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Herbs, erect with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Pleurogyne carinthiaca, 



GENTIANACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 119. 

 Himalaya, Kashmir, 

 10-13,000 ft. 



small, annual, branching from the base, radical 

 leaves 1 by ^ in., sometimes persistent, ovate, with 

 a broad tip, stem leaves ^ by \ in., ovate, narrowed 

 at the base ; flowers blue, f in., on stalks \ by 2 in. 

 long, calyx lobes 5, \-\ by £ in. blunt or very short- 

 pointed, corolla tube very short, lobes i by \ in., 

 blue with green veins, fringed near the base, 

 stamens 5, on corolla tube, filaments somewhat 

 flattened, stigma sessile ; capsule i in., oblong, 

 short-pointed, sessile, carpels separating, seeds 

 very many, small, nearly round, smooth. 



Pleurogyne spathulata 



Gentianaceje. 

 F. B. I. iv. 119. 

 Kashmir, 13,000 ft. 

 Lahoul (A. Kerner). 



very like the last species, but the radical leaves 

 are longer, linear narrowing from the broad tip to 

 the base, the stem leaves are longer and narrower, 

 and the corolla lobes are longer. 



Swertia purpurascens, 

 Chiretta, 



Gentianace^;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 121. 

 Himalaya, 5-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Dalhousie, 

 Dharamsala, Simla, 

 Mashobra (Collett). 

 Changlagalli, 

 Murree (Douie). 



medium size, annual, stem rounded or with 

 4 ridges, branched ; leaves 1^ by f in., oblong or 

 lanceolate, 3-1-nerved, lowest leaves blunt, upper- 

 most short-pointed, smooth, base narrowed ; flowers 

 ^ in. across, purple or dark-red, with a darker ring 

 at the base of the corolla lobes, in branching leafy 

 many flowered racemes, calyx-lobes barely united 

 at the base, 5, £ in., oblong, one-nerved, corolla 

 wheel-shaped, lobes 5, \ in., ovate, short-pointed, 

 turned back, one horse-shoe-shaped naked depres- 

 sion or gland at the base of each lobe, stamens 5, 

 dilated below into a tube, not united to the corolla, 

 anthers long-pointed, style long, stigmas 2, nearly 

 linear ; capsule sessile, oblong, dividing into two, 

 seeds many, J- g in. diam., round, smooth, light 

 yellow. This plant is used as a substitute for true 

 chiretta, see below. 



