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Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



ovate, long-pointed, two glandular depressions at 

 the base of each lobe with a fringe of long white 

 or pmk hairs, stamens 4, linear, ununited, style 

 cylindric, stigmas 2, oblong; capsule \ in, and 

 more, ovate, short-pointed, seeds 7 JL in., many- 

 angled, smooth. This plant is exported to the 

 plains and to Europe to supply a bitter tonic, more 

 appreciated in India than in England. 



Swertia alata, 



Chiretta, hatmul, bui. 

 Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 125. 

 Himalaya, 4-6,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Simla above 



Lalpani, Naldera 



(Collett). 

 Dharampur. 

 Brogh (Bomford). 



medium size, stem winged, branching, 4-angled 

 when not winged ; leaves If by f in., ovate, short- 

 pointed, 5-nerved, stem leaves nearly sessile ; 

 flowers i in. across, bright green-yellow with purple 

 veins in large leafy many-flowered branching 

 racemes, one slit-like gland on each lobe, fringed 

 covering a minutely velvety margined glandular 

 depression, in other points very like the last species. 



Swertia angustifolia, 



Pahari hiretta. 



GENTIANACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 125. 

 Himalaya, 2-7,000 ft. 

 East of the Chenab. 

 Simla, Mashobra 



(Collett). 

 Dharampur (Bomford). 



Swertia pulchella, 



GeNTIANACEjE. 



F. B. I. iv. 125. 

 Himalaya, 1-4,000 ft. 

 Kangra. 



medium size, 4-ridged or 4-winged ; leaves 2£ by 

 I in., linear-lanceolate, nearly 1-nerved, sessile, 

 narrowed at the base, upper stem leaves barely 

 stalked ; flowers -| in. across, white or pale blue 

 with darker dots in many flowered branching 

 racemes, calyx lobes 4, barely united, |-§ in., 

 oblong-linear, often longer than the corolla lobes 

 sometimes' shorter, corolla lobes \-± in., 4, one 

 large green circular naked depression partly covered 

 by a scale, stamens 4, linear, anthers oblong, 

 capsule ^by| in., ovate, seeds ^in., many-angled 

 glistening along the edges. 



very like the last species, but leaves nearly 3- 

 nerved, calyx lobes lanceolate much shorter than 

 the corolla generally, corolla lobes ovate - lan- 

 ceolate, the depression is smaller than in the last 

 species. 



