Swertia. | LXXXVII. GENTIANEA (BAKER AND BROWN). 577 
14. S. petitiana, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 55. Root per- 
ennial ; stems 4—5 in. high, 4-angled, simple or branched above. Root- 
leaves $—} in. long, 2-24 lin. broad, obovate, with a short petiole ; stem- 
leaves in 3-4 pairs, 4-8 lin. long, 3-8 lin. broad, broadly ovate, sessile, 
Cymes few-flowered, simple or sparsely panicled; flowers pentamerous ; 
pedicels short. Sepals 24-3 lin. long, spathulate-obovate to ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla-lobes 4—5 lin. long, 3-3} lin. broad, very obtuse, with 
a pair of nectaries at the base. Stamens } in. long.—Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 338. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Wojerat Province, Petit / 
15. S. wojeratensis, V. H. Br. Perennial, 3-6 in. high; stem 
apparently solitary, simple or branched; branches sub-erect or 
ascending, corymbose. Leaves in 1-2 pairs at the base and on 
the stem, }—? in. long, 2-4} lin. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse or sub- 
acute, sessile. Cymes 3—5-flowered, somewhat clustered ; pedicels 1-12 
lin. long; flowers 5-merous. Sepals 2-21} lin. long, 3-1} lin. broad, 
oblanceolate to broadly obovate, obtuse. Corolla-lobes 3—4 lin. long, 
14-2 lin. broad, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, subacute or obtuse but not 
rounded at the apex, with two oblong fringed glands near the base. 
Stamens 1-2 lin. long. Ovary oblong, obtuse; stigma sessile; lobes 
broader than long, obtusely rounded. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Wojerat Province, Petit ? 
16. S. filicaulis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 109. Probably 
annual; stem filiform, 4 in. long, slightly branched. Leaves distant, 
sessile, orbicular or ovate-orbicular, 2}—34 lin. long and broad, obtuse. 
Flowers solitary, 5-merous. Calyx-lobes 4-4 in. long, # lin. broad; 
obovate, obtuse. Corolla-lobes 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, obovate-oblong, 
obtuse, with a pair of minute fimbriate nectaries near the base. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; Ghaba, near Gondar, Steudner. 
17. S. Wellbyi, V. #. Br. Annual, 6 in. high in the only 
specimen seen; stem slender with 1 branch. Leaves in about 4 distant 
pairs, 3—4 lin. long, 24 lin. broad, ovate, subobtuse, very broadly rounded 
or almost subcordate at the subsessile base, scarcely petiolate. Cymes 
terminal, umbellately 3—9-flowered; pedicels 3-8 lin. long; flowers 
5-merous. Sepals 1}-24 lin. long, $—? lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, 
slightly narrowed to the base. Corolla apparently white; lobes 3-34 
lin. long, 24 lin. broad, elliptic or suborbicular, very obtuse, with 2 
closely placed nearly circular nectaries near the base. Stamens 2 lin. 
long. Ovary oblong, not tapering at the top; stigma sessile, its lobes 
rather more than $ lin. broad, orbicular-oblong, very obtuse. 
Wile Land. Abyssin'a: between Harrar and Addi Abbaba, Wellby! 
18. S. brevipedicellata, Gily ined. Plant 6 in. high in the 
only specimen seen, slightly branched, annual, glabrous, comparatively 
few-flowered. Radical leaves rosulate, }-? in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 
elliptic or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, narrowed into a short: petiole; stem- 
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