128 xcvii. GENTIANACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Swertia. 



the depression. Filaments linear, flattened ; anthers ovate, small. Stigmas subsessile. 

 Capsule |-| by ^ in. Seeds in. diam., smooth. 



24. S. speciosa, Wall. Cat. 4384; cauline leaves elliptic acuminate 

 bases connate, cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 5-merous, glandular 

 depressions 2 on each corolla-lobe close to the base subconfluent prominently 

 fimbriate, seeds compressed narrowly winged. Griseb. Gentian. 334, and in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 133. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, Kumaon; Wallich, Munro ; G-urwhal ; Ramni, alt. 10,500 

 it., Strach. $ Winterb. ; Kashmir ; Sonamurg, alt. 9000 ft., Levinge. 



Stem 1^-4 ft., hollow, f in. thick. Radical leaves long-petioled, cauline 5 by 2 

 in., narrowed downwards, 7-nerved ; tube at the base \-\ in. Peduncles short, 

 pedicels -3 in. Sepals \ by ^ in., ovate, acute, serrate, much overlapping at the base. 

 Corolla-lobes f by i in., spathulate-oblong, shortly acute ; fimbrise in. Stamens, 

 capsule and seeds nearly as of S. Hex. Described from Wallich's type, but the var. 

 perfoliata is mixed in Wallich's collection. The Kashmir example has the corolla 

 smaller. 



VAR. perfoliata; sepals narrower subentire, corolla-lobes f by \ in. much acuminate. 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 176. S. speciosa, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 518. 

 G-urwhal and Punjab Himalaya, alt. 11,000 ft. ; Boyle, Edgeworth, &c. 



25. S. alternifolia, Royle III. 278, t. 67, fig. 2 ; leaves all alternate, 

 cauline elliptic-lanceolate amplexicaul, cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 

 5-merous, glandular depressions 2 on each corolla-lobe close to the base subcon- 

 fluent prominently fimbriate. D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 520 ; Griseb. 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 133. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kumaon and Grurwhal, alt. 11-12,000 ft.; Choor and 

 Kedarkanta, Royle ; Jungleg (on the Upper Pabur), Edgeworth. 



Resembling altogether S. speciosa, but all the cauline leaves, including those con- 

 taining cymes, are alternate. All authors describe the flowers as golden or yellow, 

 but it is probable that they have no authority except Royle's artist, and that the 

 flowers are really lurid blue. 



26. S. petiolata, Royle ; D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 519 ; lower 

 cauline leaves long-petioled oblong connate into a tube upper often sessile, 

 cymes forming a narrow panicle, flowers 5-merous, glandular depressions 2 much 

 fimbriate, seeds polyhedral scrobiculate not winged. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 133. S. speciosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 176, not of Wall. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 9-12,000 ft., frequent; Gulmurg, Tragbol. 

 &c., Royle, Atkinson, Levinge, &c. DISTRIB. Cabul. 



Stem 1-3 ft., hollow, - in. thick. Lower cauline leaves 3 by 1 in., 5-nerved, 

 petiole 2-3 in. ; tube at the base -1 in. ; leaves at the base of the cyme H by ^ in., 

 sessile, hardly connate ; upper cauline leaves petioled or sessile. Peduncles ^-1^ in., 

 mostly 3-5-flowered; pedicels f-f in. Sepals % by in., lanceolate, acute (in Royle's 

 example), sometimes i by % in. Corolla-lobes i- by - in., acute subentire (in 

 Royle's example) with orbicular glands ; in other examples emarginate or suberose at 

 the tip, with glands elliptic or elongate ; corolla lurid grey or nearly white witli blue- 

 green nerves, the glands yellow, the tip green. Style hardly any, stigmas short. 

 Capsule by in. Seeds corrugate-cristate (D. Don) i.e. testa lax in long series of 

 glandular ridges, approaching in structure those of S. cordata, but much larger. 



VAR. lahulensis \ sepals | by in., corolla-lobes f-1 by in. spathulate-oblong 

 greenish erose at the tips, glands elongate considerably above the base of the corolla- 

 lobes. S. lahulensis, A. Kerner Nov. Sp. ii. 4. Lahoul ; JaeschJce. The glands are 

 fimbriate on the upper edge, and also at their base, not on the sides ; and. being ^ in. 

 long, there seem to be 2 small hairy glands some way up the corolla-lobes, and a ring 

 of hairs at the very base about the filaments. But there are examples which come 

 between A. Kerner's type and the 8. petiolata of Royle. 



