Plants of the Puiijah. 



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Hebbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Maeginb Entire. 

 Petals united. 



Gentiana tenella, 



Tita. 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 109. 

 Kashmir, 

 10-14,000 ft. 



Gentiana aquatica, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 110. 

 Kashmir, 

 13-16,000 ft. 



small, sometimes straggling, stem with 4 lines, branch- 

 ed, leaves | by | in., oblong or ovate, lowest broad 



Gentiana quadrifaria, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 111. 

 Himalaya, 

 3-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



at the tip narrowed to the stalk, flowers bluish, | in. diam., 

 on terminal solitary stalks 1-3| in. long, calyx tube barely 

 any, lobes 5, | by j\ in. oblong with the end rounded, 

 unequal, corolla tubular, tube ^ by | in., lobes ^ in., oblong 

 with the end rounded, capsule f in., oblong linear, sessile ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



small, branches many from the base, little divided, 

 leaves |-^ in., stem leaves -i in. ovate or with a broad tip, 

 margins turned in, usually blunt, with a bristle at the tip ; 

 flowers blue, j\y in., on solitary terminal stalks ^-^ in. 

 long, calyx |--| in., lobes 5, |~ in., lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 smooth, margins even, erect, corolla tube hardly longer 

 than the calyx, lobes 5, short, with folds, bifid between 

 the lobes, capsule I by |-^ in., short, ovoid with broad 

 top, flattened, stalk | in. long, capsule projecting beyond 

 the calyx, seeds 3-angled, not much longer than broad ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



small, annual or biennial, branching from the base, 

 stems many ; leaves green, radical leaves persistent, 

 rosulate, 1-1| in., ovate or lanceolate, stem leaves |-| in., 

 leathery ; flowers I in. long, blue, in terminal, 3-5 flowered 

 stalked clusters, calyx shorter than the corolla tube, teeth 

 5, lanceolate, rigid, often irregularly toothed, corolla 

 I'l in., lobes 5, with small bifid folds between, stamens 

 and style as in G. Moorcroftiana ; capsule I by -J-^ in., 

 ovoid, nearly projecting from the calyx, seeds many, 

 small, .smooth, 3-angled. 



Gentiana decemfida, 



Gentianace.e. 

 F. B. Liv. 112. 

 The Plains 

 from 1-3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, Suni 

 (Collett). 

 lloshiarpur. 



small, annual, branches ascending ; leaves silvery, 

 shining, radical leaves 1 by ^ in,, nearlj'- sessile, ovate 

 with an abrupt bristle point, stem leaves |-| in., stiff, 

 uppermost lanceolate ; flowers ^ in. long, blue, in lateral 

 and terminal shortly stalked clusters, calyx ^ in., lobes 

 5, ^ in., narrowly lanceolate, glistening, corolla | in., 

 hardly longer than the calyx, lobes 5, folds bifid, stamens 

 and styles as in the last species ; capsule -i^ by ^ by ^ in., 

 shortly oblong with rounded ends, enclosed in the calyx, 

 stalk I in., seeds many, very small, oblong with the ends 

 rounded and barely 3-angled, 



