Gentiana.~\ xcvu. GENTIANACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 115 



often 3 linear 2 elliptic. Corolla -1 in., not contracted at the mouth. Capsule %- 

 byiin. ; stalk ^-f in. Heads flowers and capsules exceedingly like those of Gr. 

 crassa. 



23. G-. Elwesii. Clarke- stems erect, radical leaves elliptic subacute, 

 cauline elliptic or oblong, corolla 1 by -3- in. inflated. Gentiana sp. 32, 

 Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T. Gentiana sp. n. 31, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 439, partly. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 13-15,000 ft.; Yeumtong and Lachoong, J. D. H., 

 Elwes. 



Possibly a form of G. slkkimensis, but among the abundant material of that 

 species, all have stems curved, heads not erect, basal leaves very obtuse, and corolla 

 funnel-shaped. The corolla in G. Elwesii is inflated in the middle, somewhat con- 

 tracted at the mouth, resembling that of the typical Ptteumonanthea, and considerably 

 larger than in any example of G-. sikkimensis. 



* Branches \-flowered or stem simple (1-4-fld. in G. venusta and nubigena). 



24. Cr. depressa, Don Prodr. 125; stems very short or 0, leaves widely 

 elliptic subacute, calyx-lobes ovate subacute marginate, intervening sinus very 

 narrow, corolla ] \ by in. tubular-campanulate. Watt. Cat. 4387 ; Griseb. 

 Gentian. 269, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 438, 

 syn. excl. Pneumonanthe depressa, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 511. 

 Ericala depressa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA ; NEPAL, Wallich ; SIKKIM, Elwes. 



Branches 0--2 in., several or 1 from one root ; barren branches short densely 

 imbricated with leaves, fertile branches 0-2 in., with small leaves or naked below an<i 

 a terminal tuft of leaves. Leaves f by ^ in., sessile. Flowers solitary, sessile, blue. 

 Calyx-tube ^ in., campanulate; lobes | in. Corolla-lobes j= in., ovate, acute, erect. 

 Capsule ^ by | in., stalk 0-g- in. 



25. G. cachemirica, Dene, in Jacquem. Toy. Bot. iii. t. 117 ; branches 

 often elongate, leaves elliptic or oblong niucronate, calyx-lobes spathulate- 

 oblong acute, intervening sinus wide, corolla 1-1 by ^ in. tubular-campanulate. 

 Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 109. G. stipitata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. 84. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 9-13,000 ft.; Falconer, 

 Eoyle, &c. 



Branches 0-6 in., leafy, often numerous from the root. Radical leaves 1 by ^ in., 

 obovate-oblong, acute ; cauline ^-f in. Flowers solitary, sessile, blue. Calyx-tube ~ 

 in., campanulate ; lobes in. Corolla-lobes | in. ; ovate, acute, erect. Capsule ^ by 

 in. ; stalk l-l in. The capsule-stalk in an apparently ripe example of Edgeworth's 

 is only | in. ; the length is not a safe specific character in this species or its allies. 

 Numerous examples, stemless or nearly so, can hardly be distinguished from G. 

 depressa, except by the wide sinus between the calyx-teeth. 



26. Gr. amcena. Clarke ; branches numerous short densely^ leafy, leaves 

 obovate marginate obtuse, calyx-lobes broadly obovate marginate obtuse, 

 corolla f-1 by i- in. campanulate. Gentiana sp. n. 30, Herb. Ind. Or. H. 

 /. # T. Gentiana sp. 25, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 438. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 14-18,000 ft. ; Samdong, Momay, and Donkiah, J. D. H. 



Tufted ; stems 0-2 "in., numerous, branched : barren branches succulent with sub- 

 remote smaller leaves. Leaves | in., densely imbricated (on the fertile branches), 

 margin glistening. Calyx i in. ; lobes | in., truncate or submarginate ; margin 

 glistening." Corolla-lobes in., ovate, subacute, erect. Capsule - by in.; 

 stalk ^ in. 



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