ICONES PLANTARUM. ^3 



ramulorum subsolitariis, calycis lobis lanccolatis tubum cpquantibus, 

 corolla tubuloso-canipanulata, lobis brcvibus anguste ovatis pHcls 

 latis 2-fidis integerrimis alternantibus, ovario stipituto angusto iu sty- 

 hm gracilem attenuate, stigmatibua brevibus, capsula clavata inclusa. 



Hab. Borneo : on Mount Klna-Balan ,9;V IT T.nu, 



Annua?; caulcs densissbue ca^spitosi, 1-2 poll, bngi, undiqae 

 toJiosi. Folia 1-1 poll, longa, basi imbricata, caraosula, uninervia. 



margmibus sicco recnrvis. Flares ^ poll, longi. Corolla medio paullo 

 inflata, lobis parvis. Aniheroi liaatatse. 



This cunous little species formed part of a small collcctlou of 

 plants found on Kina-I3alao during tbe only ascent ever made of 

 that remarkable mountain by Mr. (no^v Sir) Hugh Low, which 

 S llr Tf • ^^'Pf ^^f"! discovery of many gigantic species of 

 :' S . ''.v ,'? interesting as being tbe only species tnowu to 



exi^t m the old world in the wide area between Java and the 

 mountains of cxtratropical Australia. It is indeed very closely allied 



Sin thpVrr ^'^ir' ^? ^'"'*'^" '" ^1^« Himalaya, and is also 

 Cs a 2 1 ^'^g^^rry Mountains, Ceylon, Burma, and China, which 



l^nt it is n^ri '°'°\\''- ^^ ."'^y P"^^« *^ ^*^ ^ ^°^''^ °f t^at plant, 



elavate.lrD Hook "' °^ ^ '^'"''''^"* ^'''^''^' ^"""^ *^^ '^'''P'"'" ^^ 



6. Caps?ie." if/J«w" J'^ ''^ ^vimch and flower. 8 and 4. Stamens. 5. Ovary. 



Platk 1441. 



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OENTIANA TIBETICA, King. 



Gentianej:, Tribe SwFmiE.E. 



^^ato robasto f ■ "™/- •^®*^*^^' ^^''"-^ ("^?^. ■«!/>.) ; caulo simplici erecto 

 ^raceam elon'crn ^^''^^''"'s 6-pollicaribu8 lanceolatis in vaginam cyliu- 

 ^^^olncrantib^^ fl™ ?"'"^^'^' S"P'''"'">« seasilibus subvcrticillatis flores 



Jruncatooreminnr • ^'^'^P'''"" '^'"'"'^'''^''''^"^^^^ hyalino hinc fis80 

 ^oso.infmidibulifn,w'";\. *^t°^''*'''' ^"""''""^ ''•''^^'^® '^^'P'^ longiore tubn- 

 ^"g^lari instructi^ ' ^obis_ brevibus triangularibus sinubus plica tri- 



«, capsula mclusa, serainibus oblongis testa reticulata. 



"l*- ll'ooo fcelVTTf °^ ^^""'^^'' ^^^^^^^^^ Sikkim and Bholan, 



" V"cr6. Calculi.), ' 



