Gentiana.| XCVII. GENTIANACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 117 
Stems 0-6 in., suberect, usually 1-2 flowering, and 1-2 barren from the same 
root. Lower leaves 24 by 4 in.; cauline shorter, connate at base into a short tube. 
Flowers often 1-3 on each branch, shortly pedicellate or subspicate. Calyz-tube 4 in., 
teeth $ in. ; sinus often plicate. Corolla-lobes à in. acute, Capsule 1 by } in., with 
the stalk 1.1 in., included. 
Var. parviflora ; corolla 1 by } in.subtubular. Gentiana sp. n. 39, Herb. Ind. 
Or, H. f. §& T. Sikkim, alt. 17,000 ft,; Kinchinjhow, J. D. H.—This again is a 
doubtful plant; it appears to have been collected with G. nubigena. 
Secr. IV. Kurroo. Stoutish herbs. Flowers racemose or spicate. 
Corolla 1 in. or more, 5-lobed with folds between the lobes; fimbris 0. Seeds 
oblong trigonous or falcate, acute or subcaudate, not winged ; testa close, not 
(or minutely obscurely) reticulated. 
32. G. Kurroo, Royle Ill. t. 68, fig. 2; leaves oblong or linear, flowers 
solitary or few racemose, calyx-lobes subequal linear, corolla 2 by fin. Griseb. 
Gentian. 304, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 110; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 440 ; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6470. Pneumonanthe Kurroo, D. Don in Royle Ill. p. 278, and 
In Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 509. 
Kasuurg and N.W. HrwaraYA, alt. 511,000 ft., common ; Royle, &c. 
Rootstock stout, perennial: flowering stems 2-12 in., simple. Radical leaves 3 
by 4 in, tufted ; cauline 1 in., linear, connate at the base into a tube. Flowers 1-4 
on each stem, sometimes truly racemed, more often an uppermost pair of leaves close 
to the calyx, Calyx-tube 3-4 in., not keeled ; lobes 4—4 in., linear, rarely suboblong. 
Corolla-lobes } in., ovate, acute, sky-blue. Capsule $ by }in.; stalk }-} in. Seeds 
twice as long as broad, acute at one end, subcaudate at the other. 
33. G. decumbens, Linn. f. Suppl. 174 ; leaves oblong, flowers terminal 
clustered and axillar , calyx very unequal often spathaceous or some of the 
teeth ovate suddenly linear pointed, corolla 3-1 in. Bunge in Nouv. Mem. Soc. 
Imp. Mose. i. 919; ' Bot. Mag. tt. 705, 723; Griseb. Gentian, 279, and in DC. 
Prodr.ix. 110; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iii. 64; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 440. 
G. adscendens, Pall. Fl. Ross. ii. 106, t. 94. Pneumonanthe adscendens, Schmidt 
in Roem. Arch. i. 10. Dasystephana adscendens, Borkh. in Roem. Arch. i. 26.— 
Gentiana sp., Gmel. Fl. Sibir. iv. 108, t. 51, fig. A. 
Bauristuan and WESTERN Tirer, alt. 11-15,000 ft., eastwards to Lahul, Thom- 
son, &c., common on the Karakorum.—Disrnis. Dahuria, Siberia. . 
Rootstock stout; flowering stems 2-10 in., simple. Radical leaves 2 by 4-3 in.; 
cauline 1-1} in., oblong or elliptic, connate at the base into a tube. Flowers 1-2 
subsessile in each upper axil, the upper 3-7 approximate, subcapitate, the axillary 
clusters subremote or wanting. Calyx-tube j in., lobes } in.; but the tube is often 
split down one side nearly to the base, the lobes very unequal, 2-4 linear, 1-2 ovate 
obtuse or obovate with linear teeth. Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes rounded. Capsule 
3 by din. ; stalk 1-l in. Seeds oblong, trigonous, faleate, twice as long as broad, 
subobtuse at both ends, testa close. 
94. G. dahurica, Fisch. in Act. Soc. Nat. Scr. Mosq. iii. 63, with fig. ; 
leaves oblong, flowers terminal clustered with axillary often added, satya Dies 
equal oblong-linear, corolla 3-1 in. Bunge in Nouv. Mem. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 
1213, Q. Olivieri, Griseb. Gentian. 278, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 110; Clarke in 
Journ, Linn, Soc, xiv. 440; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 76. 
W. Hnnrara; Thomson, Hay.—Disrmrm, Beloochistan, Cabul, Dahuria, Soon- 
a 
Only differs from G. decumbens by the equal calyx; and it ma be questioned 
Whether the figure, Gmel. FI. Sibir. t. 51, fig. A (on which G. dévemiene is founded) 
may not rather represent G. dahurica. 
