PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 

 Leaf Margins Entire. 



Gentiana detonsa, 



GENTIANACEyE. 



F. B. I. iv. 118. 

 Kashmir, 9-15,000 ft. 



Petals United. 



medium size, much branched, leaves 1± by \ in., 

 oblong linear, much apart, hardly joined at the base ; 

 flowers |-1J in. long, scattered on small stalks in 

 clusters on main stalks 1-8 in. long on branches, 

 calyx tube ^ in., cylindrical, funnel-shaped, lobes 

 4, ^ in., 2 lobes ovate-lanceolate, 2 lanceolate, 

 corolla tube 1 by J in., lobes 4, § in., fringed or 

 toothed, stamens and style as in the last species ; 

 capsule J by \ in., stalk A in., seeds nearly oblong, 

 minutely scaly and netted. 



Gentiana contorta small, annual, branching, leaves 1 by £ in., ovate, 



Gentianace^e. stems 2-7 flowered ; flowers blue, 1-1J in. long on 



F. B. I. iv. 118. stalks, J-f in. in racemes, calyx tube i in., cylin- 



Himalaya, 5-8,000 ft. drical, funnel-shaped at the mouth, lobes 4, J in. 

 Simla Summer Hill ovate, short-pointed, unequal, corolla tube § in. with 

 (Collett). 4 large oblong glands within near the base, lobes 4, 



J in., stamens and style as in the last species ; cap- 

 sule -| by | in., stalk £ in. oblong, seeds many, 

 minute, nearly round, finely netted. 



Jaeschkea gentianoides, medium size, stiff, slender, slightly grooved ; 



GentianacEjE. leaves 1^ by J in., narrowly lanceolate, sessile, 



F. B. I. iv. 119. bases shortly united ; flowers J-i in., blue, many, in 



Himalaya, Kashmir, branching racemes, calyx lobes 5, J by /„ in., 

 8-13,000 ft. lanceolate, short-pointed, nearly 8-striate, corolla % 



enlarging to f in., tubular, with a tendency to 

 lateral bulging lobes 5, short, triangular-lanceolate, 

 in fruit J by £ in., stamens 5, on the bulge in the 

 corolla tube, anthers blue or greenish, style linear- 

 short, stigma 2-lobed ; capsule a in., oblong, with the 

 ends rounded, flattened, very shortly stalked, seeds 

 10-30, 2^ in., much larger than in the last 11 species. 



Jaeschkea latisepela, very like the last species, but with a thicker stem 



Gentianace^e. and broader leaves, sepals broader, even orbicular, 



F. B. I. iv. 119. and capsule sessile. 



Kashmir, 9-13,000 ft. 

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