ErythrcEci?^ lxxxvii. oentiane^ (baker and browx). 



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flowers in the forks; pedicels short. Calyx cylindric, \~\ in. long; 

 teeth linear, 4-5-times as long as the tube. Corolla-tube "'cylindrical,' 

 longer than the calyx; limb bright red, ,1 in. long; segments ovate' 

 Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, shorter than the segments. 

 —A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 54 ; Engl. Hochgebirgfl. Trop, Afr. :i::{0. 

 K. pulchella^ Hornem. in Fl. Dan. t. 1G;^7. 



Wile I.and. Eritrea: Hnicliello Kokab, nortli of Acrur, 5200 ii., Schwein 

 fxirih ^ Bira, 1101! Abyssinia: nenr Adowa, Sckimper, 1100, and near Adili 

 Selgeniie, Schimper^ 507 (ex Engler) ; Sliireh Province, Quarliu Dillon/ 



Widely spread in the temperate zone of the Old World. 



(;. SCHINZIELLA, Gilg in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 74. 



Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla equally 4-lobed ; tube very much shorter 

 than the lobes. Stamens 4, unequal, 3 sterile, 1 larger, fertile. Ovary 

 1-celled, with parietal placentas; stigma 2-lobed. — Kerb with small 

 green leaves. Flowers crowded in large terminal cymes. 



Species 1, endemic. 



1 . S. tetragona, Gilg, I.e. Stem above 1 ft. long, narrowly 4-winged. 

 Leaves sessile, oblong-ovate, obtuse or apiculate, subcoriaceous, \-\ in. 

 long by half as broad. Flowers many, sessile or shortly stalked. Calyx 

 \ in. long ; lobes 1 lin. long, broadly deltoid, apiculate, o-nerved. Corolla 

 J- in. long, yellow ; lobes \ in. long, 1 lin. broad, much longer than the 

 tube. Style nearly 2 lin. long; stigma shortly 2-lobed. — Canscoru 

 Utrayona, Schinz in Yiertelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Ziirich, xxxvii. (1871) 

 338. 



laower Guinea. Angola : 'Mafange, Mechoiv, 418. 



7. CANSCORA, Lam.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 8U. 



Calyx-tube terete or winged ; teeth usually 4. Corolla-tube cylindric ; 

 lobes 4, much shorter than the tube. Stamens 4, inserted at difierent 

 heights in the corolla-tube, usually only one perfect ; filaments short ; 

 anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas slightly intruded ; 

 ovules many; style filiform ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule cylindrical, mem- 

 branous, 2-lobed. Seeds many, minute, rugose. — Much branched erect 

 annuals. Upper leaves sometimes connate. Cymes lax, terminal. 

 Flowers small, pink or white. 



Species 12, chiefly natives of Tropical Asia. 



Calyx 4^5 lin. long \. C. decvssaia. 



Calyx not more than 2\ lin. long. 



Panicle rather diffuse; pedicels 3-7 lin. long . 1. C.dxfusa. 

 Panicle contracted ; pedicels 1-3 lin. long . 3. C. Kirkii. 



1. C. decussata, Boem. et Schultes; Griseh. in DC Pro'L ix. (•4. 

 More robust than C. diffusa ; stems conspicuously 4-winged. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, J-1 in. long. Flowers laxly cymose; pedicels stout, 



