ICONES PLANTARUM. 31 



in petiokm latum angustata, irregularlter duplicate- et grosse crenata 

 plus minusve puberula, petiolo 1-li poll, longo superne alato. Scapm 

 l-b poll longus, erecto-recurvus, floribus racemosis subsecundis, 

 bracteis ad basm pedicellorum parvis obovato-oblongis spathulatisve 

 bepala subsquaba, posteriore pauUo minore, ^ poll, longa. Corolla 

 2-pollicaris, glabra, tubo basi decurvo ; labio supcriore brevi sub- 

 crenato, mfenoris lobis multo majoribus subrotundatis retusis. Stam ina 

 A ore corol 03 inserta, filamentis brevibus ; anthers didjma? sub- 

 inclus^ loculis paullo divergentibus. Ovarium oblongum, glaberdmum • 

 stylus fihformis, stigmate capitellato. o .& 



As stated in the ' Flora of British India,' I am disposed to refer this 

 somewhat anomabus plant to Veronicc(B, and to the neighbourhood of 

 TF.Z/e,ua Its habit is that of Mazus, but it differs from that genus 



think) 



very 



- -.j^.v-v.^.ujpuo ciit; uuiortunaiejy not 



fi'uit.— J. D. Hooker. 



Fig. 1. Caljx. 2. Corolla. 3 and 4. Stamens. 5. Pistil. All enlarged. 



Plate 1439. 



GENTIANA ROBUSTA, King. 



Gentianej:, Tribe Swertiej:. 



robusto lim^f^^lT^ ""^^.^'^^ ' ^"'^ ^'P' "''^••) 5 '^^"Ic ascendente 

 tiibum CTl,-n£; ' ^^^ caulmis anguste linearibus paribus basi in 



i^volucrintibuf fl"'''i ^^^^^^is ncrvis costu) parallelis supremis Acres 

 terminale foHn • ^ sessihbus axilluribus et in capitulum densum 



bi^naceo cornlirr™ • '.^^ol^cratum congestis, caljce spathaceo mem- 

 ^«folla tahnlnl? "^""'^^^^^ breviora S-dentato dontibus brevibus subulatis, 

 ^^- tnangZrrarlt^i^ '^^^'^'^^ tnangularibns plicis toti-' 



^- robnsta, X", 



Hab. 



s alternantibus. 



Uerh 



{Eerh. Calcutta) 



^mlis 8-1 P T.r^v 



Pf lata, crasse^cnlf ^^'- ^'H^ ^^dicalia ?, caulina fere pedalia, 1 

 llores l^ii poV?" •''^' ""'"^^^ pbscuris, floralia breviora, basi latiora. 



"^«^s, aentibua 



Calyx ad medium 

 oribus. Corolla medio 



