522 Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianeae. 



glabra : antheroe oblongEe, biloculares : locuUs parallelis, longitudinalitfer 

 dehiscentibus, basi apiceque solutis. Ovarium obfusiforme, staminibus 

 long! us. Stigma terminale, sessile, parvum, leviter bilobum. Capsula 

 cuneato-oblonga, compressa, 2-valvis, basi atteniiata, polysperma : valvis 

 membianaceis, margine incrassatis, medio tantum seminifeiis. Semina 

 niiniitissima, obovata, Isevia, basi umbilico prominenti mucronata. 



Gen. VI. AGATHOTES. 



SwERTIiE SP. fVall. 

 Gentians sp. Roxb. 



Calyx 4-partitus. Corolla rotata, 4-partita : segtnentis basi foveis nectariferis 

 squamula fimbriata obtectis instructis. Stigma bilobum. Capsula 1-locu- 

 laris, apice dehiscens. Semina marginalia, minuta, globosa, Isevia. 



Herbse (himalenses) annuce, ramoste. Folia opposifa, amplexicaulia. Flores 

 lax^ paniculati, purpurei v. lutei. 



Besides habit and the four-cleft flowers, the minute globular seeds, their 

 placentation on the margin of tlie valves, and the glands at the base of the 

 petals being covered by a fringed scale, are the characters which have led me 

 to separate this genus from Swertia. 



1. A. Chirayta, caule tereti, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, foveis nectariferis oblongis 

 distinctis : squamulis margine capillaceo-fiinbriatis. 

 Agathotes Chirayta. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. 8^ Bot. iv. p. 182. 

 Swertia Chirata. Wall. Cat. n. AZ7'2. 

 S. racemosa. Ejusd. I. c. n. 4377- 

 Gentiana Chirayta. Roxb. MSS. Fleming in Asiat. Res. xi. p. 167- Rocm. 



et Schult. Syst. vi. p. 142. Wall. PL Asiat. Rar. iii. p. 33. t. 252. . 

 G. floribunda. Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 128. 

 Habitat in Eniodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. O . Cherayita et Dukhuni 

 Cherayita indigenis. 



Herba atrovirens. Radix ramoso-fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, 

 rigidus, cubitalis, crassitie pennse corvinse, intiis cavus. Folia amplexi- 

 caulia, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 7-nervia, membranacea, atro-viridia, 



