522 Prof. Dow's Descriptions of Indian Gentianee. 
glabra: anther oblong, biloculares: loculis parallelis, longitudinalitér 
dehiscentibus, basi apiceque solutis. Ovarium obfusiforme, staminibus 
longius. Stigma terminale, sessile, parvum, levitér bilobum. Capsula 
cuneato-oblonga, compressa, 2-valvis, basi attenuata, polysperma: valvis 
membranaceis, margine incrassatis, medio tantüm seminiferis. Semina 
minutissima, obovata, laevia, basi umbilico prominenti mucronata, 
Gen. VI. AGATHOTES. 
SwerTi& sp. Wall. 
GENTIANA sP. Roxb. 
Calyx 4-partitus. Corolla rotata, 4-partita : segmentis basi foveis nectariferis 
squamula fimbriata obtectis instructis. Stigma bilobum. Capsula 1-locu- 
laris, apice dehiscens. Semina marginalia, minuta, globosa, lævia. 
Herbæ (himalenses) annuæ, ramosæ. Folia opposita, amplexicaulia. Flores 
laxé paniculati, purpurei v. lutei. | 
Besides habit and the four-cleft flowers, the minute globular seeds, their 
placentation on the margin of the valves, and the glands at the base of the 
petals being covered by a fringed scale, are the characters which have led me 
to separate this genus from Swertia. | 
1. A. Chirayta, caule tereti, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, foveis nectariferis oblongis 
distinctis: squamulis margine capillaceo-fimbriatis. 
Agathotes Chirayta.. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iy. p. 182. 
Swertia Chirata. Wall. Cat. n. 4372. 
S. racemosa. |. Ejusd. l. c. n. 4377. 
Gentiana Chirayta. Roxb. MSS. Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. p. 167. Reem. 
et Schult. Syst. vi. p. 142. Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. iii. p. 33. t. 252. 
G. floribunda. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 128. 
` Habitat. in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. ©. Cherayita et Dukhuni 
Cherayita indigenis. - 
-Herba atrovirens. Radix ieibossdibrosn: annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, 
rigidus, cubitalis, crassitie pennæ corvine, intüs cavus. Folia amplexi- 
caulia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 7-nervia, membranacea, atro-viridia, 
