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breve pedicellati, ut videtur verticillati, erecti, racemum 
longum densum latum efformantes. Calyx quinquefidus, 
laciniis lineari-lanceolatis tubi longitudine. Corolla cam- 
panulata, 5-fida, laciniis ovatis erecto-patentibus, fauce 
nuda. Stamina medio tubi inserta: Anthere oblongs, 
filamentis paulo longiores. Germen cylindraceum. Stylus 
perbrevis. Stigma transversum, canaliculatum. 
Has. Huaylluay, near Pasco. 
The whole plant turns nearly black in drying. 
2. Gentiana incurva; caule inferne nudo superne ero 
foliis ellipticis acutis, floribus axillaribus in apicem cau " 
aggregatis, corollis obovatis 5-fidis laciniis obtusis incurvis 
calyce subduplo longioribus. 
Har. Huaylluay, near Pasco. 
. The specimens of this plant are destitute of root. The 
stem, about 5 inches high, is leafy only above: the leaves an 
inch long, somewhat fleshy. Corolla an inch long, yellow, 
obovate. ; 
3. Gentiana saajfragoides ? Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v 
3. p. 168. 
Haz. Pasco, 
If Lam correct in referring this to the G. saxifragoides, 
the leaves are sheathing at the base in a very remarkable 
manner, a circumstance not noticed by the authors above 
quoted. Flowers yellow. | 
4. Gentiana rupicola. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 3+ P 
167. t. 220. f. 2. | 
Haz. Pasco, 
. The description of G, rupicola agrees better ‘with val 
specimens than does the figure, which represents the flowers 
too large. 
5. Gentiana sedifolia. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 9. p. 17: 
..t. 225.—G. cæspitosa. Willd. Herb.— Roem. et Sch. Syst 
— Veget: v. 6. p. 185. , ; 
