520 Prof. Dow's Descriptions of Indian Gentianee. 
3. SS. alternifolia, folis alternis! elliptico-oblongis acuminatis 7-nerviis basi 
vaginantibus, floribus racemoso-paniculatis, corollee segmentis ellipticis 
obtusis: glandulis orbiculatis contiguis. 
Swertia alternifolia. Royle, Ill. t. 67. f. 2. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. & 
Bot. iv. p. 176. | 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Choor et Kedarkanta. Royle. Y. 
Herba perennis, glabra. Caulis erectus, ramosus, cylindraceus, fistulosus, 
lzevis, 2—3-pedalis, crassitie calami scriptorii. Folia elliptico-oblonga, 
acuminata, 5—7-nervia, membranacea, leevissima, lætè viridia, margine 
scabriuscula, 4—5 pollices longa, et 2 lata; radicalia petiolata; caulina 
alterna, amplexicaulia, brevitérque vaginantia: vagind dilatata, semipol- 
licari. Petioli dilatati, suprà canaliculati, margine alati, 3-pollicares. 
Flores axilares, magni, aurei, cernui, cymosi, in caulis summitate sub- 
solitarii. Cyma longè pedunculatze, 3-floree, per caulem racemoso-pani- 
culate. | Pedunculi filiformes, 3-unciales. Bractew lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, sessiles, sæpè opposite, pedicellis breviores. Segmenta calycina 
ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 5-nervia, margine tenuissimé membranacea, 
erosèque crenulata. Corolla rotata, 5-partita, calyce longior: laciniis 
elliptico-oblongis, obtusis, 7-nerviis, basi biscrobiculatis : scrobiculis orbi- 
culatis, contiguis, margine longè crebrèque filamentoso-fimbriatis : ciliis 
longis, subulatis, acutissimis, patentibus. Stamina corolla duplò breviora : 
filamenta dilatata, canaliculata, glabra: antheræ oblongæ, incumbentes, 
biloculares: loculis parallelis, longitudinalitèr dehiscentibus, basi solutis, 
Ovarium ovale, lave. Stigma sessile, bilobum: lobis orbiculatis, mar- 
gine revolutis, minuté papilloso-pruinosis. 
4. §. cuneata, foliis oppositis petiolatis spathulato-oblongis obtusis 5-nerviis, 
floribus racemosis, corollae segmentis obtusis: glandulis lineari-oblongis 
subremotis filamentoso-ciliatis. 
Swertia cuneata. Wall. Cat. n. 4380. Nob. in G, Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iv. 
p. 176. : 5 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Kedarkanta. Royle. 7 = | 
Radix fibrosa, perennis, sordidé flava. Caulis erectus, filiformis, levis, 3—8- 
uncialis. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, glabra, 
