110 xcvii. GENTIANACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Gentiana. 



half the size of the fully-developed plant, are frequent. The type specimen (n. 1024 

 Griff. Journ.) is altogether an average Himalayan example; G. minntissima, Boiss. 

 (Fl. Orient, iv. 71) founded on this- number is evidently described from some other 

 plant. Koch says that G. tenella in Germany is 4-merous ; the Himalayan examples 

 are almost imiformly 5-merous. As to the synonyms, if G. no/no, specifically differs 

 from 6r. tenella, it is found in the Himalaya. 



VAR. falcata, Turcz. ; Griseb. Gentian. 249 ; corolla-tube in. long and nearly 

 as broad. W. Himalaya. DISTRIB. Caucasus. 



VAR. sikkimensis ; stems weak flexuose, leaves scarcely in., peduncles mostly 

 long terminal 1 -flowered, expanded corolla scarcely \ in. Sikkim ; alt. 12,000 ft. ; 

 Yeumtung, J. D. H., Elwes. 



SECT. 2. Ghondrophyllum (char, widened}. Corolla not more than 1 

 in., 5-lobed, tubular, with folds between the lobes. Capsule often exserted. 

 Seeds small, globose oblong or falcate, usually trigonous, testa close, not (or 

 most obscurely) reticulated. (See also G. ornata, var. n. 30.) 



6. Cr. recurvata, Clarke; stems weak often branched, leaves remote 

 ovate or oblong, pedicels scattered nodding in fruit, corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, capsule shortly obovoid compressed. Gentiana sp. 13, Herb. Ind. Or. H. 

 f. fy T. ; sp. 6, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 434. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; alt. 9-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Stems 2-6 in. Radical leaves ^ by ^ in., spathulate-ovate ; cauline ^--^ in., sessile, 

 often connate, flaccid. Pedicels \ in., nodding in bud, erect in flower, recurved in 

 fruit. Calyx 5- in. ; lobes in., lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, always erect. 

 Corolla - by ^-| in., brilliant blue, folds fimbriate into linear-clavate blue lacinise. 

 Capsule i by - in., stalk as long as the corolla (at least in some cases). Seeds twice 

 as long as broad, oblong or subfalcate, trigonous. 



7. Cr. aquatica, Linn. Amain, ii. 343 ; branches radical numerous weak 

 little divided, cauline leaves small ovate or obovate marginate recurved, corolla 

 less than J in., capsule sliort-obovoid compressed. Bunge in Nouv. Mem. Soc. 

 Imp. Mosc. i. 236, t. 9, fig. 6 ; Griseb. Gentian. 271, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 106 ; 

 Ledeb. FL Ross. iii. 62. G. riparia, Karel. et Kiril. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 

 1841, 706 ; Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 186 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 434, syn. excl. G. Ledebourii, Reich. FL Excurs. 425. G. prostrata, Clarke, I. c., 

 not of Haencke. Hippion aquaticum, Schmidt in Roem. Arch. i. 10. Ericoila 

 aquatica, Borkh. in Roem. Arch. i. 27. Ericala (or Erycala) aquatica, G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 192. 



KASHMIR and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 13-16,000 ft.; Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. 

 N. Asia. 



Branches 1-3 in. Radical leaves ^-^ in., ovate ; cauline i in., remote, usually 

 obtuse, mucronate ; margin hyaline, narrow. Pedicels - in., terminal, solitary. 

 Calyx %-% in. ; lobes in., lanceolate, acute, glabrous, entire, always erect, Corollct- 

 tube hardly longer than the calyx, lobes short blue ; folds bifid ; fimbri;e none. 

 Capsule i by | in. ; stalk long, often f in., hence capsule long-exsert. Seed* ellip- 

 soid, trigonous, not much longer than broad. S. prostrata, Haencke (as understood 

 by Ledebour and Boissier, Fl. Orient, iv. 72), differs by having the capsule nearly 

 twice as long; it was collected in Cabul (Griff, n. 1049), never in British India. 



VAR. Karelini; calyx elongate, corolla ^- in. narrowly tubular. Griseb. in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 106. G. prostrata, Karel. $ Kiril. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 1841,705, not of 

 Haencke (?). Karakoram, alt. 13-14,000 ft. G. Karelini, T. Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. 

 Altai. Stems 1-2 in. fewer and smaller than those of the type. The Karakoram 

 examples agree closely with Karel. & Kiril.'s Or. prostrata ; but their description 

 differs in the corolla twice as long as the calyx ; whereas, in the Indian plants the 

 calyx is ^ in., as long as the corolla-tube. 



