114 xcvn. GENTIANACE^!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Gentiana. 



18. G-. coronata, Royle 111. t. G8, fig-. 1 ; stem short with spreading 

 branches, leaves lanceolate acute, cyme terminal subcapitate, calyx-teeth ovate 

 mucronate erect, corolla by | in. fimbriate. Griseb. Gentian. 304, and in DC. 

 Pfodr. ix. 109. Eurythalia coronata, D. Don in Royle III. 278, and in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xvii. 515. Ericala coronata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 193. 



N. W. HIMALAYA ; Kedarkanta, Boyle. 



Only known from Royle's figure, according to which it differs from G. carinata by 

 the wider subcampanulate , corolla. 



19. G-. Hug-elii, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 108 ? ; stem short-branched 

 leafy many-flowered, leaves elliptic obtuse, calyx-teeth shorter than the tube 

 elliptic obtuse, corolla by g in. fimbriate, seeds small ellipsoid subtrigbnous 

 smooth not. winged. 



WESTERN TIBET, Huyel; Zanskar, alt, 8-10,000 ft., Thomson. 



Stem 1-3 in. Leaves 1|- by -| in., upper cauline smaller obovate obtuse. Other- 

 wise as G. carinata. Identified with G. Hugelii from G-risebach's description, which 

 agrees very well except as to the testa which he describes as winged, whereas in 

 Thomson's plant it is close, as in other species of chondrophyllum. 



20. G-. nudicaulis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 235 ; stem erect 

 leafless downwards when flowering, leaves lanceolate, flowers capitate or closely 

 panicled, corolla f in. much exceeding the calyx. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 437. Gentiana sp. 16, Herb. Ind. Or. if. f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 5819), &c. BRITISH BURMA, alt. 4-7000 

 ft. ; Nattoung, Kurz : Moolee, Lobb, Parish. 



Stem 2-10, erect, simple below. Leaves 2 by ^ in., sessile, sub-3-nerved, obscurely 

 margined. Cymes 2^ in. diam. in Khasia examples,, dense-fld. ; much smaller, capi- 

 tate (in Burmese). Calyx-tube \ in. ; teeth ^ in., lanceolate, acute, erect, scarious- 

 margined. Corolla tubular, often nearly twice as long as the calyx, blue, plicate ; fim- 

 brise in Kurz's example at Kew ; said to be present by C. B. Clarke I. c. Capsule 

 nearly ^ by in., ellipsoid, compressed; stalk - in. Seeds small, ellipsoid, nearly, 

 twice as long as broad, trigonous ; testa close, smooth. 



SECT. III. Pneumonanthe. Corolla 1 in. or more (f in. in G. crassa 

 and sikkimensis), o-lobed with folds between the lobes ; timbrise 0. Seeds 

 globose, not winged ; testa very lax, reticulated, glistening, white. 



* Floivers terminal, capitate ; calyx-lobes very unequal. 



21. Gr. crassa, Kurz in Journ. As.. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 235 ; shrubby, leafless 

 downwards, leaves broadly lanceolate, corolla by i in., tubular. Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 440. 



PEGTJ ; Nattoung Summit, Kurz. MOULMEIN ; Parish. 



Stem 12-18 in., woody, terete, branched. Leaves 2 by ^-| in., attenuated below, 

 coriaceous, margins drying subcrenulate, connate at base into a short cylindric sheath 

 round the stem. Flowers 4-16, capitate. Calyx-tube in. ; lobes -| in., linear or 

 ovate, foliaceous, often 3 linear 2 foliaceous. Capsule ^ by in. ; stalk - in. 



22. G-. sikkiznensis, Clarke ; stems decumbent, radical leaves orbicular 

 or elliptic obtuse, cauline elliptic or oblong, corolla f by | in. tubular-funnel- 

 shaped. Gentiana sp. n. 32 b., Herf. Ind. Or. H. f. # T. Gentiana sp. n. 31 , 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 439, partly. 



SIKKIM, alt. 10-14,000 ft, common;' J. D. H., &c. 



Branches. 1-8 in., herbaceous, 1-3 from the same root. Radical leaves \ in., per- 

 sistent at flowering time : cauline leaves 1 in., distant, uppermost enclosing the heads, 

 lowers 2-10, capitate. Calyx-tube \ in.; lobes \ in., linear or elliptic, foliaceoup, 



