Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 523 



utrinque laevissima, 3 — 5-uncialia, unciain v. sesquiiinciam lata. Flores 

 copiosissimi, laxe paniculati, lurido-purpurei. Pedicelli giaciles, quad- 

 ranguli, unguiculares. Calyx profundi 4-partitus : segmentis lineaii- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, apice recurvis. Corolla calyce pauUo longior, 

 4-partita : laciniis ovatis, acutis, basi foveis 2 nectariferis oblongis paral- 

 lelo-contiguis squamida fimbriata, tectis auctis. Stamina corolla breviora : 

 Jilamenta subulata, caiialiculata, glabra : antherce cordatee, obtusse. Ova- 

 rium ovatum, leeve, apice in stylum attenuatum. Stigma bilobuin : lobis 

 obtusis, brevissimis, pruinosis. Capsula membianacea, l-locularis : valvis 

 margine placentiferis, hinc apice bifidis. Semina minuta, Isevia. 



The whole plant possesses an agreeable aromatic bitter, much more pleasant 

 than that of Gentian root or Eri/thrcea Centaurium. The dried herb yields 

 the most valuable kind of Cherayita, denominated "Dukhuni Cherajdta," so 

 famed among Indian practitioners as a tonic. Samples of the dried herb, 

 obtained by Dr. Royle from the bazaars of India, leave no doubt of the pre- 

 sent species affording the sort above mentioned. 



2. ^. alata, caule tetragono alato, foliis ovatis, fovea nectarifera orbiculatS : 

 squamula rotundata fimbriata. 



Agathotes alata. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. 8f Bot. iv. p. I//. 



Swertia alata. Royle 31SS. 

 Habitat in Einodi montibus ad Choor. Royle. O. 



Radix ramoso-fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosus, rigidus, tetragonus, 

 angulis membranaceis, alatis. Folia opposita, sessilia, subamplexicaulia, 

 ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 5-nervia, subcoriacea, poUicaria, basi per caulis 

 angidos decurrentia. Flores paniculati, flavi ? Bractere lineares, acutae, 

 margine revolutse. Pedicelli brevissimi, 4-anguli, graciles. Calyx pro- 

 fundi 4-partitus : segmentis lanceolatis, mucronatis, glabris, apice recur- 

 vato-patentibus. Corolla calycis vix longitudine, 4-partita : laciniis ovatis, 

 acutis, basi foveola orbiculata margine puberula squamula unica ciliata 

 tectA. Stamina corolla \iYe\iOYa. : Jilamenta subulata: antherce oblongo- 

 cordatse, obtusse, biloculares. Ovarium ovatum, in stylum attenuatum. 

 Stigma bilobum : lohis orbiculatis, pruinosis. Capsula ovata, l-locularis : 

 valvis margine placentiferis. Semina miauta, laevia. 



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