192 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



corolla rose-coloured or white. Vingorla. Rice-fields in S. Konkan 

 (D.). C. pauciftora, stem winged ; leaves ovate or oblong, sessile ; 

 flowers few, white, long-stalked, in a loose panicle, capsule as long 

 as the calyx. S. Konkan. * C. Concanensis, slender, not above 5 

 inches high; leaves ovate; flowers red, calyx winged, scarious in 

 fruit. Not in D. or G. The Konkan 



5. SWERTIA. 



S. decussata (Ophelia multiflora, D.). Stem 4-winged, leafy, 

 leaves ovate, stem clasping, smooth, decussate, flowers white, 

 pencilled, in thick heads, petals divided to the base, depres- 

 sions at the base covered with a fringed scale, stamens twisted, 

 surrounding the ovary, anthers black. Chiretta, karvi, kauri. 



Ghauts and Dharwar ; at Mahableshwar, but not common, Dr. 

 Coolie. From this an inferior chiretta is made, but S. chirate, from 

 which the genuine drug comes, is a Himalayan plant. 



* 8. Corymbosa (Ophelia pauciflora D.). Stem square or {-winged ; 

 leaves sessile ovate, calyx segments very narrow ; corolla white or 

 pale blue, a fringed scale at the base of the corolla lobes. Kadvi nai. 

 Ghauts (D.). 



6 LlMNANTHEMUM. 



This genus also is not much like the typical gentians. H. has of 

 the tribe to which it belongs, "leaves radical or alternate." The 

 English buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata, belongs to the same tribe, 

 and is found in the W. Himalayas. 



1. L. crutatum. Leaves round, glandular beneath, long- 

 stalked, flowers crowded, pretty, white, with orange-coloured 

 bearded throat, and a crest running the length of each petal. 

 Khdtdra, hamadu, Ttumbhrdj. 



Tanks in the Konkan. Throughout India (-ZT.). 



D. has capsule one or two-seeded, as I have found it, but H. has 

 seeds 10 to 20, and R. many. 



From the round floating leaves this and the other species are often 

 called water-lilies. " Kumudd, or delight of the water, seems a 

 general name for beautiful aquatic flowers." Sir W. Jones. 



2. L. Indicum. Leaves round or kidney-shaped, long-stalked, 

 flowers white, fringed but without crest, umbels immediately 

 below the leaves, capsule ovate, seeds smooth. 



Tanks in the Konkan and Deccan. Throughout India, very com- 

 mon (H.). 



Both these species throw out roots from the nodes of the stem. H. 

 has " corolla yellow towards the base within," which does not agree 

 with D., nor with my observation. 



L. aurantiacum, leaves smooth, round, deeply cordate, long 



