N. 0. GENT'IANA'OEiS. 
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 
pauieles, pedicels filiform, the ultimate bracts very minute. 
Calyx J in. long, not winged ; teeth lanceolate, acute. Corolla 
in. long ; tube J 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 . G. decussata, Roem. & Sch. h.f.b.i., it 104 . 
Syn. : — Pladera decussata; Roxb. 135. 
Sans. : — Sankhapushphi ; Dandotpala. 
Vern.: — Sankhahuli (H.) ; D4nkuni(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. 
62) figures 0. perfoliata with the Malayalim name of the Ouns/an-cora, from 
which the botanical name of the genns 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 liu., 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 ahort, 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. 
