N. 0. GfiNTIANACE^. 847 



Vern. :— Kyout pan (Burm). 



Habitat :- -Throughout India. 



A slender, much branched annual, 2 ft. or more in height. 

 Stems obtusely 4-angled. Leaves membranous, 3-nerved, 1 in. 

 long, the lower lanceolate or elliptic and often petioled ; upper 

 sessile, broadly ovate, acute or apiculate, rounded at the base, 

 uppermost leaves much smaller. Flowers pink, in lax diffuse 

 panicles, pedicels filiform, the ultimate bracts very minute. 

 Calyx \ in. long, not winged ; teeth lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 in, long; tube \ in., green ; lobes unequal, obtuse. Stamens 4, 

 one of which is fertile and larger than the others and inserted 

 higher up. Capsule narrowly oblong, nearly as long as the 

 calyx, membranous. (Duthie). 



Use. : — Used as a substitute for C. decussatta. 



797. C. decussata, Roem. & 8ch. h.f.b.i., iv 104. 



Syn. : — Pladera decussata, Roxb. 135. 



Sans. : — Sankhapushphi ; Dandotpala. 



Vern. : — Sankhahuli (H.) ; Dan kuni (B,) ; Shankhapushappi 

 (Cutch). 



It seems probable that the Sanskrit names are applied in different parts of 

 the country to more than one species of Canscora. Rheede (Hort. Mai. X., t. 

 52) figures C. perfoliate, with the Malayalim name of the Cansjan-cora, from 

 which the botanical name of the genus has been derived. (Dymock). 



Habitat : — Valleys of Simla, Himalaya, abundant in Bengal 

 plains. Throughout India, Burma, Ceylon. 



Stems erect, 6-18in. 4-winged, branched above. Leaves, 

 rather numerous, sessile, lowest one about lin., upper ones 

 smaller, all ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute, 

 3-nerved. Peduncles long, quadrangular, strongly winged. 

 Calyx nearly Jin., 4-winged ; segments very short, lanceolate, 

 very acute. Corolla-lobes rounded, 2 lower ones much narrower. 

 Flowers white or pale yellow. Stamens 4, one perfect, anthers 

 small and imperfect (Collett). Filaments short. Ovary 1-celled, 

 style abort, stigma 2-lobed, capsule oblong. Seeds large dark 

 brown, reticulate. 



The different species of Canscora are bitterish annual plants 

 which grow on moist situations during, or immediately after 

 the rainy season. 



