486 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XX. 



Hoppea dichotoma, 



Gentianace^;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 100. 

 The Plains to 3,000 ft. 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



valves 2, seeds very many, minute. This plant is 

 used by Indians as a bitter tonic in place of gentian. 



very small, annual, smooth, stem square, much 

 branched ; leaves \ in. long, ovate, sessile ; flowers 

 A in. white in sessile 2-3 flowered dense or loose 

 clusters, calyx ^ in., bell-shaped, lobes 4, ovate, 

 long-pointed, thin, green marginal nerve, corolla 

 bulging on one side, shorter than the calyx, tube 

 2-g in., lobes short, triangular, stamens 4, 1 perfect, 

 3 barren, in the throat of the corolla, style short, 

 stigma hardly divided, capsule nearly round, very 

 small, seeds very many, minute, nearly black. 



small, annual, smooth, stem round or square, 

 branched, spaces between leaves short ; leaves 2 by 

 •J in., or smaller and nearly linear, ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile ; flowers | in. long, white or bluish in sessile 

 axillary clusters, calyx ^ 3 in., deeply divided into 

 5 lobes, which are narrowly oblong and blunt, 

 corolla funnel-shaped, tubular, tube g- in., lobes 5, 

 ■j S in., spreading, oblong with rounded end, stamens 

 5, in the upper part of corolla tube, scales at the 

 base, anthers oblong, short-pointed, within the tube, 

 style short, linear, stigma round ; capsule ■§-£ in., 

 oblong with rounded ends, seeds many, nearly 

 round, larger than those of the last species. This 

 plant is bitter and used in place of quinine or 

 chiretta. 



small, branched, very leafy ; leaves 1^ by § in. 

 sessile, stem leaves oblong, short-pointed or with 

 rounded ends ; flowers J in., pink in sessile brac- 

 teate clustrers, calyx ^ in., tubular, teeth 5, lanceo- 

 late or linear, with a prominent ridge, equal to the 

 corolla tube, corolla tube J in., lobes 5, spreading, 

 stamens 5, near the mouth of the corolla tube, 

 short, linear, style linear, stigmas oblong ; capsule 

 J in., oblong, nearly 2-celled, seeds very small. 



Enicostema littorale, 



Chota kirayata. 



GENTIANACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 101. 



The Plains to 1,500 ft. 



Erythrsea ramosissima, 



GENTIANACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 101. 



The Plains, 1-2,000 ft. 



Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur 



(Thomson). 

 Baluchistan 

 (C. B. Clarke). 



