Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 509 



** Annnce, corolld tuhulosd, staminibus sinubus corolloe insertis, stigmatibus Jili- 



formibus, capsuld oblongd apice simplici, seminibus compressis. 

 2. G. canalicidata, caulescens, ei-ecta, ramosa ; segmentis calycinis ciineatis 

 inucronatis, coroUse lobis ovatis aciitiusculis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis ob- 

 tnsis margine scabris. 

 Gentiana canaliculata. Royle MSS. G. Don Syst. Gard. &/, Bot. iv. p. 1 82. 

 Habitat \n C&s\\m2v'\?i. Royle. Q. 



Radix subfusifonnis, flava, copiose fibrosa, annua. Caidis strictus, ramosus, 

 bisiilcus, spitharaseus v. pedalis. Folia sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, 

 inembranacea, sub-5-nervia, margine oculo armato scabra, basi distincta, 

 nee connata, pollicaria v. sesquipollicaria. Flores axillares et terniinales, 

 racemoso-paniculati. Pedimculi filiformes, bisulci, vix unciales. Calyx 

 ampins, membranaceus, profundi 4 — S-partitus : laciniis obovatis, abrupte 

 acuminatis, subsequalibus, margine copiosfe papillosis. Corolla dihite 

 coerulea, calyce longior, tubulosa, glaberrima, limbo 4 — 5-loba: lohis 

 ovatis, acutiusculis. Stamina 4 v. 5, sinubus corollse inserta : Jilamenta 

 subulata, brevissima : antherce oblongse, incumbentes, 2-loculares, cyaneae. 

 Stigmata filiformia, truncata, recta, minutfe papillosa. Capsula ovato- 

 oblonga, compressa, membranacea, brevissime stipitata. Semina parieta- 

 lia, grandiuscula, hiac convexa, inde exsculpta, spadicea, glabra. 



Gen. I. PNEUMONANTHE. Schmidt. 

 Dasystephana et Ciminalis. Borch. 

 Gentian^e sp. L. 

 Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus. Corolla infundibuliformis v. campanulata, 5- 

 loba: sinubus plerumque in lobos productis. Anthera; oblongae, ssepius 

 coalitse. Stigma bipartitum. Capsula 1-locularis. Semina parietalia, 

 scobiformia, margine alata. 

 Herbse (Hem. Bor.) perennes, floribus subsolitariis speciosis plerumque caeru- 

 leis. 



* Corollce sinubus in lobos productis, antheris liberis. 



1 . P. Kurroo, caulescens, subuniflora ; dentibus calycinis elongatis subulatis, 



