508 Prof. Don’s Descriptions of Indian Gentianee. 
Gen. I. GENTIANA. Borck., Brown. 
Calyx 4—5-fidus. Corolla campanulata v. infundibuliformis, limbo 4—5-fida : 
sinubus non productis. Antheræ libere. Stigma sessile, bilobum. Cap- 
sula 1-locularis. Semina parietalia, immarginata, leevia. 
Herbae (per orbem feré ubique sparse) annuæ v. perennes, floribus subsolitariis 
aut corymbosis. 
1. G. contorta, annua; floribus solitariis, corolla infundibuliformi 4-lobé: 
lobis lineari-oblongis obtusis zstivatione convolutis, dentibus calycinis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, foliis ellipticis obtusis 5-nerviis subsessilibus. 
Gentiana contorta. Royle Ill. p. 278. t. 69. f. 3. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. ©. Fl. tempore pluviarum. 
Radix fibrosa. Caulis erectus, ramosus, teres, purpurascens, 5-pollicaris. Folia 
opposita, subsessilia, elliptica, obtusa, 5-nervia, glaberrima, subtüs palli- 
diora, pollicaria, basi angustata. Flores terminales, solitarii, brevissime 
pedunculati, ebracteati. Calyx turbinato-tubulosus, 4-fidus: laciniis lan- 
ceolatis, acuminatis, erectis, carinatis. Corolla infundibuliformis, calyce 
longior, lilacina, fauce nuda, limbo 4-loba: /obis lineari-oblongis, ob- 
tusis, zstivatione convolutis. Stamina 4, inclusa: filamenta subulata : 
antherce subrotundo-ovatz, obtusze. . Ovarium obfusiforme, inferné atte- 
nuatum. Stylus nullus. Stigma bilobum, minuté papillosum. 
I regret that I have seen no specimen of this remarkable plant, those col- 
lected by Dr. Royle having been either lost or mislaid ; the foregoing descrip- 
tion, therefore, is necessarily very imperfect, having been wholly derived from 
the drawing taken at Mussooree, where the plant was first observed by 
Dr. Royle. 
'The form of the ovarium, and the sessile stigma, as well as the naked co- 
rolla, have induced me to place the species in this group: but its situation in 
the family must remain doubtful until the plant is examined. 
The twisted zstivation of its corolla, analogous to that of the Apocynee, 
and the apparent presence of four imperfect stamens, incline me to suspect 
that it may prove to be the type of a distinct genus. 
