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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Gentiana Moorcroftiana, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 108. 

 Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahoul. 



small, nearly smooth, stem with 4 lines running 

 down it, branched ; leaves 1 by ■§ in., oblong-pointed 

 or with the ends rounded, narrow below, bases some- 

 times joined ; flowers ^-1 in., blue in nearly termi- 

 nal racemes, calyx tubular, tube ~ in., lobes 4-5, 

 linear J in., corolla tubular, funnel-shaped, mouth 

 s in. diam., lobes 4-5, stamens 4-5, within the 

 tube, style short or none, stigmas 2 ; capsule § in., 

 lanceolate, dividing into 2, seeds very many, small, 

 yellow-brown. All the gentians are bitter stoma- 

 chic tonics and are used by the natives of India. 



Gentiana tenella, 

 Tita. 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 109. 

 Kashmir, 10-14,000 ft. 



small, sometimes straggling, stem with 4 lines, 

 branched ; leaves •§ by \ in., oblong or ovate, lowest 

 broad at the tip narrowed to the stalk ; flowers 

 bluish, ^ in. diam. on terminal solitary stalks l-8f in. 

 long, calyx-tube barely any, lobes 5, | by ^L in. 

 oblong with the end rounded, unequal, corolla 

 tubular, tube •§• by |- in., lobes J in., oblong with the 

 end rounded ; capsule § in., oblong-linear, sessile ; 

 otherwise like the last species. 



Gentiana aquatica, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 110. 

 Kashmir, 13-16,000 ft. 



small, branches many from the base, little divided, 

 leaves \-^ in., stem leaves ^ in. ovate or with a 

 broad tip, margins turned in, usually blunt, with a 

 bristle at the tip ; flowers blue T 4 ^ in. on solitary 

 terminal stalks £-J in. long, calyx \-% in., lobes 5, 



in., lanceolate, short-pointed, smooth, margins 

 even, erect, corolla tube hardly longer than the, 

 calyx, lobes 5, short, with folds, bifid between the 

 lobes ; capsule i by g-g- in., short ovoid with broad 

 top, flattened, stalk § in. long, capsule projecting 

 beyond the calyx, seeds 3-angled, not much longer 

 than broad ; otherwise like the last species. 



