xcvii. GENTIANACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 97 



7. E. atropurpureum, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 119 ; leaves subsessile 

 round-ovate shortly acute 5-nerved, flowers 5-1 terminal, calyx winged, corolla- 

 lobes f in., anthers \ in. E. Beddomei, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 427. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Quilon, Gen. Cullen ; Pulney Mts., Seddome. 



Stems erect, terete. Leaves 1% by 1 in., coriaceous. Peduncles | in., solitary from 

 the penultimate axils. Calyx-lobes ^ in. Corolla-lobes obovate-oblong, acute, deep 

 blue. Capsule oblong (Seddome}. 



VAB. anamallayanum, Bedd. 2c. PI. Ind. Or. t. 154 ; leaves larger ovate or oblong 

 acute or obtuse margined, flowers corymbose. Anamallays and Pulneys, alt. 6-7000 

 ft., Seddome. 



8. E. courtallense, Am. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176 ; stem quadran- 

 gular much branched, leaves lanceolate 3-1 nerved succulent sessile, corymbs 

 terminal few-fld., corolla-lobes ^- in., anthers \ in. shortly attenuate. Griseb. 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 47 ; Wight Ic. t. 1323. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight. 



Stem often almost woody below, 3-8 in., densely ramous, or 14 in. with fewer 

 longer branches. Leaves If by $ in., narrowed below, nerves often obscure. Peduncles 

 0-| in., often 1-flowered in the ramous form, corymbose in the less divided. Calyx- 

 lobes ^ in., wing oblong or lanceolate. Corolla-lobes obovate-oblong acute, blue. 

 Capsule ^ by | in., ovoid. 



VAB. travancorica peduncles 5-!^ in. solitary, flowers and capsule rather larger. 

 E. travancorica, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 118. Travancore, alt. 5000 ft., Seddome. The 

 examples are only 2-7-fld. and look like alpine forms of E. courtallense, but Beddome 

 says that E. travancoricum is sometimes 50-fld. 



9. E. Wig-htianum, Arn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176 ; leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate 3-5-nerved, calyx winged, corolla-lobes f in., anthers \-\ in. scarcely 

 attenuated upwards. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 45; Wight Ic. t. 840. E. 

 zeylanicum, Wall. Cat. 4357, letter a. E. foliosum, Griseb. I. c. 45. 



NILGHEKEY MTS., alt. 4-7000 ft., frequent. TRAVANCORE, Seddome. 

 Only differs from E. zeylanicum in the much shorter anthers, which have a 

 minute papilla at the summit of the connective behind. 



10. E. zeylanicum, Eoxl, Catal. PI. (1813), and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ 

 Watt. i. 414 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 3-5-nerved, calyx winged, corolla-lobes 

 f in., anthers ^-^ in. attenuated upwards. Watt. Cat. 4357, letter b ; Arn. in 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. 2, xi. 176; Griseb. Gentian. 110, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 45; 

 Thwaites Enum. 203 (excl. var. 0) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4423. Ohironia trinervis, 

 Linn. Sp. PL 272 ; Moon. Cat. 16. Lisianthus zeylanicus, Spreng. Syst. i. 586. 

 Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 67. 



CEYLON ; common up to 5000 ft., Thwaites, &c. 



Stem 1-3 ft., quadrangular, erect, little-branched below. Leaves 4 by 1 in., 

 narrowed at the base, subsessile. Corymbs terminal, many-fld., 1-fld. peduncles 

 from the lower axils sometimes added. Calyx-lobes f in. ; wing lanceolate, in fruit 

 ovate or cordate. Corolla-lobes blue, obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute. Capsule 

 ^ by i in. 



VAB. macrantha ; stem terete, corolla purplish-blue, anthers in. broad. E. 

 macrantha, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Sc. 2, xi. 176; Griseb. Gentian. Ill, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 46 ; Sot. Mag. t. 4771 ; Thwaites Enum. 203. Ceylon, frequent. The lobes 

 of the corolla are not always acuter than in many examples of E. zeylanicum type. 



*** Smaller slenderer plants with small 4-merous flowers. 



11. E. pedunculatum, Linn. ; Griseb. Gentian. 112, and in DC. Prodr. 

 ix. 46; stem erect much-branched, leaves subsessile elliptic or lanceolate 

 3-nerved, cymes terminal many-fld., pedicels suberect rigid, corolla blue. VaJd 



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