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



27. Cr. phyllocalyx, Clarke ; stems solitary suberect 1-flowered, leaves 

 obovate obtuse not marginate, calyx-lobes large resembling the leaves, corolla 

 1^-lf by |-f in. tubular inflated. Gentiana sp. n. 26, Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 439. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 13-15,000 ft. ; Kankola and Lachen, J. D. H. 



Stems 1-5 in. Eadical leaves f by in., obovate, obtuse, herbaceous, sub-1 -nerved, 



nsistent at fruiting time; cauline similar, rather smaller, remote. Calyx-lobes 

 in., elliptic, green, not marginate. Corolla blue, somewhat contracted at the 

 mouth. Capsule by in. ; stalk often 1 in. Has larger flowers, and very much 

 larger calyxrlobes, than G. venusta. 



28. G-. venusta, Wall. Cat. 4389 ; stemless or nearly so, leaves elliptic 

 or obovate obtuse, calyx-lobes small oblong acute, corolla 1 by ^-^ in. tubular. 

 Griseb. Gentian. 276, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 439. Ericala venusta, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



ALPINE WESTERN HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 11-14,000 ft.; Slink- 

 worth, Gen. Munro, &c. 



Stems 0, or 3 in., prostrate : flowers 1-3 subsessile on the short, densely leafy, 

 annual shoots. Leaves \-^ in. Calyx-tube % in., lobes -5 in., linear or oblong, sinus 

 intervening wide. Capsule -f in. by - in. 



29. G-. tubiflora, Wall. Cat. 4388 ; stemless or nearly so, leaves imbri- 

 cate ovate or elliptic acute, calyx-teeth ovate-lanceolate acute, corolla 1 by \ 

 in. tubular. Griseb. Gentian. 277, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 110. Ericala tubi- 

 flora, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA; Nercal, Wattich; WESTERN TIBET, Munro ; Sikkim, alt. 14- 

 16,000ft., J.D.H. 



Stems j-1 in. Leaves -^ in. Calyx-tube ^ in. ; lobes in. Corolla-lobes -f in., 

 triangular, erect. Capsule ^ by I in. ; stalk 1-lf in. The fruiting examples are 

 very distinct from G. venusta by the long-exsert capsule ; the flowering are hardly 

 separable by the more acute leaves and calyx-teeth. 



30. G-. ornata, Wall. Cat. 4386 ; branches many from the root elongate 

 leafy 1-flowered, cauline leaves oblong or sublinear acute, calyx-lobes oblong or 

 linear, corolla 1-1 f in. tubular funnel-shaped. Griseb. Gentian. 277, and in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 110 ; Sot. Mag. t. 6514. Pneumonanthe ornata, G. Don Gen. 

 Syst. iv. 194. 



ALPINE CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 11-15,000 ft. ; Nepal, Wallich; 

 Sikkim, J. D. H., &c., common. 



Branches 1-5 in:, curved. Eadical leaves or inconspicuous at flowering time ; 

 cauline ^-f by |- in., acute, bases connate into a short tube. Calyx-tube ^ in. ; 

 lobes 5 in. ; sinus wide. Corolla ^ in. diam. (in Wallich's example) ; lobes i in., 

 triangular, acute, erect. Capsule ^ by in. ; stalk |-1^ in. The abundant material 

 shows the capsule (fully ripe) often included, and nearly as often far exserted. 



VAR. meiantha ; barren shoots with minute leaves, corolla ^-^ in. Sikkim ; 

 Jongri, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke. Leaves of the barren shoots ^ in., imbricate, recurved 

 (as in G. humilis or squarrosa), of the flowering shoots nearly as in G. ornata. Calyx- 

 tifbe in., lobes | in., not so much reduced as the corolla. Capsule \ in., subinclucled 

 in the corolla-tube. Testa white, lax, altogether as of G. ornata. A very dubious 

 plant. 



Si. G-. nubigena, Edgeiv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 85 ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, calyx-lobes oblong much shorter than the tube with wide sinus inter- 

 vening, corolla 1 by in. funnel-shaped. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 16-18,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Sikkim; Edgeworth, 

 Thomson, J. D. H., &c. 



