Prof. Don’s Descriptions of Indian Gentianee. 511 
Gentiana depressa. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p.125. Wall. Cat. n. 4387. 
Ericala depressa. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iv. p. 189. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Shalma. Royle. X. Fl. Octobri. 
Planta perennis, depressa, ceespitosa, acaulis, nunc surculosa. Radix fibrosa, 
fibris longis attenuatis tuscis. Swrculi plures, procumbentes, filiformes, bi- 
pollicares, undique minut? papulosi, quandoque floriferi. Folia radicalia 
in rosulis aggregata, patentia, lanceolata, mucronata, glauco-viridia, mar- 
gine cartilaginea ac papuloso-scabra, subtüs carinata, semuncialia; sur- 
culina dupló breviora, obovata, margine copiosiüs papulosa, basibus 
angustatis atque in vaginam caule ipso ampliorem connatis. Flos termi- 
nalis, solitarius, omnino sessilis. Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus: laciniis ovato- 
lanceolatis, mucronatis, erectis, carinatis, margine apiceque cartilagineis, 
sinubus membranaceis. Corolla uncialis, infundibuliformi-campanulata, 
pallidé ccerulea, fasciis atro-violaceis notata, limbo 5-loba : lobis rotun- 
datis, mucronato-aristatis, margine involutis, integerrimis: sinubus dila- 
tatis, membranaceis, albis, in lobos rotundatos, obtusos, muticos productis. 
Filamenta canaliculata, glabra, inferné membranaceo-dilatata. Anthere 
lineari-oblonge, obtusæ, biloculares, incumbentes. Ovarium fusiforme, 
stipitatum. Stylus elongatus. Stigma bipartitum : Jaciniis lanceolatis, 
mucronulatis, concavis, minuté papillosis. Capsula elliptica, membra- 
nacea, longè stipitata, 1-locularis, 2-valvis. Semina parietalia, testa laxá, 
corrugatáà, membranaceo-alata. 
This is a very distinct species, and there is none with which it can well be 
compared. In habit it resembles a good deal the Ericala altaica. 
Gen. IT. ERICALA. Reneaím. 
Ericora. Borck. 
HirrpioN.. Schmidt. 
GENTIAN sp. L. 
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla tubulosa v. hypocrateriformis, 4—5-fida: sinubus ple- 
rumque in lobos productis. Stylus elongatus. Stigmata 2, distincta, dila- 
