Plants of the Punjab. 



163 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Swertia tetragona, 



Gentianace^. 

 p. B. L iv. 122. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Simla, • 

 Mashobra (Collett). 



Petals united. 



very like the last species, but stem more square, 

 corolla lobes white with 2 hairy oblong glands on each 

 lobe, no style, 2 stigmas consisting of 2 closely placed 

 half round plates. 



Swertia cordata, 



Gentiaxace.e. 

 F. B. Liv. 123. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-12,005ft. 

 Simla, Mashobra 

 (Collett). 

 Kuldana near 

 Murree (Douie). 



medium size, annual, stem 4-ridged ; leaves 1$ by 

 I in., ovate, short-pointed, 3-5-nerved, base often heart- 

 shaped, sessile ; flowers |-f in., yellowish-white, margin 

 streaked with purple in many-flowered branching racemes, 

 calyx lobes | by |- in., 5, ovate-lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 barely united corolla lobes 5, |-| in., oblong, short-pointed 

 or blunt, one large circular sticky naked yellowish spot 

 at the base of each lobe, stamens 5, linear, hardly united 

 at the base, style cylindric, stigmas 2, half round ; capsule 

 I by I, often barely ^ in., seeds ^^ in., nearly round, covered 

 with raised rows of glands. In North Kashmir the flowers 

 are often double. 



Swertia Chirata, 

 Chiretta, 



Qliaraijaia. 



Gextianace^. 



P. B. L iv. 124. 



Himalaya, 



4-10,000 ft. 



Kashmir, Simla, 



Chadwick Falls, 



Mashobra, Matiana 



(Collett). 



Jaku (Bomford). 



medium size to large, annual, stem 4-ridged at the top, 

 rounded below ; leaves 2 by | in., broadly lanceolate, 

 lower often much larger and stalked, stem leaves nearly 

 sessile, oblong, with rounded ends, short-po^.nted, 5-nerved ; 

 flowers nearly f in. diam., bright green-yellow with 

 purple nerves, in large leafy many-flowered branching 

 recemes, sessile or on short-clustered flower stalks, calyx 

 lobes 4, \ in., lanceolate, distinctly united, corolla lobes 4, 

 I in., ovate, long-pointed, 2 glandular depressions at 

 the base of each lobe wdth a fringe of long white or pink 

 hairs, stamens 4, linear, ununited, style cyhndric, stigmas 

 2, oblong ; capsule \ in, and more, ovate, short-pointed, 

 seeds -^^ in., many-angled, smooth. This plant \< exported 

 to the plains and to Europe to supply a bitter tonic, more 

 appreciated in India than in England. 



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