Prof. Don’s Descriptions of Indian Gentianee. 525 
tico-oblongum, 1-loculare, apice in stylum attenuatum. Stigma bilobum, 
minuté papillosum. Capsula 1-locularis: valvis subcrustaceis, margine 
placentiferis. Semina exigua, angulata, scabra, atrofusca. 
The herb is intensely bitter, more resembling the Gentian root than the 
Agathotes Chirayta. It is the * Puharee, or hill Cherayita," and is clearly 
much more powerful than the former. 
2. O. pulchella, floribus 4-fidis, foliis lanceolato-linearibus acutis, segmentis 
| calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis, corollz laciniis ovatis mucronulatis ca- 
lyce longioribus, caule tetragono. 
Ophelia porrigens. G. Don Syst. Gard. & Bot. iv. p. 178. 
Swertia pulchella. Ham. MSS. Wall. Cat. n. 4375. 
B. minor, statura vix 3-pollicari, foliis parùm latioribus obtusiusculis. 
S. elegans. Wall. Cat. n. 4376. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad locum Khiree Pass Anglicé dictum; 8. ad 
Mussooree. Royle. ©. 
Radix fibrosa. Caulis erectus, ramosus, rigidus, tetragonus, intüs canali per- 
angusto cavus, glaber. Folia subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia, 
membranacea, glaberrima, lætè viridia, subtüs pallidiora, margine paulu- 
lùm revoluta, sesqui- v. bi-pollicaria; inferiora basi attenuata, vix pe- 
tiolata. Flores laxé paniculati. Pedunculi 4-angulares, graciles, semun- 
ciales. Calyx profundé 4-partitus: segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, gla- 
berrimis. Corolla calyce plerumque longior, 4-partita, lutea: laciniis 
ovato-oblongis, mucronulatis, patulis, 3-nerviis, nervis ramosissimis. Sta- 
mina 4, corolla breviora : filamenta subulata, glabra: anthere cordate, 
obtuse, incumbentes, biloculares. Ovarium ovatum, lave. Stylus vix 
ullus. Stigma bilobum: /obis brevissimis, rotundatis, minuté papillosis. 
. Capsula ovato-oblonga, membranacea, 1-locularis, valvularum marginibus 
placentiferis. Semina exigua, angulata, spadicea, lævia. 
This is closely related to the preceding species, being principally distin- 
guished from it by the corolla exceeding the calyx in length. 
3. O. paniculata, floribus 5-fidis, foliis linearibus scabris margine revolutis, 
