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Gentiana. | XCVII. GENTIANACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 111 
8. G. humilis, Steven. ; Bunge in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Mose. i. 235; 
branches radical numerous weak little divided, cauline leaves small oblong or 
elliptic not recurved nor marginate, corolla less than } in., capsule short-obovoid 
compressed. Griseb. Gentian. 272, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 106 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 
iii. 63; Boiss Fl. Orient. iv. 72. G. aquatica, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. t. 97, fig. 2, not 
of Linn. Ericala humilis; G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 192. 
Western TisET; Karakoram, alt. 13-16,000 ft.; Thomson, &c.—DuisTRiE. 
Caucasus, N. Asia. 
Closely resembling G. aquatica. Corolla 4 by +, in. usually white, sometimes 
blue. Capsule 4-2 in. 
Van. evolutior ; corolla 3 by + in. fine blue, capsule } in .—Karakoram ; Thomson, 
e. 
9. G. pygmeea, Clarke; stem 1-1 in. simple 1-flowered, leaves minute 
Temote ovate, corolla 4—4 in. tubular. 
Western TiBET; Karakoram, Nubra, Thomson. 
Leaves 4-2 in., ovate or obovate, margined. Calyx shorter than the corolla-tube ; 
lobes lanceolate, acute, erect. Corolla blue ; folds bifid ; fimbriz 0.—This looks like 
an excessively reduced form of G. aquatica, Linn. 
Var. acuminata ; leaves imbricate acuminated. —Kashmir ; Palgam, alt. 13,500 ft. 
Clarke.—Some of the examples are only à in. high, the expanded corolla 4 in. long. 
10. G. squarrosa, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. 64 and Ic. Pl. Fl. Ross. t. 14; 
branches radical numerous weak little divided, cauline leaves small obovate re- 
curved, corolla less than j in. capsule short-obovoid compressed. Bunge in 
Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Mose. i. 234, t. 9, fig. 3; Griseb. Gentian. 273, and in DC. 
Prodr. ix. 107. Ericala squarrosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 191. 
ArPrNE Himaraya and Western TinET, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Karakoram, Thomson, 
&c. ; Sikkim; J. D. H., &c.—Disrris. Dahuria, Siberia. 
Closely resembling G. aquatica, Linn., and hardly separable except by the calyx- 
teeth, which are ovate, mucronate, recurved even more strongly than in Ledebour's 
ure. The leaves are scarcely marginate. 
ll. G. infelix, Clarke; branches radical numerous small woody, leaves 
Very small ovate, calyx-teeth ovate erect, corolla 3 in. tubular, capsule oblong 
subsessile, Gentiana, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. n. 9 and 10. Clarke in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 435. 
Sixxmt HIMALAYA ; Yeumtong and Kankola, alt. 14—15,000 ft.; J. D. H. Kumaon; 
Barji Kang, alt. 14,700 ft., Strachy § Winterbottom. 
Perennial ; branches 1-1} in., black, leafless, wiry below, leafy upwards, 1-flowered. 
eaves 3-2 in., herbaceous, approximate, not margined. Flower subsessile. Calyx 
3 in.; lobes L 2 in., obtuse, glabrous. Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube; folds 
subentire ; fimbrie 0. Capsule 4 by à in. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, trigonous, twice as 
ong as broad ; testa close, smooth. 
12. G. quadrifaria, Blume Bijd. 847; radical leaves 4-1} in. ovate or 
lanceolate, cauline smaller coriaceous often marginale, calyx lobes Janceolate 
*ute rigid often subsquarrose, corolla }-} in. Griseb. tan. 276, and in 
Dc. Prodr. ix. 108. al pedicellata, Wall. s. 4394; Griseb. Gentian. 273, and 
m DC. Prod. ix. 107; Wight Ic. t. 1828; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 435. 
G. orbiculata, Heyne: Wail. Cat. 4395. G. abscondita, Zenk. Pl. Ind. 11, t. 13. 
: zeylanica, Griseb. Gentian. 274, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 108. G. laxicaulis, 
l; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 568. G. pumila, Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 384, fig. 2. 
Gentiana Sp. n. 749, Griff. Itin. Notes, 151. Ericala pedicellata, D. Don in 
rans. Linn. Soc, xvii. 514. E. quadrifaria, procumbens and orbiculata, G. 
Gen. Syst, 190, 192, 193. 
