Canscora
(from Kansgan-Cora, the Malabar name of C. perfoliata, as yet unintroduced). SYN. Pladera. Including Phyllocyclus. ORD. Gentianeae. Small, erect, simple or branched, stove or greenhouse annuals. Flowers stalked or sub-sessile. Leaves opposite, sessile or amplexicaul. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a four-cleft, unequal limb; the two outer segments equal, two lower ones combined a greater distance. Stems tetragonal. C. Parishii requires similar treatment to Balsam, and grows best in a soil to which chalk or limestone debris is added.
C. Parishii (Parish's). fl. white. l. opposite, perfectly connate, so that the united two apparently form an exactly orbicular leaf. h. 2ft. Moulmein, 1864. Greenhouse. (B. M. 5429.)