128 XCVII. GENTIANACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Swertia. 
the depression. Filaments linear, flattened ; anthers ovate, small, Stigmas subsessile. 
Capsule 3-3 by 4 in. Seeds 4 in. diam., smooth. 
24. S. speciosa, Wall. Cat. 4384; cauline leaves elliptic acuminate 
bases connate, cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 5-merous, glandular 
depressions 2 on each corolla-lobe close to the base subconfluent prominently 
fimbriate, seeds compressed narrowly winged. Griseb. Gentian. 334, and in 
DC. Prodr. ix. 133. 
Western HiwALAva, Kumaon; Wallich, Munro; Gurwhal; Ramni, alt. 10,500 
ft., Strach. 4. Winterb.; Kashmir; Sonamurg, alt. 9000 ft., Levinge. 
Stem 13-4 ft., hollow, } in. thick. Radical leaves long-petioled, cauline 5 by 2 
in, narrowed downwards, 7-nerved; tube at the base 4-4 in. Peduneles short, 
pedicels 4-3 in. Sepals 4 by 4 in., ovate, acute, serrate, much overlapping at the base. 
Corolla-lobes 3 by } in., spathulate-oblong, shortly acute; fimbriæ à in. Stamens, 
capsule and seeds nearly as of S. Rex.—Described from Wallich’s type, but the var. 
perfoliata is mixed in Wallich’s collection. The Kashmir example has the corolla 
smaller. 
Van. perfoliata ; sepals narrower subentire, corolla-lobes 3 by } in. much acuminate. 
G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 176. S. speciosa, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 518.— 
Gurwhal and Punjab Himalaya, alt. 11,000 ft. ; Royle, Edgeworth, &c. 
25. S. alternifolia, Royle Ill. 278, t. 67, fig. 2; leaves all alternate, 
cauline elliptic-lanceolate amplexicaul, cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 
5-merous, glandular depressions 2 on each corolla-lobe close to the base subcon- 
fluent prominently fimbriate. D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 520; Griseb. 
in DC. Prodr. ix. 133. 
Western Himataya; Kumaon and Gurwhal, alt. 11-12,000 ft.; Choor and 
Kedarkanta, Royle; Jungleg (on the Upper Pabur), Edgeworth. . 
Resembling altogether S. speciosa, but all the cauline leaves, including those con- 
taining cymes, are alternate. All authors describe the flowers as golden or yellow. 
but it is probable that they have no authority except Royle's artist, and that the 
flowers are really lurid blue. 
26. S. petiolata, Royle; D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii. 519 ; lower 
cauline leaves long-petioled oblong connate into a tube upper often sessile, 
cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 5-merous, glandular depressions 2 much 
fimbriate, seeds polyhedral scrobiculate not winged. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. 1%. 
133. S. speciosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 176, not of Wall. 
Western Hrwaraya; Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft., frequent; Gulmurg, Tragbol, 
&e., Royle, Atkinson, Levinge, &e.—Distrm. Cabul. 
Stem 1-3 ft, hollow, 4-2 in. thick. Lower cauline leaves 34 by 1 in. 5-nerved, 
petiole 2-3 in.; tube at the base 1-1 in.; leaves at the base of the cyme 14 by $ 1n» 
sessile, hardly connate ; upper cauline leaves petioled or sessile. Peduncles 1-15 1n 
mostly 3-5-flowered ; pedicels 1-2 in. Sepals 4 by à in., lanceolate, acute (in Royle's 
example), sometimes 4 by è in. Corolla-lohes 4-2 by 3-} in., acute subentire (in 
Royle's example) with orbicular glands ; in other examples emarginate or suberose at 
the tip, with glands elliptie or elongate; corolla lurid grey or nearly white with blue- 
green nerves, the glands yellow, the tip green. Style hardly any, stigmas short. 
Capsule 4 by $ in. Seeds corrugate-cristate (D. Don) i.e. testa lax in long series of 
glandular ridges, approaching in structure those of S. cordata, but much larger. 
Van. lahulensis; sepals $ by à in., corolla-lobes 2-1 by à in. spathulate-oblong 
greenish erose at the tips, glands elongate considerably above the base of the corolla- 
lobes. S. lahulensis, A. Kerner Nov. Sp. ii. 4.—Lahoul ; Jaeschke. The glands are 
fimbriate on the upper edge, and also at their base, not on the sides ; and, being 75,12. 
long, there seem to be 2 small hairy glands some way up the corolla-lobes, and a ring 
of hairs at the very base about the filaments. But there are examples which come 
between A. Kerner's type and the S. petiolata of Royle. 
