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Plants of the Punjab. 
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Heres, Erect, with Opposite ExstipuLATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Swertia alata, 
Chiretta. 
Hatmul, but. | 
GENTIANACER. 
BL. Leav. 125. 
Himalaya, 
4-6,000 ft. 
Kashmir, Simla 
above Lalpani, 
Naldera (Collett). 
Dharampur, 
Brogh (Bomford). 
Swertia angustifolia, 
Pahari kiretta. 
GENTIANACER. 
BSG. claiv. 120, 
Himalaya, 
2-7,000 ft, 
east of the Chenab. 
Simla, Mashobra 
(Collett). 
Dharampur 
(Bomford). 
Swertia pulchella, 
GENTIANACER. 
B.BoAlsiv. 125. 
Himalaya, 
1-4,000 ft. 
Kangra. 
Swertia speciosa, 
GENTIANACER. 
F. B. I. iv. 128. 
Kashmir, Sonamerg. 
The Chor (Collett). 
Lear Marcins ENTIRE. 
PETALS UNITED. 
medium size, stem winged, branching, 4-angled when 
not winged, leaves 12 by ? in., ovate, short-pointed, 
5-nerved, stem leaves nearly sessile, flowers } in. across, 
bright green-yellow with purple veins in large leafy many- 
flowered branching racemes, one slit-like gland on each 
lobe, fringed, covering a minutely velvety margined 
glandular depression ; in other points very like the last 
species. 
medium size, 4-ridged or 4-winged; leaves 2} by 
1 in., linear-lanceolate, nearly 1-nerved, sessile, narrowed 
at the base, upper stem leaves barely stalked ; flowers 
1 in. across, white or pale blue with darker dots in many- 
flowered branching racemes, calyx lobes 4, barely united, 
in., oblong-linear, often longer than the corolla lobes, 
sometimes shorter, corolla lobes 4-4 in., 4, one large green 
circular naked depression partly covered by a scale, stamens 
4, linear, anthers oblong; capsule } by 3 in., ovate, seeds 
jj; in., many-angled, glistening along the edges. 
very like the last species, but leaves nearly 3-nerved, 
calyx lobes lanceolate, much shorter generally than the 
corolla, corolla lobes ovate-lanceolate, the depression on 
the corolla lobes is smaller than in the last species. 
medium size to large, root stock perennial, stem 
annual, hollow, thick ; radical leaves long stalked, stem 
leaves 5 by 2 in., ovate, 7-nerved, long-pointed, bases 
united, stem-clasping, tube at the base }-} in. ; flowers 
14 in. diam., bright grey in small branching narrow 
racemes on a short main stalk, calyx lobes 5, 4 by } in., 
ovate, short-pointed, toothed, much overlappmg at 
the base, corolla lobes 5, 3 by + in., oblong with a broad 
tip narrowed to the base, long-pointed, 2 glandular 
depressions at the base on each lobe nearly united, long- 
fringed, stamens 5, linear, flattened, anthers ovate, small, 
stigmas 2, neary sessile ; capsule 3-3 by 4 in., seeds } in. 
diam., smooth, 
