520 P>'of- Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 



3. S. alternifoUa, foliis alternis I elliptico-oblongis acuminatis 7-nerviis basi 



vaginantibus, floribus raceinoso-paniculatis, corollas segmentis ellipticis 

 obtusis : glandiilis orbiculatis contiguis. 

 Swei-tia alteniifolia. Royle, III. t. 6/. /. 2. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. Ss 

 Hot. iv. p. 1 76. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Choor et Kedarkanta. Royle. V . 



Herba perennis, glabra. CauUs erectus, ramosus, cylindraceus, fistulosus, 

 Isevis, 2 — 3-pedalis, crassitie calami scriptorii. Folia elliptico-oblonga, 

 acuminata, 5 — 7-nervia, membranacea, Isevissima, Iset^ viridia, margine 

 scabriuscnla, 4 — 5 pollices longa, et 2 lata ; i-adicalia petiolata ; caulina 

 alterna, amplexicaulia, brevitferque vaginantia : vagind dilatata, semipol- 

 licari. PetioU dilatati, supra canaliculati, margine alati, 3-pollicares. 

 Flores axillares, magni, aurei, cernui, cymosi, in caulis summitate sub- 

 solitarii. Ci/mcc longh pedunculatoe, 3-florse, per caulem racemoso-pani- 

 culatae. PeduncuU filiformes, 3-unciales. Bractece lanceolatae, acumi- 

 natBe, sessiles, ssep^ oppositse, pedicellis breviores. Segmenta calycina 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 5-nervia, margine tenuissim^ membranacea, 

 eroseque crenidata. Corolla rotata, 5-partita, calyce longior: laciniis 

 elliptico-oblongis, obtusis, 7-nerviis, basi biscrobiculatis : scrohiculis orbi- 

 culatis, contiguis, margine longfe crebrfeque filamentoso-fimbriatis : ciliis 

 longis, subulatis, acutissimis, patentibus. Stamina corolla dupl6 breviora: 

 Jilamenta dilatata, canaliculata, glabra : antherce oblonga;, incumbentes, 

 biloculares : lociiUs parallelis, longitudinalit^r dehiscentibus, basi solutis. 

 Ovarium ovale, Iseve. Stigma sessile, bilobum : lobis orbiculatis, mar- 

 gine revolutis, minutfe papilloso-pruinosis. 



4. S. cimeata, foliis oppositis petiolatis spathulato-oblongis obtusis 5-nerviis, 



floribus racemosis, corollse segmentis obtusis : glandulis lineari-oblongis 

 subremotis filamentoso-ciliatis. 

 Svvertia cuneata. Wall. Cat. n. 4380. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. ^ Bot. iv. 

 p. 176. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Kedarkanta. Royle. V . 



Radix fibrosa, perennis, sordid^ flava. Canlis erectus, filiformis, laevis, 3 — 8- 

 uncialis. Folia opposita, petiolata, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, glabra, 



