526 Prof. Don's Descriptions of Indian Gentianese. 



petidlis ciliatis, segmentis calycinis lanceolatis acuminatis, coroUse laciniis 

 ovato-lanceolads acuuunatis calyce vix longioribus, caule tereti. 



Ophelia Wallichii. G. Don Syst. Gard. ^ Bot. iv. p. 178. 



,Sn-ertia paniculata. Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar. iii. p. 3. t. 205.; Cat. n. 4374. 

 Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Mussooree. Royle. O . 



Radix fibrosa. Caulis erectus, ramosus, teres, angulis 2 obsoletissimis nota- 

 tus, pui'purascens, cubitalis, ad nodes papilloso-pubescens. Rami levis- 

 sitii^ 4-anguli. Folia subpetiolata, lanceolato-linearia, acuta, 3-nema, 

 margine revoluta, supra viridia, asperiuscula, prsesertim in junioribus, 

 sabti\s glauca, basi apiceque angustata, subpetiolata, parilm ciliata, ses- 

 qui- V. bi-pollicaria. Flores cymosi, paniculati. Pedunculi aggregati 

 (3 V. 6), subcapillares, levitfer 4-anguli, apice incrassati, semi- v. pollicares. 

 Calyx turbinatus, 5-partitus, papilloso-scabriusculus : segmentis lanceo- 

 latis, acuminatis, margine revolutis, 3-nerviis ; 2 exterioribus majoribus. 

 Corolla alba, calycis vix longitudine, 5-partita : laciniis ovatis, acumina- 

 tis, 5-nerviis, basi biglandulosis, Isevibus. Stamina b, corolla breviora : 

 Jilamenta subulata, glabra, omnin6 libera, purpurea, infern^ dilatata, 

 planiuscula, apice acuminata: antherce incumbentes, cordatae, bilocu- 

 lares, violacese. Ovarium ovatum, attenuatum, l-loculare. Stylus elon- 

 gatus. Stigma bilobum, minut^ papillosum. Capsula membranacea, 

 bivalvis. Semina minuta, lenticularia, laevia, fulvescentia. 



4. O. purpurascens, floribus 5-fidis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nerviis sca- 

 bris, petiolis ciliatis, segmentis calycinis lanceolatis mucronatis, corollse 

 laciniis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi bituberculatis calyce longioribus, 

 filamentis basi connatis, caule teretiusculo. 



Ophelia teres. G. Don Syst. Gard. 8; Bot. iv. p. 178. 



Swertia purpurascens. Wall. Cat. n. 4379. 



(d. ciliata, vix spithanicca, magis papillosa ; foliis brevioribus. 



Ophelia ciliata. G. Don Syst. Gard, 8f Bot. iv. p. 178. 



Svvertia ciliata. Royle MSS. 

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



Radix fibrosa, annua. Caulis erectus, paniculatlm ramosus, purpurascens, 

 cubitalis, obtusfe tetragonus, ad nodos praesertlm papilloso-scaber. Folia 



