Prof. Don's Descriptions of Imlian Gentianese. 513 



Gentiana argentea. Royle MSS. 

 //ff^iVa^ in Emodi montibus ad Mussooi-ee. Roijle. ©. Fl. Aprili. 



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Planta annua, h ramis brevissimis congestis foliosis fasciculata, uncialis v. ses- 

 quiuncialis. Radix filiformis, extreniitate ranioso-fibrosa. Folia conferta, 

 sessilia, undiqne recnrvato-patentia, lanceolata, setaceo-mucronata, con- 

 duplicata, carinata, cartilaginea, glabra, argentea, nitida, semuncialia, 

 margine scarioso-inembranaceo, albo, tenuissimfe serrulate. Flores co- 

 piosi, sessiles, aggregati, bracteati. Calyx tubulosus, 5-fidus : laciniis 

 bracteisque lanceolatis, setaceo-mucronatis, recurvato-patentibus, condii- 

 plicatis, carinatis, squarrosis, margine latiore scarioso-meinbranaceo. 

 Corolla tubulosa, dilute coerulea, calycis longitudine, limbo 5-loba : lobis 

 ovatis, acuminatis, margine supernfe involutis : sinubus in lobos breviores, 

 ovatos, obtusos, integros, menibranaceos productis. Stamina inclusa : Jila- 

 menta subulata : antherce lineares, incumbentes, biloculares. Ovarium 

 cuneato-oblongum, subsessile, apice brevitfer alatum. Stylus filiformis, 

 elongatus. Stigmata linearia, obtusa, minute papillosa. 



3. E. marginata, caulescens, ramosa ; foliis lanceolatis mucronulatis planis 

 margine cartilagineis, floribus fasciculatis, dentibus calycinis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis mucronatis erectis, coroUee lobis obtusis : sinubus acutis. 

 Ericala marginata. \o1j. in G. Don Syst. Gard. 4' Bot. iv. p. 192. 

 Habitat in Cashmeria. Royle. . 



Radix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, foliosus, uncialis v. biuncialis. 

 Folia sessilia, lanceolata, mucronulata, coriacea, Isevia, unicostata, basi 

 connata, margine albo-cartilaginea, yix uncialia. Flores subsessiles, fasci- 

 culati. Bractece lanceolatse, mucronulatse, margine apiceque cartilagineee. 

 Calyx tubulosus, unguicularis, 5-dentatus: dentibus ovato-lanceolatis, 

 mucronatis, erectis, margine scariosis. Corolla cyanea, calyce longior, 

 tubulosa, limbo 5-loba : lobis ovalibus, obtusis ; sinils pauUo minoribus, 

 acutis, integris, membranaceis. Stamina inclusa : Jilamenta complanata, 

 infernfe dilatata : anthera; oblongae, incumbentes, lutese. Ovarium fusi- 

 forme, membranaceum. Stylus elongatus, dimidii ovarii longitudine. 

 Stigmata oblonga, plana, obtusa, minute papillosa. 



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