Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianeae. 511 



Gentiana depressa. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 125. Wall. Cat. n. 4387- 

 Ericala depressa. Nob. in G. Don Sijat. Gard. ^ Bot. iv. p. 189. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Shalma. Royle. V . Fi. Octobri. 



Planta perennis, depressa, csespitosa, acaulis, nunc surculosa. Radix fibrosa, 

 fibris longis attenuatis tuscis. Surculi plures, procunibentes, filiformes, bi- 

 pollicares, undique minut^ papulosi, quandoque floriferi. Folia radicalia 

 in rosulis aggregata, patentia, lanceolata, mucronata, glauco-viridia, mar- 

 gine cartilaginea ac papuloso-scabra, subtus carinata, semuncialia ; *«/- 

 cuUna dupl6 breviora, obovata, margine copiosii'is papulosa, basibus 

 angustatis atque in vaginam caule ipso ampliorem connatis. Flos terini- 

 nalis, solitarius, omnino sessilis. Calyx tnbulosns, 5-fidus : laciniis ovato- 

 lanceolatis, mucronatis, erectis, cannatis, margine apiceque cartilagineis, 

 sinubus membranaceis. Corolla uncialis, infundibuliformi-campanulata, 

 pallid^ coerulea, fasciis atro-violaceis notata, limbo 5-loba : lobis rotun- 

 datis, mucronato-aristatis, margine involutis, integerrimis : sinubus dila- 

 tatis, membranaceis, albis, in lobos rotundatos, obtusos, muticos productis. 

 Filamenta canaliculata, glabra, infernfe membranaceo-dilatata. Antherce 

 lineari-oblongse, obtusse, biloculares, incumbentes. Ovarium fusiforme, 

 stipitatum. Stylus elongatus. Stigma bipartitum : laciniis lanceolatis, 

 mucronulatis, concavis, minute papillosis. Capsula elliptica, membra- 

 nacea, longfe stipitata, 1-locularis, 2-valvis. Semina parietalia, testa laxa, 

 corrugata, membranaceo-alata. 



This is a very distinct species, and there is none with which it can well be 

 compared. In habit it resembles a good deal the Ericala altaica. 



Gen. II. ERICALA. Renealm. 



Ericoila. Borck. 



HiPPioN. Schmidt. 



Gentians sp. L. 



Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla tubulosa v. hypocrateriformis, 4 — 5-fida : sinubus ple- 

 rumque in lobos productis. Stylus elongatus. Stigmata 2, distincta, dila- 



