 



4. CANSCORI, Flowers irregular, calyx 4-toothed, keeled or 

 winged, corolla lobes more or less unequal, stamens 1 large and 

 perfect, 3 smaller, stigmas 2, capsule 2-valved. 



5. SWERTIA. Calyx 4-lobed, corolla with deep depressions 

 or pits at the base of each lobe, stamens on the lower part of 

 the corolla, stigmas 2. 



6. LIMNANTHEMUM. Aquatic herbs with deeply cordate 

 leaves, sometimes alternate, peduncles clustered at the nodes, 

 corolla tube glandular or hairy. 



1. EXACUM. 



1. E. bicolor. A tall smooth plant, leaves sessile, ovate, 

 lanceolate acute, flowers very beautiful, white tipped with blue, 

 with large yellow anthers ; lobes of calyx and corolla pointed. 

 Udichirayat. 



Konkan and Ghauts. Not common. 

 This is 



" A woodland treasure, 

 You could not look at without pleasure, 

 All in artistic harmony." Shelley. 



2. E. pumilum. A small branched plant, leaves sessile, 

 ovate, obtuse, scarcely veined, flowers dark blue and handsome. 

 Jatdli. 



Konkan and Belgaum (D. and S.}, but an allied form, E. pedun- 

 culatum, is found throughout India ; and I presume this is much the 

 same as * 2?. Z-at/m,which is described under the same native name 

 as growing among grass at Matheran and Mahableshwar. I have 

 found the former growing in masses in rocky ground or in grass. 



