524 Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 



Gen. VII. OPHELIA. 

 SwERTi^ sp. Ham., Wall. 



Calyx 4 — 5-partitus. Corolla rotata, 4 — 5-partita. Glandula; nectarifercB ad 

 laciniarum basin 2, omnin6 nudse ! Stigma bilobum. Capsula raembra- 

 nacea, 1-locularis, apice dehiscens. Semina marginalia, minuta, angiilata, 

 scrobiculata. 



Herbae (Indies orient.) annuce, ramosce, Jioribus paniculatis plermnque luteis 

 V, albis. 

 This is a very natural genus essentially distinguished from the preceding by 



the naked glands at the base of the petals. The species agree with Agathotes 



in their medicinal properties, and afford several kinds of Cherayita. 



* Glanduke nectariferae 2 conferruminat(€. 



1. O. aiigtistifoUa, floribus 4-fidis, foliis petiolatis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, 

 segmentis calycinis linearibus mucronulatis, coroUse laciniis ovatis acu- 

 minatis calyce brevioribus. 

 Ophelia angustifolia. Nob. in G. Don Syst. Gard. 8f Bot. iv. p. 178. 

 Swertia angustifolia. Ham. in Don Prodr. Fl. Nep. p. 12". fVall. PI. Asiat. 

 Bar. iii. p. 2. t. 204.; Cat. n. 4373. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Boyle. Q . Puharee Cherayita 

 indigents. 



Badix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, ramosns, rigidus, fistulosus, purpuraScens, 

 levitfer 4-angulus, cubitalis, magis coarctatus quam in sequente. Folia 

 brevissimfe petiolata, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia, supra viridia, 

 subtus pallidiora, glaucescentia, basi attenuata, utrinque glaberrima, 

 sesqui- v. bi-poUicaria. Flores laxfe paniculati. Pedunculi capillares, 

 breves, tetragoni. Calyx 4-partitus : segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis. 

 Corolla 4-partita, calyce longior, alba, punctis violaceis copios^ notata : 

 laciniis ovato-oblongis, mucronulatis, basi biglandulosis, nudis. Stamina 

 4, corolla breviora : Jilamenta gracilia, subulata, glabra : antherw cordatse, 

 obtusse, incumbentes, biloculares. Ovarium staminum longitudine, ellip- 



