Prof. Don’s Descriptions of Indian Gentianew. 513 
Gentiana argentea, Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. ©. Fl. Aprili. 
Planta annua, è ramis brevissimis congestis foliosis fasciculata, uncialis v. ses- 
quiuncialis. Radix filiformis, extremitate ramoso-fibrosa. Folia conferta, 
sessilia, undique recurvato-patentia, lanceolata, setaceo-mucronata, con- 
duplicata, carinata, cartilaginea, glabra, argentea, nitida, semuncialia, 
margine scarioso-membranaceo, albo, tenuissimé serrulato. Flores co- 
piosi, sessiles, aggregati, bracteati. Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus: laciniis 
bracteisque lanceolatis, setaceo-mucronatis, recurvato-patentibus, condu- 
plicatis, carinatis, squarrosis, margine latiore scarioso-membranaceo. 
Corolla tubulosa, diluté coerulea, calycis longitudine, limbo 5-loba: lobis 
ovatis, acuminatis, margine superné involutis: sinubus in lobos breviores, 
ovatos, obtusos, integros, membranaceos productis. Stamina inclusa : fila- 
menta subulata: antherc lineares, incumbentes, biloculares. | Ovarium | 
cuneato-oblongum, subsessile, apice brevitér alatum. Stylus filiformis, 
elongatus. Stigmata linearia, obtusa, minute papillosa. 
3. E. marginata, caulescens, ramosa; foliis lanceolatis mucronulatis planis 
margine cartilagineis, floribus fasciculatis, dentibus calycinis ovato-lan- 
ceolatis mucronatis erectis, corollae lobis obtusis: sinubus acutis. 
Ericala marginata. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iv. p. 192. 
Habitat in Cashmeriáà. Royle. ©. 
Radix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, foliosus, uncialis v. biuncialis. 
Folia sessilia, lanceolata, mucronulata, coriacea, lzevia, unicostata, basi 
connata, margine albo-cartilaginea, vix uncialia. Flores subsessiles, fasci- 
culati. Bractec lanceolate, mucronulatze, margine apiceque cartilaginez. 
Calyx tubulosus, unguicularis, 5-dentatus: den/ibus ovato-lanceolatis, 
mucronatis, erectis, margine scariosis. Corolla cyanea, calyce longior, 
tubulosa, limbo 5-loba: lobis ovalibus, obtusis; sinds paulló minoribus, 
acutis, integris, membranaceis. Stamina inclusa : filamenta complanata, 
inferné dilatata: antherc oblongæ, incumbentes, luteze. Ovarium fuŝi- 
forme, membranaceum. Stylus elongatus, dimidii ovarii longitudine. ` 
Stigmata oblonga, plana, obtusa, minuté papillosa. 
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