Plants of the Punjab. 



161 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Ensire. 

 Petals uniied. 



Gentiana Kurroo, 



see Herbs, Unbranched, Simple, Entire. 



Gentiana detonsa, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. L iv. 118. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-15,000 ft. 



medium size, much branched ; leaves 1| by | in., 

 oblong-linear, much apart, hardly joined at the base ; 

 flowers l-ll in. long, scattered on small stalks, in clusters 

 on main stalks, 1-8 in. long on branches, calyx tube 

 I in., cylindrical, funnel-shaped, lobes 4, | in., 2 lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, 2 lanceolate, corolla tube 1 by | in., 

 lobes 4, I in., fringed or toothed, stamens and style as in 

 the last species ; capsule f in., stalk | in., seeds nearly 

 oblong, minutely scaly and netted. 



Gentiana contorta, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 118. 



Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Summer Hill 

 (Collett). 



small, annual, branching, leaves 1 by ^ in., ovate, 

 stems 2-7-flowered ; flowers 1-1| in. long, blue, on stalks, 

 |-f in,, in racemes, calyx tube | in., cylindrical, funnel- 

 shaped at the mouth, lobes 4, I in., ovate, short-pointed, 

 unequal, corolla tube f in. with 4 large oblong glands 

 within near- the base, lobes 4, | in., stamens and style as 

 in the last species; capsule | by ^ in., stalk | in., oblong, 

 seeds many, minute, almost round, finely netted. 



Jaeseiikea 

 gentianoides, 



GENTIANACBiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 119. 

 Himalaya, 

 Kashmir, 

 8-13,000 ft. 



medium size, stiff, slender, slightly grooved ; leaves 

 H by ^ in., narrowly lanceolate, sessile, bases shortly 

 united ; flowers |-| in., blue, many, in branching racemes, 

 calyx lobes 5, | by -yV;- in., lanceolate, short-pointed, nearly 

 3-striate, corolla | enlarging to | in., tubular, with a ten- 

 dency to lateral bulging, lobes 5, short, triangular-lanceo- 

 late, in fruit ^ by I in., stamens 5, on the bulge in the 

 corolla tube, anthers blue or greenish, style linear-short, 

 stigma 2-lobed ; capsule | in., oblong, with the ends round- 

 ed, flattened, very shortly stalked, seeds 10-30, -^V in., 

 much larger than in any of the last 11 species. 



Jaeschkea 

 latisepala, 



GENTIANACEiB. 



F. B. I. iv. 119. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-13,000 ft. 



very like the last species, but with a thicker stem 

 and broader leaves, sepals broader, even circular, and 

 capsule sessile. 



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