GENTIANACEAE 367 



with the lobes. Ovary superior, free, 2-celled; style simple; ovules one 

 to many in each cell. Fruit capsular, septicidal, or fleshy and indehescent, 

 1- to many-seeded. 



Genera 32, species about 550, tropical and subtropical countries of both 

 hemispheres, 7 genera and 20 species in the Philippines, a single represent- 

 ative in our area. 



1. BUODLEIA Linnaeus 



Erect branched shrubs, with opposite, lanceolate, finely toothed leaves, a 

 stipular line between the petioles. Flowers small, the cymes small, in 

 dense, spike-like, elongated branches of the terminal and axillary, panic- 

 ulate inflorescence. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla urn-shaped, 4-lobed. Stamens 

 4, inserted on the tube. Capsule small, 2-valved. Seeds numerous, oblong 

 or fusiform. 



Species about 70, in most tropical and subtropical countries, a single one 

 in the Philippines. 



1. B. asiatica Lour. Talicnono, Malasambong (Tag.). 



An erect branched shrub 1 to 2 m high, the branches and lower surfaces 

 of the leaves densely gaayish- or brownish-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminate, toothed, 5 to 15 cm long. Panicles ample, the spike-like branches 

 up to 15 cm long, 5 to 8 mm in diameter. Flowers white, 3.5 to 4 mm 

 long, pubescent. Capsules reflexed, oblong, about as long as the flowers. 



In thickets, Guadalupe, San Francisco del Monte, etc., fl. Jan.-Feb.; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. India to China and Malaya. 



115. GENTIANACEAE (Gentian Family) 



Erect or scandent herbs, usually glabrous. Leaves opposite, entire. 

 Flowers mostly cymose, rarely solitary, regular, or slightly irregular in 

 Canscora. Calyx inferior, 4- or 5-lobed. Corolla funnel-shaped or rotate, 

 4- or 5-Iobed, Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes and alternate with 

 them, inserted on the tube, or in CoMScora unequal or suppressed. Ovary 

 superior, 1-celled. Capsule thin, rarely somewhat fleshy. Seeds numerous, 

 small. 



Genera about 64, species more than 550, in all parts of the world, 9 

 genera and 12 species in the Philippines, a single genus in our area. 



1. CANSCORA Lamarck 



Annual, erect, slender, dichotomously branched, glabrous herbs. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile. Flowers in dichotomously branched, lax, leafy cjrmea. 

 Calyx tubular, 4-too^hed. Corolla-tube cylindric, as long as the calyx, the 

 lobes 4, more or less unequal. Stamens 4 near the summit of the corolla- 

 tube, 1 or 2 larger and perfect, 2 or 3 with shorter filaments, barren, or 

 sometimes nearly wanting. Ovary 1-celled. Capsule 2-Yalved. (A Malabar 

 name.) 



Species 14, chiefly Indian, few in Africa, Malaya and Australia, a single 

 one in the Philippines. 



1. C. diffusa (Willd.) R. Br. Cobamba, Malengal (Tag.). 



A slender, erect, glabrous annual 10 to 50 cm high, the stems 4-angled, 

 much branched upward. Lower leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved, 4 to 7 cm long, 

 narrowed at both ends, the upper ones shorter and passing into bracts. 

 Cymes diffuse, the bracts sessile, ovate, foliaceous, up to 1 cm long. Flowers 



