89. GENTIANACEZX. 137 
. 94. Gentiana vandellioides, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba annua, glabra, debilis (G. recurvate similis), multi- 
caulis, 4-6 poll. alta, ramosa, caulibus ramulisque gracilibus 
angulatis. Folia crassiuscula, radicalia rosulata, sessilia, oblonga 
vel spathulata, maxima vix pollicaria, caulina opposita, petiolata, 
ovata, 3-6 lineas longa, acuta. Flores terminales, solitarii, 
cerulei, graciliter pedunculati, 7-9 lineas longi; calyx membra- 
naceus, fere hyalinus, quam corolla 2 brevior, dentibus setaceis 
sinibus truncatis; corolla infundibularis, lobis deltoideo-rotun- 
datis plicis similis sed paulo brevioribus integris; stamina infra 
medium tubi inserta; ovarium breviter stipitatum, stylo brevi, 
stigmate bifido. 
Huren: Fang, in clefts of rocks at 7000 feet (A. Henry !). 
Herb. Kew. 
5; 95. Gentiana (§ Megacodon, Hemsl.) venosa, Hemsl., n. sp. 
(Plate III.) 
Herba monocarpica, erecta, omnino glaberrima, flavo-viridis, 
caule robusto infra inflorescentiam simplici inter nodos cavo 5-6 
ped. alto. Folia (radicalia non visa) opposita, crassiuscula, semi- 
amplexicaulia vel inferiora in petiolum attenuata, oblongo-lan- 
ceolata, vel superiora sub floribus fere linearia, maxima pedalia, 
omnia trinervia, vix acuta. Flores pauci (circiter 11), ampli, 
aperte campanulati, circiter 3 poll. diametro, in axillis foliorum 
(vel bractearum) superiorum solitarii, cum unico terminali, longe 
peduneulati; sepala libera, fere equalia, oblongo-lanceolata, 
12-2 poll. longa, acuminata, herbacea, margine interiore tenuiora, 
decolora, scariosa; corolla intus nuda, alte 5-lobata, albida, 
prominenter viridi-venosa, lobis latis contiguis imbricatis rotun- 
datis, plicis nullis; stamina glabra, prope coroll: basin inserta et 
dimidio breviora, filamentis deorsum dilatatis, antheris sagittatis 
subversatilibus ; ovarium glabrum, sessile, 1-loculare, placentis 4 
multiovulatis ; stylus brevis, stamina paulo superans, stigmate 
amplissimo late bilobato. 
SzEcHvEN: North Wushan (4. Henry!) Herb. Kew. 
This showy plant might be regarded as deserving of generic 
rank; but as the genus Gentiana is at present constituted, it 
seems better to make it a section of that, and the name given 
might serve if it were eventually separated from Gentiana. It 
is nearest the Indian G. stylophora, Clarke. 
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