Geniiana.'] xcvu. GENTIANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 113 



Annual; forming dense tufts l-2 in. diam. ; branches 10-30 from the root, little 

 divided. Kadical leaves % in., sessile ; cauline leaves in., lanceolate, imbricate, 

 cartilaginous. J^owers terminal, sessile, solitary, blue. Calyx ^-^\n. ; lobes i- in., 

 narrowly lanceolate, rigid, erect, glabrous. Corolla tubular, folds bifid; fimbrise 0. 

 Capsule i by ^ in., stalk sometimes f in., sometimes but in. ; seeds as of G. 

 decemfida. 



16. O. capitata, Ham. in Don Prodr. 126 ; stem simple erect naked 

 below, leaves ovate or oblong mucronate marginate, flowers capitate, capsule 

 globose compressed subincluded. Griseb. Gentian. 275, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 107; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 436. G. marginata, Watt. Cat. 4391, 

 not of Griseb. G. cephalodes, Edyeiv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 84 ; Thorns, fy 

 Bacon in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. iv. 637, and G. Baconi, t. 20. Gentiana sp., 

 Griff. Ic. PL As. t. 384, fig. 1. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 4-12,000 ft.; from Kumaon to Bhotan; Wallich, 

 Griffith, &c. 



Stems 1-4 in., often naked at the time of flowering except the leaves mixed in the 

 flower-head, sometimes leafy in the upper half. LeaveoJ^ by ^-^ in., thick, somewhat 

 ; shining, falcate. Calyx % in. ; lobes in., oblong, acute, scarious-margined, glabrous. 

 Corolla j-g- in., blue or white, folds emarginate ; fimbrise 0. Capsule in. long and 

 broad ; stalk sometimes in. Seeds very small, ellipsoid, nearly twice as long as 

 broad, trigonous, smooth, scarcely reticulated. 



VAR. Andersoni; stem naked below, upper cauline leaves petioled ovate or elliptic 

 herbaceous not marginate. G. Andersoni, Clarke in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 436. 

 Ericala capitata, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 512. From Kumaon to Bhotan, 

 alt. 5-8000 ft. ; J. D. H., T. Anderson, &c. Khasia ; Simons, &c. Probably only 

 the fully developed state of Cr. capitata ; having sometimes stout subquadrangular 

 stems, and leaves 1^ by f-1 in. B. Don seems to have got finer specimens for his de- 

 scription in Trans. Linn. Soc. than when he founded the species in Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 



VAR. strobiliformis ; stem |--1 in., densely clothed with imbricated margined often 

 round leaves, flowers solitary or few. Gentiana sp. n. 707, G-riff. Itin. Notes. 147. 

 Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan ; Griffith, &c. 



17. G-. carinata, Griseb. Gentian. 304, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109; 

 .stem erect branched, radical leaves persistent oblong-lanceolate acute marginate, 

 ralyx- teeth shorter than the tube lanceolate acute erect, corolla ^ by in. fim- 

 "briate, seeds small ellipsoid subtrigonous smooth not winged. G. marginata, 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 437, not of Griseb. nor of Watt. Eurythalia 



.carinata, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 516. Ericala carinata, G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



KASHMIR and N.W. HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., frequent ; Royle, Falconer, &c. 



Annual; stems 1-6 in. Kadical leaves If by ^ in., sessile, very aciite, sub-3- 

 nerved ; cauline similar, smaller, not much falcate except those next the flowers. 

 Flowers clustered, lateral and terminal, subsessile. Calyx-tube in. ; lobes in., 

 acuminate. Corolla tubular, narrowly funnel-shaped upwards; folds bifid or sub- 

 entire. Capsule \ by \ in., ellipsoid, compressed; stalk 0- in. Seeds altogether as 

 of Chondrophyllum; Grisebach puts this in a section with, winged seeds, but he does 

 not appear to have seen these. 



VAR. marginata ; leaves more crowded herbaceous falcate less acuminate, calyx- 

 teeth falcate sometimes obovate acute, corolla without fimbri?e. G. marginata, Griseb. 

 Gentian. 275, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 108, not l>f Wall. Ericala marginata, D. Don 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 513. Kashmir, alt. 11-14,000 ft. ; Falconer, Thomson, &c. 

 Distrib. Kashgar. 



VAR. intermedia ; leaves as of G. carinata type, corolla without fimbrise. Kash- 

 mir, Falconer. These are finely-developed typical G. carinata with very acute straight 

 leaves, and large corollas absolutely without fimbriae (as often occurs). 



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