267 



(2) 0. SESsiiiFLaRA. {Roem, $• Sckult.) 



Idtnt. Dec. prod. IX. p. 64. — Roem. & Schult. Mant. p. 230. 



Syn. Gentiana heteroclita, Linn. Mant, — Exacum hete^bciitum, 

 Willd' — Pladera sessiliflora, /Joaft. ft. Ind. I, p. 416. — Centau- 

 rium Malabaricum, Borkh. Gent. p. 27. 



SpEq. Chab. Stem broadly 4-winged :, leaves ova^e, obtu$e; 

 flowers central, sessile : calyx wingless : corolla pale, rose-coloured. 

 Moist places on the Coromandel Coast and Bei^al. 



(3) C. AlATA. (Willi.) 



Ident. Ws^ll. Cat. No. 4363.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 65. 



Spec. Char. Stem 4-winged above, below simple, tetragonotis : 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acutish, floral ones orbiculate, sometimes kid- 

 ney-shaped- flowers central, sessile, usually deficient: wing of 

 the calyx half-ovate. 



Madras. 



(4) 0. PERFOiiATA. (£am.) 



Ident. Iha. prod. IX. p. 65.— Lam. Enc. I. p. 601. 



Syn. Pladera perfoliata, Roxb. 

 , Engrav. Rbeede Mai. X. t. 52.— Wight's Icon. t. 1327. f. 2. 



Spec. Char. Stem 4-winged, ramous from the base : leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, floral ones roundish : central flowers pe- 

 dicelled : calyx wingless. 



Mysore and Malabar. . 



(5) C. &randifi,ora. CR. W.) 



Ident. Wight's l6on. vol. IV. & t, 1326- 



Spec. Char. Stems alone furnished wiUi 4 narrow wings;, dif- 

 fusely ramous : leaves lanceolate, acute, S^nerved^ floral ones orbi- 

 culate, perfoliate : flowers ternate, subscssile : calyx broadly wing- 

 ed. 



Coorg and Western provinces of Mysore, flowering in May and 

 Ja&e. . 



s 

 (6) C. TENEtl A. ( Wall.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1327. f. 3. 



Spec Char. Stems obsoletely wjngeid, diffuse, and very ra- 

 mous : lower leaves broad-ovate, acute, thqse of the floriferout 

 branchlets Itnear-lanceolaite or minute, subulate: flowers Iqpg an^ 



