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We do not feel satisfied that this is correctly referred by 
Mr. C. B. Clarke to @. quadrifaria, Blume. 
Swertia ($ Ophelia) striata, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba annua, erecta, 15-18 poll. alta, glaberrima, caule anguste 
4-alato infra medium simplici supra pyramidiformi-ramoso, 
ramulis gracilibus. Folia sessilia, crassiuseula, anguste lanceo- 
lata, 1-13 poll. longa, subacuta, obscure 3-nervia. Flores 5- 
ameri, 10-12 lineas diametro, numerosi, laxe paniculati, longe 
graciliterque pedicellati ; calycis segmenta fere libera, fere 
linearia, acuta, petalis vix triente breviora; corolle rotate seg- 
menta ovato-lanceolata, acuta, longitudinaliter pluri-striata, intus 
prope basin biglandulosa, simul squamis duabus longe fimbriatis 
supra glandulas impositis instructa; filamenta vix dilatata; 
ovarium sessile, multiovulatum, stigmate sessili bilobato. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Pentamerous flowers with striped petals bearing long fringed 
seales on the two glands near the base characterize this species. 
Swertia ($ Ophelia) stricta, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba annua, erecta, 9-15 poll. alta, gracilis, fere undique 
glaberrima, ramulis floriferis brevissimis supra medium exceptis 
caule simplici. Folie sessilia, crassiuscula, lineari-lanceolata, 
maxima vix 1 poll. longa, obtusa, ciliolata, supra minute hispidula. 
Flores 5-ameri, cærulei vel lilacini, 8-9 lineas diametro, in cymas 
parvas densas laterales terminalesque dispositi, pedicellis gracilibus 
quam flores brevioribus; calycis segmenta fere libera, crassiuscula, 
anguste lanceolata, acuta, quam corolla triente breviora, 1-costata, 
margine incrassata, ciliolata ; coroll: rotate lobi lanceolati, acuti, 
intus basi obscure uniglandulosi, nudi; filamenta deorsum dila- 
tata, basi pseudomonadelpha ; ovarium sessile, glabrum, stylo 
bifido ramulis recurvis. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Not very closely allied to any species. 
Limnanthemum cristatum, Griseb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 131.— 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Throughout India to South China and the Philippines. 
Limnanthemum indicum, Thwaites; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 131, 
—Shan hills at 8000 feet. 
