Eaacun):] xcvii. gentianacej). (C. B. Clarke.) 97 



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

 round-ovate shortly acute 6-nerved, flowers 6-1 terminal, caljrs winged, corolla- 

 lobes } in., anthers | in. E. Beddomei, Clarke in Jmm. Linn. Soc. xiv. 427. 



Deccan Peninsula. ; Quilon, Gen. Cwllen ; Pulney Mts., BeddoTne. 



Stems erect, terete. Leaves li by 1 in., coriaceous. Peduncles J in., solitary from 

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

 blue. Capsule oblong {Beddome). 



Vab. anamallayanmn, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 154 ; leaves larger ovate or oblong 

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

 ft., Beddome. 



8. E. courtallense, Arn. in Ann. Se. Nat. 2, xi. 176; stem quadran- 

 gular much branched, leaves lanceo]a,te 3-1 nerved succulent sessile, corymbs 

 terminal few-fld., corolla-lobes j-J in., anthers | in. shortly attenuate. Oriseb. 

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



S. Deccan Peninsdia ; 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. CoroUorlobes obovate-oblong acute, blue. 

 Ccvpsuie y by 1 in., ovoid. 



Vab. travancorica ; peduncles 4-lJ in. solitary, flowers and capsule rather larger. 

 E. travancorica, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 1. 118. — -Travancore, alt. 5000 ft., Beddome. — The 

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

 says fliat E. travancoricmn is sometimes 60-fld. 



9. E. Wigrhtianum, Arn. in Ann. Se. Nat. 2, xi. 176 ; leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate 3-5-nerved, calyx vringed, coroUa-lobes f in., anthers |-j in. scarcely 

 attenuated upwards. Cfriseb. in DC. Prodrr. ix. 45 ; Wight Ic. t, 840. E. 

 zeylaoicum, Wcdl. Cat. 4Z57, letter a. E. foliosum, Chriseb. I. c. 45. 



NttGHERET Mts., alt. 4-7000 ft., frequent. Travancobe, Beddome. 

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

 minute papilla at the summit of the connective behind, 



10. E. zeylanicum, Roxh, Catal. PI. (1813), and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ 

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

 } in., anthers ^-J in. attenuated upwards. WaU.- Cat. 4357, letter b ; Am. in 

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

 Thwaites Enum. 203 (excl. var. ;8) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4423. Ohironia trinervis, 

 lAnn. Sp. PI. 272 ; Moon. Cat. 16. Lisianthus zeylanicus, Sprefng.Syst. i. 586. 

 —Bwm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 67. 



Ceylon ; common up to 5000 ft., Thvjaites, &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 | in. ; wing lanceolate, in fruit 

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

 i by 1 in. 



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

 macrantha, Jm. in Ann. Nat. 8c. 2, xi. 176; Griseb. Gentian. Ill, and in DC. 

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

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



*** Smaller slenderer plants with small 4rmerous flowers. 



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

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

 8-nerved, cymes terminal many-fld., pedicels suberect rigid, corolla blue. Vahl 



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