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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Swertia alata, 

 Chiretta. 



Haimul, hui. 

 Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. L iv. 125. 

 Himala5^a, 

 4-6,000 "ft. 

 Kashmir, Simla 

 above Lalpani, 

 Naldera (Collett). 

 Dharampur, 

 Brogh (Bomford). 



Swertia angustifolia, 



Paliari kiretta. 



Gentianace^e. 



F. B. L iv. 125. 



Himalaya, 



2-7,000 ft, 



east of the Chenab. 



Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 



Dharampur 



(Bomford). 



Swertia pulehella, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 125. 

 Himalaya, 

 1-4,000 'ft. 

 Kangra. 



Petals united. 



medium size, stem winged, branching, 4-angled when 

 not winged, leaves If by f in., ovate, short-pointed, 

 5-nerved, stem leaves nearly sessile, flowers ^ in. across, 

 bright green-yellow with purple veins in large leafy many- 

 flowered branching racemes, one slit-like gland on each 

 lobe, fringed, covering a minutely velvety margined 

 glandular depression ; in other points very like the last 

 species. 



medium size, 4-ridged or 4-winged ; leaves 2^ by 

 I in., linear-lanceolate, nearly 1 -nerved, sessile, narrowed 

 at the base, upper stem leaves barely stalked ; flowers 

 I in. across, white or pale blue with darker dots in many- 

 flowered branching racemes, calyx lobes 4, barely united, 

 |-| in., oblong-linear, often longer than the corolla lobes, 

 sometimes shorter, corolla lobes |-| in., 4, one large green 

 circular naked depression partly covered by a scale, stamens 

 4, linear, anthers oblong ; capsule | by | in., ovate, seeds 

 -^ in., many-angled, ghstening along the edges. 



very like the last species, but leaves nearly 3-nerved, 

 calyx lobes lanceolate, much shorter generally than the 

 corolla, corolla lobes ovate-lanceolate, the depression on 

 the corolla lobes is smaller than in the last species. 



Swertia speciosa, medium size to large, root stock perennial, stem 



Gentianace.e. annual, hollow, thick ; radical leaves long stalked, stem 



F. B. I. iv. 128. leaves 5 by 2 in., ovate, 7-nerved, long-pointed, bases 



Kashmir, Sonamerg. united, stem-clasping, tube at the base |-| in. ; flowers 

 The Chor (Collett). 1| in. diam., bright grey in small branching narrow 



racemes on a short main stalk, calyx lobes 5, f by | in., 

 ovate, short-pointed, toothed, much overlapping at 

 the base, corolla lobes 5, f by I in., oblong with a broad 

 tip narrowed to the base, long-pointed, 2 glandular 

 depressions at the base on each lobe nearly united, long- 

 fringed, stamens 5, linear, flattened, anthers ovate, small, 

 stigmas 2, neary sessile ; capsule f-f by ^ in., seeds | in. 

 diam., smooth. 



