Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianeee. S25 



tico-oblongum, 1-loculare, apice in stylum attenuatum. Stigma bilobum, 

 minutfe papillosum. Capsula l-locularis: t;afow subcrustaceis, margine 

 placentiferis. Semina exigua, angulata, scabra, atrofusca. 



The herb is intensely bitter, more resembling the Gentian root than the 

 Agathotes Chirai/ta. It is the " Puharee, or hill Cherayita," and is clearly 

 much more powerful than the former. 



2. O. pulchella, floribus 4-fidis, foliis lanceolato-linearibus acutis, segmentis 



calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis, coroUse laciniis ovatis mucronulatis ca- 



lyce longioribus, caule tetragono. 

 Ophelia porrigens. G. Don Syst. Gard. S^ Bat. iv. p. 178. 

 Swertia pulchella. Ham. 3ISS. IVall. Cat. n. 4375. 

 (3. minor, statura vix 3-pollicari, foliis pariim latioribus obtusiusculis. 

 S. elegans. IVall. Cat. n. 4376. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad locum Khiree Pass Anglic^ dictum ; f3. ad 



Mussooree. Royle. O. 



Radix fibrosa. Caulis erectus, ramosus, rigidus, tetragonus, intus canali per- 

 angusto cavus, glaber. Folia subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-nervia, 

 membranacea, glaberrima, Isetfe viridia, subtils pallidiora, margine paulu- 

 Ifim revoluta, sesqui- v. bi-pollicaria ; inferiora basi attenuata, vix pe- 

 tiolata. Flores lax^ paniculati. Pedunculi 4-angulares, graciles, semun- 

 ciales. Calya; profundi 4-partitus : segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, gla- 

 berrimis. Corolla calyce plerumque longior, 4-partita, lutea: laciniis 

 ovato-oblongis, mucronulatis, patulis, 3-nerviis, nervis ramosissimis. Sta- 

 mina 4, corolla breviora : ,^/a/Mento subulata, glabra: antheroe cordatae, 

 obtusse, incumbentes, biloculares. Ovarium ovatum, laeve. Stylus vix 

 uUus. Stigma bilobum : lobis brevissimis, rotundatis, minute papiilosis. 

 Capsula ovato-oblonga, membranacea, l-locularis, valvularum marginibus 

 placentiferis. Semina exigua, angulata, spadicea, Ifevia. 



This is closely related to the preceding species, being principally distin- 

 guished from it by the corolla exceeding the calyx in length. 



3. O. paniadata, floribus 5-fidis, foliis linearibus scabris margine revolutis. 



