Jaeschkea.] xcvn. GENTIANACEJ). (C. B. Clarke.) Ii9 



may constitute a new genus when the corolla is fully known. It has the habit of 

 r\'(inera and the large Su'crtias, from which it differs in the gamosepalous calyx and 

 Jong style. 



10. JAESCKKEA, Kurz. 



Herbs, erect, or small decumbent. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate or 

 ovate, bases shortly connate. Floivers paniculate or terminal pedunculate, blue. 

 Sepals lanceolate or orbicular. Corolla tubular ; lobes 5, short, triangular-lan- 

 ceolate, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, attached at the sinus of the corolla-tube, 

 filaments short, linear ; anthers oblong-sagittate, blue or greenish. Ovary 

 1-celled, placentae little intruded; style short, linear, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules 

 much fewer than in Gentiana. Capsule elliptic, sessile or shortly stalked, 

 separating to the base into its two carpels, splitting the style into halves. 

 Seeds ellipsoid ; testa close, smooth not reticulated. Species 3 ; Alpine W. 

 Himalayan. 



1. J. gentianoides, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 230, t. 13, and 

 in Flora, 1871, 275 ; erect, panicled, leaves narrowly lanceolate, sepals lanceo- 

 late, seeds ~ in. Clarke in Journ. Linn. /Soc. xiv. 441. Gantiana oligosperma, 

 Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 94. G. Jaeschkei (by misprint Taeschkei), Kurz in 

 Trimen Journ. Bat. 1867, 241. 



KASHMIR and WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; abundant, Jaeschke, &c. 



Stem 8-30 in., rigid, slender, soihewhat lineolate. Leaves 1 by in., sessile. 

 Flowers panicled, numerous ; pedicels 0-^ in. Sepals |- by ~ in., acute, sub- 3-striate. 

 Corolla expanding when only in., but gradually enlarging till in fruit (on the same 

 stem) more than in. ; tube subventricose ; lobes (in fruit) f by in. Stamens shorter 

 than the corolla-lobes, blue or greeji when dry. Capsule ^ in., ellipsoid, compressed, 

 very shortly stalked. Seeds 10-30, much larger than in Gentiana. 



2. J. latisepala, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 441 ; erect, panicled, 

 leaves oblong acuminate, sepals unequal ovate obovate or orbicular, seeds ^ in. 

 Gentiana canaliculata, Royle ; D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 509 ; G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 182. G. Moorcroftiana, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 96, partly, not 

 of Wall. 



N. KASHMIR and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 9-13,000 ft.; common, Royle, &c. 



Closely resembling J. gentianoides ; but rather stouter, with broader leaves. 

 Sepals ^ by -^ in., hardly striate ; uppermost leaves, when near the flowers and 

 bractiform, ovate. Capsule sessile. Seeds as of J. gentianoides. 



3. J. microsperma, Clarke ; small, diffuse, leaves elliptic, flowers 

 small long-peduncled terminal on the branches, sepals oblong, seeds minute. 



ALPINE SIKKIM; Samdong, alt. 11-17,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem \-\^ in. Lower leaves | by f in., cauline in. Peduncles 5-3- in. Sepals 

 i by to in-) subacute. Corolla-tube in.; lobes ^ in. ^Anthers blue or greenish. 

 Capsule - in., subsessile. Seeds in., suborbicular, but, except in size, closely 

 agreeing with those of Jaeschkea. This small plant has doubtless been passed for 

 Gentiana tenella, small examples of which it much resembles. 



11. PX.EUROG-VNE, Eschsch. 



Annual herbs, decumbent branched or erect." Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 panicled, or long-peduncled. Sepals elliptic or linear, often unequal. Corolla 

 rotate, without (or with very obscure) basal pits or depressions; tube very 

 short with or without fimbriee ; lobes elliptic, usually acute. Stamens 4-5, 

 attached to the corolla-tube, filaments linear somewhat flattened; anthers ob- 



