Swertia.] XCVII. GENTIANACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 123 
13 in. oblong, obtuse. Seeds small, nearly as of S. paniculaía.— This very abun- 
ant plant has been overlooked as S. paniculata and as S. angustifolia. 
6. S. cordata, Wail. Cat. 4378; leaves sessile ovate acute 5—3-nerved, 
filaments linear free, style cylindric stigmas subhemispheric. Ophelia cordata, 
Griseb. Gentian. 315, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 124; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xiv, 445, not of Don. O. nuda, Klotszch in Reis. Pr. Wald. Bot. 91, t. 67. 
Temperate HiwALAYA and Western TiBET, alt. 4-12,000 ft., from Kashmir and 
the Karakorum to Bhotan; abundant westward. Knmasia Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., very 
common. 
Stem 8-36 in., 4-lineolate. Leaves 1} by $ in., obtuse, base often cordate. Panicles 
large, many-fid., branches ascending or patent; pedicels 0-14 in., often fascicled, 
unequal. Sepals 4 by èin., ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 3-3 in., elliptic 
or oblong, acute or obtuse, white or with purplish nerves; above the base of the lobe 
is a large orbicular viscous yellowish spot hardly depressed, not fimbriate, traversed 
obscurely by the central nerve, not bifid; no pits in the corolla-tube. Filaments 
linear, subhypogonous, obscurely connate at the very base; anthers oblong, scarcely 
hastate. Capsule (in Wallich’s example) à by 4 in., often hardly }in. Seeds }, in. 
diam., subglobose, ornamented with long raised lines of rows of glands.—Described 
from Wallich's Kumaon example, which is Ophelia cordata B laxa, Grisebach 1. e. ; 
and has large flowers and capsules; the Khasia form is nearly the same. Some Kash- 
mir examples have very small flowers with obtuse lobes, others have very large 
flowers; all have the ovate sessile leaves, the corolla-lobes with one large spot each, 
and the peculiarly marked seeds. Ophelia cordata, Don, is said by him to have been 
founded on Wallich’s Swertia Chirata and cordata thrown together; the description 
refers mainly (as to the petals and glands) to S. Chirata. This species, like S. pur- 
ptrascens, has a form with very short filaments and linear anthers, It also occurs 
(in N, Kashmir) with double flowers. 
7. S. bimaculata, H. f. $ T.; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 449; 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate petioled 3-nerved, corella-lobes marked half-way up 
With 2 green spots, filaments linear free, stigmas sessile hemispheric. Ophelia 
bimaculata, Sieb. & Zucc. Fam. Nat. 35. So Mokou, iv. t. 55. 
Eastern HrwarayA; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 5-8000 ft.; Griffith, J. D. H., &c., 
abundant about Darjeeling. . 
Stem 2-6 ft., stout, 4-angular, corymbose upwards. Leaves 3 by 1j in., or upper 
*auline sometimes 63 by 23 in., glabrous, petioled or at least much narrowed at the 
base. . ers numerous, 4-5 merous; pedicels 2-14 in., mostly long. Sepals j in., 
elliptic, mostly obtuse. Corolla-lobes 4-4 in., broadly elliptic, white or yellowish- 
green, with black spots in their upper half; the two green spots in the middle viscid. 
Searcely depressed, no pits in the corolla-tube. Filaments attached on the corolla- 
tube; anthers oblong, not hastate. Capsule $ by 4 in. Seeds 4; in., cuboid-globose, 
Smooth, obscurely reticulated. 
8. S. macrosperma, Clarke; leaves subsessile oblong or subovate 
acute, corolla-lobes with 2 small oblong glands near their base, stigmas sub- 
sessile, seeds few large smooth. Ophelia macrosperma, Clarke in Journ, Linn. 
Soc, xiv, 448.—Ophelia sp. n. 15, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt, 4-6000 ft., very common; Griffith, H. f. 4 T., &c. ; 
. Stem 6-48 in., quadrangular, diffusely branched upwards. Leaves 1j by 4 in., or 
m small plants subovate. Pedicels 1-2 in. mostly long. Se i ìn., lanceolate. 
Corolla-lobes in., lanceolate, pale lurid blue or nearly white; the two glands vertical, 
Parallel, hard y depressed, naked or hairy. Filaments linear, free, on the corolla- 
tube ; anthers hastate. Capsule à by à in. Seeds j, in. ellipsoid.—Of this also 
double-fiowered examples occur wild. The whole habit and seeds of this species 
show it to be very closely allied to Halenia. 
