Tab. 5687. 



Pig. 1. OPHELIA ALATA ; o. ANGUSTIFOLIA ; 

 5. PANICULATA. 



Winged, Narrow-leaved, and Panicled Ophelia. 



.Nat. Ord. G-entiane.e. — Pextandiua Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5397.) 



Ophelia alata ; caule tetraptero, foliis ovatis v. ovato-cordatis 3-5-nerviis, 

 cymis subcontracts, calycis lobis lineari-lanceolatis, corolla 1-partita, 

 lobis oblongis acuminatis sordide flavis rubro-purpureo-punctatis, 

 fovea nectarifera raargine fimbriata. 



Ophelia alata. Griseb. Monog. Gent. p. 321 ; et in DC. Prodr. v. 9. p. 1 127. 



Agathotes alata. Don in Phil. Mag. 1836, p. 523. 



Ophelia angustifolia ; caule subtetragono, foliis lanceolatis lineari-lanceo- 

 latisve acuminatis 3-nerviis, cymis laxifloris, fioribus gracile pedicel- 

 latis, calycis lobis lineari-lauceolatis, corolla 1-partita, lobis oblongis 

 acuminatis purpureis cseruleo-punctatis, fovea nectarifera orbiculata, 

 margine superiore squamula instructo. 



Ophelia angustifolia. Don, I. c. p. 524. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. v. 9. p. 127. 



Swektia angustifolia. Don, Prodr. p. 127. Wall. PL As. Par. v. 3. t. 201. 



Osky.iak paniculata; caule tereti v. superne subangulato, ramis diffuais, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis subpetiolatis 3-nerviis, raarginibus scaberulis, 

 cymis contractis, calycis lobis lineari-lanceolatis, corolla? saepius 5-par- 

 tita? lobis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis albis infra medium fascia 

 violacea semilunari notatis, fovea nectarifera fere obliterata obscure 

 marginata. 



Ophelia paniculata. Don, I. c. p. 525. Griseb. 1. c p. 121. 



Swebtia paniculata. Wall. PI. As. Bar. v. 3. t. 205. 



The arrival from Isaac Anderson Henry, Esq., F.L.S., oi 

 Edinburgh, of a boxful of these charming and interesting 

 plants, deserves all the publicity that the ' Botanical Maga- 

 zine' can give. Unfortunately the coloured Plate cannot 



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