Swertia.] Lxxxvii. gentiane.e (bakeu and brown). f)?; 



14. S. petitiana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. ."ia. Root per- 

 ennial ; stems 4-5 in. high, 4 -angled, simple or branched above. Root- 

 leaves J-i in. long, 2-2J lin. broad, obovate, with a short petiole ; stem- 

 leaves in 8-4 pairs, 4-8 lin. long, 3-8 lin. broad, broadly ovate, sessile. 

 Cymes few-flowered, simple or sparsely panieled ; flowers pentamerous ; 

 pedicels short. Sepals 2^-3 lin. long, spathulate-obovate to ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla-lobes 4-5 lin. long, 3-3J lin. broad, very obtu.se, with 

 a pair of nectaries at the base. Stamens 4- in. lon^ — En^d. llochce- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 338. 4^06 



XTile ]Land. Al)yssinia : VVojerat Province, Peiit ! 



15. S. wojeratensis, N. E. Br. Perennial, '^-^ in. high; stem 

 apparently solitary, simple or branched; branches sub-erect or 

 ascending, corymbose. Leaves in 1-2 pairs at the base and on 

 the stem, ^| in. long, 2-41 ijn. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, sessile. Cymes 3-5-tiowered, somewhat clustered; pedicels 1-12 

 lin. long; flowers 5-merous. Sepals 2-2^ lin. long, i-l| lin. broad, 

 oblanceolate to broadly obovate, obtuse. Corolla-lobe's 3-4 lin. long, 

 l|-2 lin. broad, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, subacute or obtuse but not 

 rounded at the apex, with two oblong fringed glands near the base. 

 Stamens l|-2 lin. long. Ovary oblong, obtuse ; stigma ses.sile ; lobes 

 broader than long, obtusely rounded. 



irile Iiand. Abyssinia : Wojerat Province, Petit ! 



16. S. filicaulis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 109. Probably 

 annual ; stem filiform, 4 in. long, slightly branched. Leaves distant, 

 sessile, orbicular or ovate-orbicular, 2J-3J lin. long and broad, obtuse. 

 Flowers solitary, 5-merous. Calyx-lobes ^-^ in. long, | lin. broad; 

 obovate, obtuse. Corolla-lobes 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, with a pair of minute fimbriate nectaries near the base. 



KTlle Xiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; Gluiba, near Gondar, Steudner. 



17. S. Wellbyi, iV. E. Br. Annual, 6 in. high in the only 

 specimen seen ; stem slender with 1 branch. Leaves in about 4 distant 

 pairs, 3-4 lin. long, 2i lin. broad, ovate, subobtuse, very broadly rounded 

 or almost subcordate at the subsessile base, scarcely petiolate. Cymes 

 terminal, umbellately 3-0-flowered ; pedicels 3-8 lin. long; flowers 

 5-merous. Sepals 1|-2| lin. long. A- J lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, 

 vslightly narrowed to the base. Corolla apparently white ; lobes 3-3i 

 lin. long, 2| lin. broad, elliptic or suborbicular, very obtuse, with 2 

 closely placed nearly circular nectaries near the base. Stamens 2 lin. 

 long. Ovary oblong, not tapering at the top ; stigma sessile, its lobes 

 rather more than A lin. broad, orbicular-oblong, very obtu.^e. 



ITlle Ziand. Abyssin'a : Ix'lwecn Harrar and Add! Abbalm, Wtin>t/ ! 



18. S. brevipedicellata, Gihj iiml. Plant in. high in the 

 only specimen seen, slightly branched, annual, glabrous, coiiiparatively 

 few-flowered. Radical leaves rosulate, ^-J in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 

 elliptic or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, narrowed into a short, petiole ; stem- 



