TABULA 2992. 
GENTIANA STYLOPHORA, C. B. Clarke. 
GENTIANACEAE. Tribus SwWERTIEAE. 
G. stylophora, C. B. Clarke % mm Age j. Fl. Brit. Ind., vol. iv. p- 118; 
Forbes et Hemsl. in Journ. Soc., vol. xxvi. p. 136; species G. 
venosae, Hemsl., proxime affinis, sed pedunculis tenuioribus, calyce 
gamosepalo et corolla late fifendlibaliferni facile distinguenda. 
Herba robusta, omnino glaberrima, radicibus crassis carnosis. Caules 
1-2 m. alti, ad 1°5 cm. diametro, fistulosi, basi squamis magnis vaginan- 
tibus instructi. Folia basalia plus minusve petiolata, oblongo-elliptica, 
ad 3 dm. longa et 1 dm. lata; caulina sessilia, amplexicaulia, ovato- 
elliptica vel ovato-oblonga, apice plus minusve acuminata, rarius 
) 
6 cm. ‘males Pedicelli terminales, ad 4 cm. pet laterales multo 
breviores, bracteolis duabus parvis lanceolato-linearibus instructi. 
Calyx campanulatus, 2-2°5 cm. longus, valide 2-costatus, usque ad 
medium Bee ge 5-lobatus; lobi triangulari-ovati, acuti, basi 
5-11 mm. lati. Corolla lutea, ee reticulato-venosa, latissime 
infundibuliformis, 5-6 cm. . longa, 6-7 cm. lata, intra nuda; lobi 5, 
late ovati, acuti, circiter 4 cm. longi 3 2 cm. lati. Stamina e 
tubo paulum exserta; filamenta 2-2°5 cm. longa, praesertim basi 
dilatata ; antherae oblongae, 12-13 mm. longae. Ovariwm elongato- 
ovoideum, cum stylo et stigmate 3-7-4 cm. longum, uniloculare, hey 
eee ipsi fere ubique affixis ; stigmatis lobi suborbiculares, 3-4 m 
diametro. Capsula fusiformi- ovoidea vel ovoidea, rostrata, 4-5 ¢ 
longa. Semina oblonga, compressa, 1°5 mm. longa, testa laxa alle 
gosa. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA. Sikkim: Chola oe ere 3300-4000 m 
Hooker ; Jongri, 3900 m., psehen Tibet : ung, Q7° 51’ N., 88° 
35’ E., Hobson. Cutna. Yunnan: Tsan te peas Tali in mountain 
woods at 4000 m., Delavay (ex Pecietets, : Tsekou, Monbeig 
The receipt of some good specimens of this handsome me distinct 
species, which were included in the collection made by Pére T. Monbeig 
