PLANTS OP THE PUNJAB. 



489 



Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Gentiana quadrifaria, 



Gentianacejs. 

 F. B. I. iv. 111. 

 Himalaya, 3-10,000 ft. 

 Simla, Matiana 



(Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



Gentiana decemfida, 



GENTIANACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 112. 

 The Plains 



from 1-3,000 ft. 

 Sutlej Valley, Suni 



(Collett). 

 Hoshiarpur. 



Gentiana argentea, 



Gentianace^;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 112. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Murree (Douie). 



Gentiana capitata, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 113. 

 Himalaya, 4-12,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Petals United. 



small, annual or biennial, branching from the base, 

 stems many ; leaves green, radical leaves persistent, 

 rosulate, 1-1^ ins., ovate or lanceolate, stem leaves 

 £-■§ in., leathery ; flowers ^ in. long, blue in terminal, 

 3-5 flowered stalked clusters, calyx shorter than the 

 corolla tube, teeth 5, lanceolate, rigid, often irregu- 

 larly toothed, corolla |--| in., lobes 5, with small 

 bifid folds between, stamens and style as in G. 

 Moovcroftiana, capsule -J by |-^ in., ovoid, nearly 

 projecting from the calyx ; seeds many, small, 

 smooth, 3-angled. 



small, annual, branches ascending ; leaves silvery 

 shining, radical leaves 1 by ^ in., nearly sessile,ovate 

 with an abrupt bristle point, stem leaves J-| in., stiff 

 uppermost lanceolate ; flowers J in. long, blue in late- 

 ral and terminal shortly stalked clusters, calyx ^ in., 

 lobes 5, J in., narrowly lanceolate, glistening, corolla 

 ^ in., hardly longer than the calyx, lobes 5, folds bifid 

 stamens and styles as in the last species : capsule \, 

 by g- by ^ in., shortly oblong with rounded ends, en- 

 closed in the calyx, stalk \ in., seeds many, very 

 small, oblong with the ends rounded and barely 

 3-angled. 



small, annual, almost exactly like the last species 

 but the leaves are more silvery and the uppermost 

 leaves surround the flowers which are closely clus- 

 tered almost into a head. 



small, annual, stems branched or not, bared of 

 leaves below ; leaves ■§■ by \-\ in., green, broadly 

 ovate with a broad tip, thick, shining with a bristle 

 at the tip, flowers blue or white, sessile, \ in. long, 

 clustered in leafy heads ^-f in. diam., calyx \ 

 in., lobes \ in., 5, oblong, short-pointed, edges thin, 

 corolla \-\ in., lobes 5, folds with a notch at the tip ? 



