516 Pro/". Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 



patula, lanceolata, acuta, obsolete 3-nervia, margine cartilaginea, semi- v. 

 pollicaria. Flares aggregati, sessiles. Bractece lanceolatse, mucronulatse, 

 niembranaceae, basi connatse. Calyx tnbulosus, 5-dentatus : dentibiis 

 ovatis, mucronulatis, erectis, margine scariosis. Corolla tubulosa, calyce 

 longior, cyanea, limbo patula, 10-loba ; y«Mce annulo fimbriato e ciliis 

 linearibus acutis planis composito coronata : lohis ovatis, obsolete mucro- 

 nulatis: sinds conformibus, vix brevioiibus. Stamina inclusa : Jilamenta 

 subulata, basi dilatata : ant/ierce oblongae, incumbentes. Ovarium ovale. 

 Sti/liis elevatus. Stigmata semicylindrica, obtusa, revoluta, minute pa- 

 pillosa. 



This very elegant little alpine species has the corolla regularly ten-cleft, 

 from the accessory lobes being equal and uniform with the primary ones. 

 The flowers are crowded and of a deep blue. 



2. £. carinata, caulescens, simplex ; foliis lanceolatis mucronatis carinatis, 



floribus fasciculatis, corolla lO-lob.i: lobis lanceolatis acuminatis ; sinus 

 duplo brevioribus argutfe denticulatis. 

 Ericala carinata. G. Don Syst. Gard. (§■ Bot. iv. p. 189. 

 //(:/i?7«^ in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. O? 



/farf/.r fibrosa, annua? CamZ?* erectus, teres, purpurascens, sesquipoUicaris. 

 Folia sessilia, conferta, lanceolata, mucronata, conduplicata, subtus cari- 

 nata, semuncialia, ima basi connata, carina margineque cartilagineis. 

 Flores terminales, complures, aggregati, subsessiles, bracteati. Calyx 

 tubulosus, 5-fidus : laciniis linearibus, mucronatis, erectis, margine sca- 

 riosis. Corolla infundibnliformis : fauce ciliis setaceis albis pluriserialibiis 

 barbata: limho 5-lobo : lohis lanceolatis, acuminatis; sinAs duplo bre- 

 vioribus, argut^ denticulatis. Stamina mclasa. : ^lamenta capillaria, gla- 

 bra : antherce lineares, incumbentes. Stigmata revoluta, minut^ papillosa. 

 Capsula cuneato-oblonga, apice alata. 



3. E. pedunculata, caulescens, ramosa, diffusa ; pedunculis elongatis filiformi- 



bus unifloris, corolla 5-fida calyce ter longiore, laciniis calycinis ovatis 

 obtusiusculis. 

 Gentiana pedunculata. Royle MSS. G. Don Syst. Gard. 8^ Bot. iv. p. 182. 

 //afc/to/ in Cashmeria et Kunawur. Royle. ©. 



