158 Plants of the Punjab. 
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PETALS UNITED. 
Erythrea small, stem unbranched below, square with sharp 
babylonica, angles, leaves 4-3 in., radical leaves 2, none when in flower, 
GENTIANACER. stem leaves oblong, distant from one another, flowers 
Bod 1¥.-102. 2 in., pink, nearly sessile, in equally branching clusters, 
The Plains. calyx } in., nearly as long as the corolla tube ; otherwise 
Lahore. like Erythreea ramosissima. Douie notes that the pedi- 
Rawalpindi (Douie). cels and calyx are longer in the Rawalpindi specimens. 
Canscora diffusa, small to medium size, annual, stem square, dense- 
GENTIANACES. ly branched above ; leaves 14 by } in., 8-nerved, often 
fe. 11v..103, stalked, lower leaves lanceolate or oblong with a rounded 
The Plains to end, upper passing into ovate, short-pointed, sessile, thin 
4,000 ft. bracts ; flowers + in., pink, on slender zigzag stems in 
loosely spreading leafy terminal clusters, bracts 4 in., 
leaflike, a few uppermost linear, calyx + in., tubular, 4- 
toothed, round, keeled, teeth lanceolate-linear, corolla 
tube + in., cylindric, lobes 4, 3 in. long, nearly 2-lipped, 
stamens 4, one larger perfect on the corolla throat, 3 
smaller lower down, style linear, stigmas 2, short ; cap- 
sule } in. oblong, seeds minute, dark brown, many-sided. 
-Canscora decussata, small to medium size, annual, stems square, 
Sankhahuli. angles winged, leaves 14 by 4 in., sessile, oblong-lanceo- 
GENTIANACES. late, 3-nerved, flowers 4 in., white, on stalks in the forks 
F. B. I. iv. 104. of erect winged branches of clusters, calyx 4-} in., with 
The Plains to narrowly lanceolate wings, corolla tube equal to the calyx 
5,000 ft. in length, lobes } in., ovate, with broad blunt tips ; other- 
Valleys below Simla _ wise like the last species, but the capsule and seeds much 
(Collett). larger. This plant and the preceding are used as laxa- 
tives and nerve tonics by Indians. 
Gentiana small, nearly smooth, stem with 4 lines running 
Moorcroftiana, down it, branched ; leaves 1 by 4 in., oblong-pointed or 
GENTIANACES. with the ends rounded, narrow below, bases sometimes 
F. B. I. iv. 108. joined ; flowers 4-1 in., blue, in nearly terminal racemes, 
Himalaya, calyx tubular, tube =); in., lobes 4-5, linear, 4 in., corolla 
8-12,000 ft. tubular, funnel-shaped, mouth }4 in. diam., lobes 4-5, 
Kashmir, Lahul. stamens 4-5, within the tube, style short or none, stig- 
mas 2; capsule 2 in., lanceolate, dividing into 2, seeds 
very many, small, yellow brown. All the gentians are 
bitter stomachic tonies and are used by the natives of 
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