124 . 89. GENTIANACEAX. 
4. *Gentiana argentea, Royle ex D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xvii. p. 513 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 112. Var. 
ALBESCENS, Franchet. j 
Nana, ramis dense capitato-congestis; folia basilaria ovata vel 
ovato-lanceolata, mucronata, caulinis obovatis latissime albo- 
marginatis ; calycis lobi lanceolati, longe mucronati, flores pallide 
cæruleos subæquantes, nunc fere ex toto, præter nervum dor- 
salem, argentei. , 
Plantula pollicaris vel vix longior, ramulis arcte congestis quasi 
sphærica, foliorum margine lato argenteo vere albescens ; capsula 
subsessilis, spatulata, apice ala denticulata aucta, ille G. argentee 
simillima, corollam haud excedens. 
Yunnan: hills near Mosoyn (Delavay!). Herb. Kew. 
Afghanistan eastward. 
v 5. Gentiana aristata, Mazim. in Mél. Biol. x. p. 678; Kanitz, 
Bot. Res. Szech. Centr.-As. Exped. p. 11. 
Kansvu: in the alpine region of the Tetung river (Przewalski 
ex Maximowicz). 
« 6. Gentiana (§ Amarella) arrecta, Franchet, n. sp. 
Palmaris vel minor, glabra ; e basi ramosissima, ramis fastigiato- 
arrectis; folia breviter ovata, obtusa, margine scabra; cyma 
racemiformis; flores longe pedicellati, pedicellis rigidis; calyx 
profunde 5-lobus, lobis ovato-lanceolatis obtusis ; corolla 12 mill. 
longa, pallide e:rulescens, lobis vix patentibus, tubo brevioribus, 
obtusis; squame multifide; capsula oblonga, sessilis; semina 
ovato-reniformia, levia, nitida. 
Cum G. Amarella presertim comparanda ; caule e basi ramos- 
issimo, foliis breviter ovatis apice minime produetis, floribus sub- 
duplo minoribus, iis G. tenelle simillimis, facile distincta; a G- 
tenella inflorescentia foliis margine seabris magis longe distat. 
Yunnan: Yentzehay, near Lankong, at 3200 metres (Delavay !). 
Herb. Kew. 
' 7. Gentiana ($ Chondrophylla) bella, Franchet, n. sp. 
Annua, glaberrima, e basi ramosissima, pumila ; caules vel rami 
uniflori, ascendentes ; folia rosulata, magna, ovata vel ovato-orbi- 
* Mr. A. Franchet, the author of the ‘Plante Davidianze, ‘Plante Dela- 
vayanz, and other works on Chinese and Japanese botany, has been so good 
as to contribute diagnoses of his unpublished species of Gentiana, which are 
here printed in the form communicated. 
