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at Edinburgh in late July and continuing during the 

 autumn — and it is as easily propagated. 



Gentiana sino-ornata, Balf. f.^ 



G. ornata, Forrest (not of Wallich), in Notes Ko}^ 



Bot. Gard. Edin., iv (1907), 71. 

 G. orndta, Hort. (not of Wallich). 

 Perennial herb with thick roots producing many spreading 

 rooting stolons from a primary central rosette, and forming- 

 new axillary rosettes at the rooting nodes. Stolons 18 cm. 

 or more long, prostrate at the base ascending towards the 

 apex composed of short terete more or less papillate reddish 

 internodes. Leaves epetiolate thick somewhat flesh}^ 

 opposite connate each pair forming a short vaginal sheath 

 about 2*5 mm. long ; lamina in the primary rosette linear- 

 lanceolate from the base as much as 1"5 cm. long 3 mm. or 

 more broad not narrowed at the base, maroin in the youno- 

 leaves whitelj^ cartilaginous subsequently scaberulous and 

 at the base minutely ciliolate, whitely papillate on both 

 surfaces, concave dark-green glossy above, paler beneath, 

 midrib slightly elevated at bottom of longitudinal groove ; 

 lamina of lower leaves of stolon small often 5 mm. long 

 1 mm. broad lanceolate or linear-lanceolate longly acute, 

 of upper leaves as much as 3o cm. long 5 mm. broad some- 

 what cucullate strict not recurving minutely ciliolate at 

 base. Flower solitarj^ terminal ; pedicels about 5 mm. long. 

 Calyx about 3"5 cm. long much shorter than corolla, 5-lobed ; 



' Gentiana sino-ornata, Balf. f. — Herba perennis diffusa stolonifera. 

 Stolones radicantes ramosi ad 18 cm. longi vel ultra a rosula centrah 

 patentes. Folia stolonum epetiolata opposita vaginato-connata lineari- 

 lanceolata vel a basi lanceolata longe acuta ad 3'5 cm. longa 5 mm. lata 

 suisum concava. Flos solitarius terminalis ; pedieelhis brevis vix 5 mm. 

 longus. Calycis tubus infundibularis haud dimidiatns circ. 1 cm. 

 longus ; lobi circ. 2 cm. longi liueari-acuminati erecti basi haud angustati. 

 Corolla obconoideo-tubulosa ad 6 cm. longa vittata vittis flavido-albidis 

 purpureo-suffusis et lineato-tinctis, intus emaciilatis, fauce coerulea ; 

 lobis late ovatis acutis circ. 8 mm. longis intense coeruleis nitentibus ; 

 plicis circ. 3 mm. longis 8 mm. latis subcrenulatis vel dentatis. Fila- 

 menta staminum in parte libera circ. 1 cm. longa anguste alata coL-rulea ; 

 antherae sagittatae. Ovarium circ. 1'4 cm. longum ; stipes circ. 2 2 cm. 

 longus ; stylus ad 7 mm. longus ramis stigmatiferis circ. 6 mm. longis 

 recurvis. 



Species Sectionis Frigidae a G. Farreri, Balf. f. et G. Laivrencei, Burkill 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis sursum concavis, florum colore 

 intense coeruleo facile recognoscenda ; a G. Veitchiorum, Hemsl. habitu 

 diffuso foliisque sursum concavis recedens. 



N.W. Yunnan. 



