Plants of the Punjah. 



165 



Herbs, Erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Swertia petiolata, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I.iv. 128. 

 Kashmir, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Gulmarg, TragboL 



Petals united. 



mediiim size to large, root stock perennial, stem 

 annual, thick ; radical leaves long stalked, lower stem 

 leaves 3| by 1 in., oblong, joined into a tube |-1 in., stalk 

 2-3 in., leaves at the base of the branched racemes 1|- 

 by I in., sessile, hardly joined together, upper stem leaves 

 stalked or sessile ; flowers 1-1| in. diam., bright grey or 

 nearly white with blue-green nerves, in small 3-5-flowered 

 branching racemes on main stalks, |-1^ in. long, calyx 

 lobes 5, I by ^ in. or | by ^in., lanceolate, short-pointed, 

 corolla lobes 5, | by | by ^-3 in., short-pointed with round 

 glands or toothed with long glands, 2 glands yellow, de- 

 pressed, much fringed on each lobe, stamens 5, style very 

 short, stigmas short ; capsule I by | in., seeds very rough 

 with glandular ridges. 



Swertia Thomsoni, 



Gentianace^. 

 E. B. L iv. 129. 

 Kashmir, 

 Sonamerg, 9,250 ft. 



very like the last species, but sepals j by ^^ in., short- 

 pointed, corolla lobes ^ by ^ in,, nearly blunt, 2 yellow 

 gland spots at the base of each lobe, not well defined, 

 usually naked, rarely minutely hairy, capsule 5 by g in., 

 seeds -g-V'TTT i^-' I'ound, partly winged, smooth, glistening 

 with a very minute network. 



Swertia cuneata, 



Gentianace^. 

 E. B. Liv. 129. 

 Himalaya, 

 11-14,000 ft. 



Swertia coerulea, 



Gentianace^. 

 F. B. Liv. 129. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-9,000 ft. 

 Cbamba (Clarke). 

 Kagan (Barrett). 



medium size, rootstock perennial, stem annual, hollow ; 

 leaves 3 by f in., usually blunt, stem leaves oblong with 

 a broad tip narrowed to the base or stalked ; flowers 1 in. 

 diam., blue, on long main stalks, solitary or in 3-flowered 

 clusters, each flower on a minor stalk |-2 in. long, calyx 

 lobes barely united, |-| in., narrowly oblong, blunt, short- 

 pointed or with a broad tip, narrowed to the base with 

 a bristle at the tip, corolla lobes ^-^ by |-J in., blunt, 2 

 glands on each lobe fringed with hairs ^ in. long or hardly 

 any, glands linear vertical near the edge of each lobe, 

 stigmas 2, half circular plates ; capsule | in., seeds blackish 

 brown. 



very like the last species, but small, the flowers are 

 in linear dense branching racemes on short main stalks, 

 sepals narrowly lanceolate, corolla lobes rather longer, 

 bright l)lue to purple with green veins, ovate, short -pointed, 

 glands small, oblong, with oblong small fringed scales, 

 stigmas sessile, semi-circular, napsule larger, narrowlv 

 oblong, seeds yellow brown. 



