120 xovit. GENTIANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Pleurogyne. 
long or ovate. Ovary 1-celled, placenta little intruded ; stigma sessile. Cap- 
sule oblong or elliptic, sessile or nearly so, carpels separating. Seeds very 
many, small, subglobose, smooth, testa close not (or obscurely) reticulate.— 
Species 7; in the Mts. of Europe, Asia, and N. America. 
1. P. carinthiaca, Griseb. Gentian. 310, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 122; 
branching from the base, cauline leaves ovate or elliptic, pedicels elongate, 
sepals 4 in. elliptic, corolla 5-merous lobes 4 in. fimbriate near the base. Reich. 
Ic. Pl. t. 1045; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 77, P. Stelleriana, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 
188, P.carinata, Edge. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 85, ex descr, P. himalayensis, 
Klotszch in Reis. Pr. Walden. Bot. 91, t. 68. Swertia carinthiaca, Wulf. in 
Jacq. Misc. ii. 53, t. 6. S. rotata, Pall. Fl. Ross. iv. t. 89, fig. 3. Gentiana 
carinthiaca, Froel. Gentian. 103. G.Stelleriana, Cham. § Schl. in Linnea, 1. 
188, G. rotata, M. Bieb.; Bunge in Nouv. Mem. Soc. Imp. Mose. i. 254. 
Lomatogonium carinthiacum, Braun in Flora, 1830, 221. 
W. HrixALAYA and Western Tirer ; alt. 10-13,000 ft., from Kashmir and Kumaon 
to the Karakorum, frequent, Thomson, &e.—Distris. Alps, Caucasus, Cabul, Central 
Asia, Siberia. . 
Stems 1-6 in., usually very numerous. Radical leaves 1 by } in., obovate, persis- 
tent or sometimes disappearing; cauline 4 by } in., narrowed at the base. Pedicels 
4-2 in mostly long. Sepals 1-4 by à in. subacute or obtuse. Corollu-tube very 
short; lobes 3 by } in., blue, with green nerves, fimbriate near the base. Anthers 
somewhat large, oblong, often as long as the filaments. Capsule } in., oblong, acute, 
sessile, Seeds numerous, small, ellipsoid. 
2. P. Thomsoni, Clarke ; branching from the base, cauline leaves small 
elliptic, pedicels elongate, sepals 4 in. elliptic, corolla 5-merous lobes 4 in. nak 
at the base.—Pleurogyne sp. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. § T. 
W. Tree, alt. 15—18,000 ft. ; Thomson, Strachey. . 
Cauline leaves à—k in. Corolla-lobes at base naked or with obscure depressions. 
Anthers large, oblong, often as large as the filaments.—Mr. Bentham doubts whether 
this should not be removed to Swertia, but the depressions at the base of the petals 
are never well marked, and the habit is so exactly that of P. carinthiaca that some 
examples are hard to distinguish from that, while others are less than 1 in., with 
very small flowers. 
3. P. brachyanthera, Clarke; branching from the base, cauline leaves 
small elliptic, pedicels elongate, corolla 4-merous lobes 3-3 in., anthers ovate 
very small much shorter than the filament. 
Western Tis&T; Karakorum, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke. 
Cauline leaves -X in, Sepals $in., elliptic. Corolla-lobes at base slightly fimbriate, 
— The anthers are unlike any examples of P. carinthiaca or P. Thomsoni. Resembles 
a starved state of P. carinthiaca. 
4. P. spathulata, 4. Kerner Nov. Sp. ii. 8: branching from the base, 
cauline leaves linear-oblong, pedicels elongate, sepals narrowly oblong about 
half the length of the corolla. 
N, Kasur; alt. 13,000 ft., Stoliczka, &e. Lanvr (A. Kerner). . 
Closely allied to P. carinthiaca. Radical leaves 14 in., linear-spathulate; cauline 
4 by din. Corolla-lobes often % in., more than twice as long as the sepals. Anthers 
large, oblong. Capsule and seeds as in P. carinthiaca, but rather larger. 
5. P.? minor, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 816; stem erect, cauline leaves ovate 
or elliptic, lowers 4-merous panicled pedicels 4-1 in., corolla jj in. Ophelia 
minor, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 126; Wight Ic. t. 1832; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb 
Vl. 156; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 446. 
