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similar cases to it. It is reputed to be especially serviceable in 

 tlie dyspepsia of gouty subjects. It is sometimes employed 

 instead of Gentian to impart flavour, &c., to cattle foods. 



Pharmacographia, p. 392; U. S. Disp., by W. & B., p. 258; 

 Pharm. of India, p. 149; Royle's Bot. of the Himalayan 

 Mountains, p. 277; Archiv der Pharmacie, 189 (1869), p. 229; 

 Bentley, in Pharm. Journ., vol. v, 3rd ser., p. 481. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. 



Drawn from specimens in the British Museum collected in Nepal by 

 Wallich (no. 4372 B). 



1. Portion of flowering panicle. 



2. Lower part of stem, with root. 



3. A flower. 



4. Corolla spread open. 



5. Pistil. 



6. Transverse section of ovary. 



7. Fruit, showing persistent corolla. 



8. Seeds. 



(3-7 enlarged ; 8 much magnified.) 



