Prof. Don’s Descriptions of Indian Gentianez. 523 
utrinque lzevissima, 3—5-uncialia, unciam v. sesquiunciam lata. Flores 
copiosissimi, laxé paniculati, lurido-purpurei. Pedicelli graciles, quad- 
ranguli, unguiculares. Calyx profunde 4-partitus: segmentis lineari- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, apice recurvis. Corolla calyce paulló longior, 
4-partita: laciniis ovatis, acutis, basi foveis 2 nectariferis oblongis paral- 
lelo-contiguis squamulà fimbriatà tectis auctis. Stamina corolla breviora : 
^. filamenta subulata, canaliculata, glabra: anthere cordate, obtuse. Ova- 
rium ovatum, leeve, apice in stylum attenuatum. Stigma bilobum : lobis 
obtusis, brevissimis, pruinosis. Capsula membranacea, 1-locularis: valvis 
margine placentiferis, hinc apice bifidis. Semina minuta, levia. 
The whole plant possesses an agreeable aromatic bitter, much more pleasant 
than that of Gentian root or Erythrea Centaurium. The dried herb yields 
the most valuable kind of Cherayita, denominated * Dukhuni Cherayita," so 
famed among Indian practitioners as a tonic. Samples of the dried herb, 
obtained by Dr. Royle from the bazaars of India, leave no doubt of the pre- 
sent species affording the sort above mentioned. 
2. A. alata, caule tetragono alato, foliis ovatis, foveé nectariferà orbiculata : 
squamula rotundata fimbriata. | 
Agathotes alata. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iv. p. 177. 
Swertia alata. Royle MSS. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Choor. Royle. ©. 
Radix ramoso-fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, rigidus, tetragonus, 
angulis membranaceis, alatis. Folia opposita, sessilia, subamplexicaulia, 
ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 5-nervia, subcoriacea, pollicaria, basi per caulis 
angulos decurrentia. Flores paniculati, flavi? Bractew lineares, acute, 
margine revolute. Pedicelli brevissimi, 4-anguli, graciles. Calyx pro- 
fundé 4-partitas: segmentis lanceolatis, mucronatis, glabris, apice recur- 
vato-patentibus. Corolla calycis vix longitudine, 4-partita: laciniis ovatis, 
acutis, basi foveolà orbiculatà margine puberulà squamulá unica ciliata 
tecta. Stamina corollà breviora : filamenta subulata: anthere oblongo- 
cordatce, obtuss, biloculares. Ovarium ovatum, in stylum attenuatum. 
Stigma bilobum : lobis orbiculatis, pruinosis. Capsula ovata, 1-locularis : 
. valvis margine placentiferis. Semina minuta, lævia. em p = 
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