Neilgherries, Coonoor, Kaitie Palls, &c., frequent
Stem erect, about two feet high, simple below the
cymes and cymules from the upper axils: internodes
shorter than the leaves: pedicels about an
inch long with a small bract, corolla about 3 | inch
in diameter: anthers like those of E. Zelanicum:
capsule erect, ovoid-globose.
1323. E xacum Courtallense (Amott), stem
dichotomously branched, branches with 4 very narrow
wings: leaves oblong, lanceolate, acuminate:
inflorescence leafy: laminae of the corolla obovate
obtuse, stamens 5: fructiferous pedicels straight:
capsule oblong ovate, narrowing towards the apex.
Courtallum. A beautiful species with somewhat
succulent leaves and deep blue flowers. Older
plants show a tendency to become diflhse, the
branches resting on the ground with the floriferous
extremities ascending.
1324. Fig. 1. E xacum sessile (Lin.), stem simple,
roundish: leaves short cordate obtuse sessile,
obsolelely 5-nerved: calyx 4-parted exalate, segments
obtuse very short reflexed: lobes of the
corolla obovate obtuse: flowers subsessile.
Ceylon. Colonel Walker.
Fig. 2. Exacum fetiolare (Griseb.), stem simple
4-sided: leaves long petioled, broad ovate, obtuse,
5-ner'ved: calyx 4-parted, segments acute with
truncated, semi-ovate, transversely-veined wings at
the base: lobes of the corolla elliptic acute: flowers
pedicelled.—Petiols dilated into the limb about half
an inch long, leaves about 1£ inch long, l£ broad,
triangular ovate from the base, a little shorter than
the internodes.
Belgaum. Law.
Fig. 3. Exacum pumilum (Griseb.), stem 4-sided:
leaves sessile, oblong lanceolate bluntish, 3-nerved,
the last shorter one nerved: calyx 4-parted, segments,
subulate, wingless: corolla small, purplish,
lobes roundish ovate obtuse: style elongated.—
Stem about a span high simple at the base: upper
leaves oblong linear, often only 2 lines long, the
middle ones about an inch and 4 or 5 lines broad:
pedicels terminal, from half an inch to long, forming
a terminal cyme, bibractiolate above' the middle
[these I do not find in my specimens]: lobes of the
corolla three times longer than the tube, which is
about the length of the calyx: anthers oblong
straight, opening by a minute double pore, afterwards
spliting longitudinally.
Bombay or Belgaum, I am uncertain which. For
the specimen figured, which is larger than that described
by Grisebach, I am indebted to Mr. Law
of Bombay, so often mentioned in this work.
1325. Ertthrjea R oxburgh« (G. Don), stem
straight, diffusely ramous: lower leaves rosulate, obovate
oblong obtuse, cauline ones linear acuminate:
cymes once or twice dichotomous, patulous: lateral
flowers ebractiate: tube of the corolla, about the
time of expansion, somewhat exceeding the calyx,
lobes narrow, oblong acute.
Frequent on the table land of Mysore. I do not
recollect meeting with it on the lower plains.'
Flowers, so far as I have seen, always white and
the stigma bi-lamellate. I am particular in mentioning
the colour of the flower and form of the
stigma, as Grisebach places this in his 2d section,
part of the character of which is “Corolla rosea * *
stigmate capitulato,” whereas it more properly belongs
to his 1st: “Corolla rosea rarius alba. * *
Stigmatis bifidi lamellis planis.”
1326. Canscora (cyclophyllum) grandiflora
(R. W.), stems above furnished with 4 narrow wings,
diffusely ramous: leaves lanceolate acute, 3-nerved,
floral ones orbiculate, perfoliate: flowers temate
subsessile, calyx broadly winged.
Coorg and Western provinces of Mysore.- Jerdon.
Flowering May and June.
A large and handsome species apparently extensively
diffuse or seeking support from neighbouring
bushes. Allied to C. perfoliata in the form of its
bracts, but at once distinguished by the broad wings
of the calyx.
1327. Fig. 1. Canscora L awii (R. W.), diffuse,
very ramous, wingless: leaves suborbicular cuspidate,
bracts subulate, minute: flowers all pedicellate:
calyx wingless the subulate teeth scarcely half the
length of the limb of corolla: style filiform exserted,
exceeding the exserted fertile stamen: stigma bi-
lamellate: corolla rose coloured.
Belgaum. Law.
Nearly allied to C. diffusa, but differs in the form of
its leaves, its much larger flowers and the greater
length of the fertile stamen, which is here exserted
while in diffusa it scarcely exceeds the others.
The leaves of diffusa are ovate lanceolate, and the
limb of the corolla is scarcely longer than the
teeth of the calyx, stamens all nearly equal and
as long as the style.
Fig. 2. Canscora perfoliata (Linn.), stem 4-
winged, ramous from the base: leaves oblong lanceolate
acute, floral ones roundish: central flowers short
pedicelled: calyx wingless.
My specimens of this are from Mysore and
Malabar.
Fig. 3. Canscora tenella (R. W.), stems ob-
soletely winged, diffuse, and very ramous: lower
leaves broad ovate acute, those of the floriferous
ramuli linear lanceolate or minute, subulate: flowers
long and slenderly pedicelled: calyx wingless: dentate
; teeth acute, about one-third the length of the
lobes of the corolla: style scarcely the length of the
tube, stigma incluse.
Malabar and Mysore.
This in technical characters very nearly approaches
C. diffusa, but is most distinct in appearance,
which, however, the figure does not so well
preserve owing to the draftsman having made the
upper leaves much too large; even the lower ones
of the branch selected are too large, being taken
form the lower part of the stem. The pedicels,
too, of the figure, are about twice the thickness
of those of the plant, a defect for which the transferer
is accountable. While the leaves of the
plant are less than half the size of those of C. diffusa,
the flowers are fully twice as large, the lobes
of the corolla much more obtuse.
1328. Gentiana pedicellata (Wall.), stem
loosely ramous, glabrous: leaves elliptico-lanceolate,
the broader ones aristate at the apex, smooth on
the margins, the lowest ones rosulate: flowers pedicelled:
calyx campanulate 5-cleft, lobes ovate cuspidate,
recurved at the apex, shorter than the clavate