xcvn. GENTIANACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 123 



^- in., oblong, obtuse. Seeds small, nearly as of 8. paniculata. This very abun- 

 dant plant has been overlooked as S. paniculata and as S. angustifolia. 



6. S. cordata, Wall. Cat. 4378; leaves sessile ovate acute 5-3-nerved, 

 filaments linear free, style cylindric stigmas subhemispheric. Ophelia cordata, 

 Griseb. Gentian. 315, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 124; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 445, not of Don. O. mida, Klotszch in Reis. Pr. Wald. Bot. 91, t. 67. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 4-12,000 ft., from Kashmir and 

 the Karakorum to Bhotan ; abundant westward. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., very 

 common. 



Stem 8-36 in., 4-lineolate. Leaves lj by f in., obtuse, base often cordate. Panicles 

 large, many-fld., branches ascending or patent; pedicels 0-1 in., often fascicled, 

 unequal. Sepals 5 by ^ in., ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes %-% in., elliptic 

 or oblong, acute or obtuse, white or with purplish nerves ; above the base of the lobe 

 is a large orbicular viscous yellowish spot hardly depressed, not fimbriate, traversed 

 obscurely by the central nerve, not bifid ; no pits in. the corolla-tube. Filaments 

 linear, subhypogonous, obscurely connate at the very base ; anthers oblong, scarcely 

 hastate. Capsule (in Wallich's example) ^ by ^ in., often hardly |- in. Seeds ^ in. 

 diam., subglobose, ornamented with long raised lines of rows of glands. Described 

 from Wallich's Kumaon example, which is Ophelia cordata /8 laxa, Grisebach 1. c. ; 

 and has large flowers and capsules ; the Khasia form is nearly the same. Some Kash- 

 mir examples have very small flowers with obtuse lobes, others have very large 

 flowers ; all have the ovate sessile leaves, the corolla-lobes with one large spot each, 

 and the peculiarly marked seeds. Ophelia cordata, Don, is said by him to have been 

 founded on Wallich's Swertia Chirata and cordata thrown together ; the description 

 refers mainly (as to the petals and glands) to 8. Chirata. This species, like S. pur- 

 purascens, has a form with very short filaments and linear anthers. It also occurs 

 (in N. Kashmir) with double flowers. 



7. S. bimaculata, H. /. # T.\ Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 449; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate petioled 3-nerved, corolla-lobes marked half-way up 

 with 2 green spots, filaments linear free, stigmas sessile hemispheric. Ophelia 

 bimaculata, Sieb. fy Zucc. Fam. Nat. 35. So Mokou, iv. t. 55. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Griffith, J. D. H., &c., 

 abundant about Darjeeling. 



Stem 2-6 ft., stout, 4-angular, corymbose upwards. Leaves 3 by l\ in., or upper 

 cauline sometimes 6 by 2f in., glabrous, petioled or at least much narrowed at the 

 base. Flowers numerous, 4-5 merous ; pedicels ^-l in., mostly long. Sepals 3- in., 

 elliptic, mostly obtuse. Corolla-lobes |-| in., broadly elliptic, white or yellowish- 

 green, with black spots in their upper half ; the two green spots in the middle viscid, 

 scarcely depressed, no pits in the corolla-tube. Filaments attached on the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers oblong, not hastate. Capsule f by \ in. Seeds ~ in., cuboid-globose, 

 smooth, obscurely reticulated. 



8. S. macrosperma, Clarke-, leaves subsessile oblong or subovate 

 acute, corolla-lobes with 2 small oblong glands near their base, stigmas sub- 

 sessile, seeds few large smooth. Ophelia macrosperma, Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 448. Ophelia sp. n. 15, Herb. 2nd. Or. H.f. # T. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft., very common ; Griffith, H. /. $ T., &c. 



Stem 6-48 in., quadrangular, diffusely branched upwards. Leaves If by in., or 

 in small plants subovate. Pedicels -2 in., mostly long. Sepals in., lanceolate. 

 Corolla-lobes f in., lanceolate, pale lurid blue or nearly white; the two glands vertical, 

 parallel, hardly depressed, naked or hairy. Filaments linear, free, on the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers hastate. Capsule % by in. Seeds fa in., ellipsoid. Of this also 

 double-flowered examples occur wild." The whole habit and seeds of this species 

 how it to be very closely allied to Halenia. 



