108 xcvii. GENTIANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gentiana. 



^ in., ellipsoid, or ^ by in., subglobose ; completely exserted from the corolla, or 

 half included (on the same branches) ; stalk often 1-li in. 



VAR. luteo-viridis ; berry 1 by f-^- in., quite included or ^ exsert oblong red, 

 stalk ^-^ in. C. luteo-viridis, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 443. C. fasciculata, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 27, n. 420, and p. 127, n. 470. Grentiana volubilis, Don Prodr. 

 126. Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan, common. Khasia Mts. ; 

 alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent. This is the common C. fasciculata of the Himalaya of 

 collectors ; but the stalk of the berry is frequently more elongated, and the berry 

 itself so short, that it appears inseparable from C. japonica ; when much less succu- 

 lent it runs into C. affinis. Wallich appears not to have distinguished it from C. 

 fasciculata, as he gives the Himalaya for the habitat of C. fasciculata, which species 

 is confined to Khasia. 



VAR. Championi ; leaves hardly acute long-petioled, corolla smaller narrower, 

 berry ^ in. diani. subglobose red exserted. C. fasciculata, Thwaites Enum. 204. 

 Tripterospermum Championi, Gardn. ms. Ceylon ; Gardner, Thwaites. 



9. GENTIAN A, Linn. 



Herbs, annual or perennial, or (G. crassa, Kurz) shrubby. Leaves opposite, 

 bases often connate. Floivers axillary or terminal. Calyx tubular, terete or 

 rarely keeled (spathaceous in O. decumbens) ; lobes 5-4. Corolla tubular, bell- 

 or funnel-shaped ; lobes 5-4, often with folds between the lobes. Stamens 5-4, 

 attached in the middle or lower half of the tube, included, filaments linear 

 somewhat flattened downwards ; anthers oblong or ovate. Ovary 1-celled, 

 placentae but little intruded ; style short or 0, except in G. stylophora, stigmas 

 divergent. Capsule stalked or sessile, ellipsoid or oblong, compressed, separating 

 into its V carpels, usually to the base. Seeds very many, small, globose or 

 oblong, often trigonous, testa close or lax sometimes prominently reticulated. 

 Species 180, chiefly in the mountains of the Old World, with a few in the 

 Andes, New Zealand, and Australia. 



SECT. I. Amarella. Corolla not more than 1 in. at the time of expan- 

 sion, without folds. Capsule included, sessile or shortly stalked. Seeds small, 

 yellow-brown, 'numerous, subglobose j testa close, not reticulated. 



* Corolla notfaribriate in the throat. 



1. G-. IKoorcroftiana, Wall. Cat. 4390; leaves oblong or elliptic, 

 corolla nearly 1 in. 4-5-merous tubular- funnel-shaped. Griseb. Gentian. 243, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 96, syn. excl. : Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 433. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, Baltisthan and Lahoul, alt. 8-12,000 ft., Moor- 

 croft, Falconer, &c. 



Stem 8-16 in., erect, 4-lineolate, branches ascending. Leaves 1 by ^ in., narrowed 

 below. Cymes in subterminal racemes ; pedicels ^-H in. Calyx-tube -^ in. ; lobes 

 ^ in., linear. Corolla (at time of expansion) ^-1 in., up to the moment of expansion 

 often short, blue in fruit enlarged often 1^ in., funnel-shaped not campanulate, mouth 

 ^ in. diam. Capsule in., lanceolate ; stalk ^ in. Measurements here taken from 

 Moorcroft's example, the calyx-teeth are often even longer, by ^ in. 



VAB. Falconeri ; flowers often 4-merous, calyx-teeth shorter broader often unequal 

 opposite larger by in. G-. Falconeri, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 433. 

 Kashmir, Falconer. The seeds do not differ from those of G. Moorcroftiana. 



VAR. Maddeni ; leaves narrowly lanceolate acute, expanded corolla often less 

 than ^ in. Kumaon, alt. 10-12,000 ft., Madden, Davidson. Tibet, alt. 15,000 ft. 

 (Piti ?), Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



2. G-. aurea, Linn. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 71 ; leaves oblong or elliptic, 

 corolla - in. 5-merous, tubular. Griseb. Gentian. 254, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 



