Tas. 6470. 
GEN TIANA KUBROO. 
Native of the Himalaya Mountains. 
Nat. Ord. Gentianex.—Tribe SweRTIEZR. 
Genus Gentrana, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. ii. p. 815.) 
GenTIANA (Pneumonanthe) Kurroo; glaberrima, radice elongato crasso apice 
folioso, foliis subrosulatis anguste elongato lineari-oblongis hy i er obtusis 
v. subacutis coriaceis 1-3-nerviis, ramis floriferis e collo ascendentibus v. basi 
prostratis 1-5-floris, foliis caulinis linearibus, calycis tubo infundibari- 
campanulato, lobis 5 basi discretis linearibus tubum wquantibus v. superantibus, 
corolla calyce duplo longiore campanulata lobis late ovatis acutis azureis albo 
conspersis plicis inter lobos integris dentatis v. furcatis. 
G. Kurroo, Royle Ill. Himal. Pl. 278, t. 68, £.2; Griseb. in DC. Prodr, vol. ix. 
p. 110. 
Pneumonanthe Kurroo, Don in Phil, Mag. 1836, p. 75, et in Trans Linn. Soc. 
vol. xvii. p. 510. 
A frequent inhabitant of the western temperate Himalaya, 
from Garwhal westward to Kashmir, at elevations of 5000 to 
8000 feet, where it is one of the most ornamental of the 
herbaceous perennials from the delicacy of its azure blossoms 
sprinkled with pearly white, and the brilliant green of its 
foliage. It is a near ally of the British G. Pnewmonanthe, 
but a far handsomer plant. According to Dr. Royle, its 
native name in Garwhal is “ Kurroo,” and it is used asa 
medicine, no doubt from the bitter properties of the root. 
I am indebted to Mr. Bull for the beautiful specimen here 
represented, which he raised from seed, and flowered in 
October of last year. It had not before been introduced 
into cultivation, and will prove a very great acquisition to 
the rock-garden. 
Descr. Jootas thick as the middle finger, and cylindrical 
when old, sometimes five to six inches long, covered with 
black rough bark, the crown bearing many tufts of leaves 
that spread horizontally. Leaves three to five inches long, 
JANUARY Isr, 1880. 
