106 xcvii. GENTIANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Oanscora. 



uppermost herbaceous. Pedicels 0-^ in. Calyx -1 in. broad at the base, slightly 

 narrowed upwards, lobes short triangular. Capsule i by i in., ellipsoid. Seeds as- 

 of Eucanscora. 



12. C. Helferiana, Wall. mss. ; calyx - in., corolla-lobes in. 

 Phyllocyclus Helferi, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 236 ; Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 432. 



MOULMEIN, Griffith ; Three-Pagoda Pass into Siam, Heifer (Kew Distrib.n. 5816). 



Closely resembling C. Parishii, but the calyx, corolla, and capsule rather smaller, 

 and the uppermost (floral) leaves very scarious. It is probably only a var.- of C. 

 Parishii. 



8. CRAWFURDIA, Wall. 



Twiners, leaves opposite, petioled, 3-nerved. Flowers showy, axillary, 

 solitary or in small cymes, purple white or greenish-yellow. Calyx tubular, 

 lobes 5 (or 4 in a non-Indian species). Corolla elongate tubular-campanulate, 

 plicate or subterete ; lobes 5. short. Stamens 5, on the middle of the corolla- 

 tube, filaments flattened ; anthers oblong. Ovary stalked, 1-celled ; disc small, 

 5-toothed ; style linear, stigmas 2 short linear. Fruit globose or oblong, 

 compressed or terete, 2-valved, or indehiscent. Seeds many, discoid, broadly 

 winged, or wedge-shaped subtriquetrous narrowly 3-winged. Species 9-10 ; in 

 India, Malaya, China, and Japan. 



STJBGENTTS I. Dipterospermum. Flowers (or many of them) long-' 

 pedicelled. Calyx not keeled. Capsule dry. Seeds compressed, discoid ; wing 

 marginal, broad, simple, scarious. 



1. C. speciosa, Wall. Cat. 4371, and Tent. Fl. Nep. 64, t, 48 ; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate minutely denticulate glabrous, calyx-limb truncate teeth 5 

 small lanceolate excurrent below the margin, corolla-limb subtruncate teeth 

 distant small triangular acute. D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 517 ; Griseb. 

 Gentian. 305, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 120; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 442, 

 partly. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; Nepal and Sikkim, alt. 6-10,000 ft., frequent, 

 Wallich, J. D. H., &c. 



Leaves 3 by 1 in., base cuneate or rounded. Cymes 1-3 in., 1 -5 -flowered ; 

 pedicels 0-7 in. ; bracts in., lanceolate, one pair near the base or summit of the 

 pedicel, often 0. Calyx ^ by ^ in., cylindric, base campanulate ; teeth ^ i in. Corolla 

 li by | in., purple, plicate ; teeth scarcely in. Filaments dilated in the middle, 

 attached in the middle of the corolla, sometimes free at the base. Stigma more 

 than in., linear. Capsule 1 by ^-^ in., subincluded in the corolla, stalk ^-f in. 



2. C. campanulacea, Wall, fy Griff, mss. ; leaves elliptic acuminate- 

 entire glabrous coriaceous, calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate terminating the tube, 

 corolla-lobes approximate ovate-lanceolate. C. speciosa, Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 442, partly. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., frequent, Wallich, H.f. $ T., &c. 



Leaves as of C. speciosa but more coriaceous, the 3 main nerves broad beneath, 

 others obscure. Peduncles 0-4 in., all 1-flowered ; bracts in., present or absent, 

 varying in position. Calyx-tube -| by in., cylindric ; lobes ^-| in., not keeled. 

 Corolla 1 by f in., purple, very obscurely plicate ; teeth ^-\ in., hardly keeled. 

 Stamens as of C. speciosa. Stigmas f in., linear. Capsule f by in., included in the 

 corolla ; stalk in. 



3. C. angustata, Clarke-, leaves elliptic acuminate entire glabrous 

 coriaceous, calyx-tube elongate teeth small approximate lanceolate, corolla-tube 

 elongate narrow lobes lanceolate. 



