106 xovii. GENTiANACE^. (0. B. Clarke.) [Gansoora. 



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

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

 of Eucanscora. 



12. C. Kelferiana, Wall. mss. ; calyx ^-J in., corolla-lobes ^ in. 

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

 Jawrn. Linn. Soc. xiv. 432. 



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



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

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

 Parishii. 



a CRAWFURDXA, WaU. 



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 tubulax-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 suhtriquetrous narrowly 3-winged. — Species 9-10 ; in 

 India, Malaya, China, and Japan. 



StrBaBNTrs 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-limh truncate teeth 6 

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

 distant small triangular acute. D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 617 ; Griseb. 

 Gentian. 305, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 120 ; Clarke in Joum. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 442, 



Cbntrai. and Eastekn 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 J in., lanceolate, one pair near the base or summit of th& 

 pedicel, often 0. Cahjx ^ by J in., cylindric, base campanulate ; teeth ^-i in. Corolla: 

 1 3 ^y I '"•> purple, plicate ; teeth scarcely ^ in. Filaments dilated in the middle, 

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

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



2. C. campanulacea, WaU. Sr Griff, mss. ; leaves elliptic acuminate 

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

 corolla-lobes approximate ovate-lanceolate. C. speciosa, Clarke injourn. lAnn. 

 Soc. xiv. 442, partly. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft, frequent, Wallich, B.f. ^ T., &e. 



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

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

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

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

 Stamens as of C. speciosa. Stigmas i in., linear. Capsule I by J in., included in the- 

 corolla ; stalk | in. 



3. C. angrustata, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acuminate entire glabrous 

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

 elongate narrow lobes lanceolate. 



