Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianejc. 519 



Herla perennis, magnitudine et facie Asterice luterE. Radix crassa, fusiformis, 

 liorizontalis, sordidi; flava, fibris longis crassis. Caulh erectus, ramosus, 

 teres, 3-pedalis et ultra, digiti minons crassitie. Folia opposita, elliptico- 

 oblonga, acuminata, 7-nervia, glabra, Isevissima, spithama;a, latitudine 3- 

 uncialia; inferiora petiolata, petiolis dilatatis,basi connato-vaginantibus ; 

 siiperiora sessilia, basi connata. Flores copiosissimi, racemoso-paniculati, 

 cernui. Pedunculi filifoimes, semi- v. pollicares, basi biactea lanceolata 

 acuminat?i longiore muniti. Calyx 5-partitus : segmeutis lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis, glabiis, patentibus, membranaceis. Corolla calyce longior, 5-partita, 

 rotata : segmentis lanceolatis, obtus^ acuminatis, basi biscrobiculatis : scro- 

 biculis 2, subrotundis, paiallelo-connatis, periphseria ciliis longis fimbrlatis. 

 Stamina 5, corolla breviora : Jilamenta subulata, canaliculata : antherw ob- 

 longee, obtusse, biloculares, incumbentes : locuUs parallelis, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus, basi solutis. Ovarium o\a\,\xm, 1-loculare. -S/y/w* brevis- 

 simus. Stigma bilobum : lohis planis, suborbiculatis, minutfe papillosis. 



2. ^9. petiolata, foliis oppositis petiolatis oblongis obtusis 5-nerviis, floribus 

 racemoso-paniculatis, corolli3e segmentis obtusis : glandulis distinctis fila- 

 mentoso-ciliatis. 

 Swertia petiolata. Royle DISS. 



S. speciosa. G. Don Si/st. Gard. &f Bot. iv. p. 170. non frail. 

 Habitat in Cashmeria. Royle. V . 



Herba perennis. Caulis erectus, dodrantalis pedalisve, l£Evis. Folia opposita, 

 petiolata, spathulato-oblonga, obtusa, 5-nervia, basi attenuata, 2-pollicana, 

 semunciam lata. Petioli liueares, basi connato-vaginantes, s£:epe 3-polli- 

 cares. Panicula coarctata, racemosa, multiflora. Calyx 5-partitus : seg- 

 mentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, margine membranaceis, iucequalibus. Co- 

 rolla rotata, 5-partita, lutea, calyce fere dupl6 longior : laciniis oblongis, 

 obtusis : scrobiculis 2, orbiculatis, distinctis, periphseria ciliis longis capil- 

 laceis fimbriatis. Stamina 5, corolla breviora : Jilamenta canaliculata, basi 

 dilatata : anthenc oblonga>, incumbentes, 2-locularcs, obsolete mucronu- 

 latse. Ovarium o\a.i\xm. Stylus v\yi. uWus. Stigma hWobum: /oJm orbicula- 

 tis, complanatis, minutfe papillosis. Capsula ovato-oblonga, membranacea, 

 1-lociiJaris. Semina majuscula, angulatal corrugato-cristata, fnsca. 



