Tas. 8140. 
GENTIANA onnata. 
Alpine Central and Eastern Himalaya. 
GENTIANACEAE. Tribe SWERTIEAE. 
Gentian, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 815. 
Gentiana ornata, Wall. Cat. 4386; Griseb. Gentian. p. 277; DC. Prodr. vol. 
ix. p. 110; Hook. Fl. Brit. India, vol. iv. p. 116; Act. Hort. Petrop. 
vol. xy. p. 268; affinis G. ternifoliae, Franch., a qua ramis brevioribus 
et floribus minoribus differt. 
Herba 13-15 cm. alta. Caules e radice plures, glabri. Folia linearia vel 
inferiora fere ovata, peracuta, 1-2 cm. longa, 1°5-3 mm. lata, basi in 
tubum brevem connata, Flores solitarii, terminales. Calycis tubus mem- 
branaceus, 1 cm. longus, glaber; lobi 5, lineares, acuti, circiter 1 cm. 
longi, 1-2 mm. lati, sinnbus 0°5 mm. latis. Corolla caerulea, infundibuli- 
formis, striata, circiter 4°5 cm. longa, fauce 7 mm. diametro ; lobi deltoidei, 
acuti, 8 mm. longi, 4 mm. lati, plicis deltoideis subacutis. Stamina 
inclusa, circa medium tubi inserta; filamenta deorsum leviter dilatata, 
1 cm. longa ; antherae 3 mm. longae. Ovariwm glabrum, 1°5 cm. longum, 
stipitatum ; stylus brevis. Capsula vix 15 cm. longa demum e corolla 
multo exsertus.—Pneumonanthe ornata, Don, Gen. Syst. vol. iv. p. 194. 
The plant previously figured at t. 6514 of this Magazine 
under the name of G.ornata is evidently not the true species, 
as has been pointed out in the ‘‘ Gardener’s Chronicle,” 
1906, vol. xl. p. 182. It differs from G. ornata in having 
the throat of the corolla much more contracted, and in 
having broader leaves. Unfortunately no dried material 
of the specimen figured was preserved, and it has not been 
identified, but it comes near G. nipponica, Maxim, The 
plant here figured was presented to Kew in 1905 by Mr. 
Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden. It flowered freely in a 
frame in August of last year, but will probably prove to 
be quite hardy. 
This species was first discovered by Wallich’s collectors 
in the Central Himalaya, at an altitude of 11-15,000 ft. 
It has since been found in the Tsangpo Valley, north of 
Sikkim, and was recently discovered about ten miles to the 
north of Lhasa, by Capt. H. J. Walton during the Thibet 
Expedition. 
Several varieties of this plant have been described. 
One of the most distinct is G. ornata, var. obtusifolia, 
Franch., with broader obtuse leaves, and a somewhat 
longer corolla than in the type; it is found in the country 
between Batang and Tachienlu in Western China. : 
JUNE lst, 1907. 
