PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



495 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Swertia speeiosa, 



GeNTIANACEjE. 



F. B. I. iv. 128. 

 Kashmir, Sonamerg, 

 The Chor (Collett). 



Swertia petiolafa, 



Gentianace^;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 128. 

 Kashmir, 9-12,000 ft. 

 Gulmerg, Tragbol. 



Swertia Thomsoni, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 129. 

 Kashmir, 

 Sonamerg, 9,250 ft. 



Petals United. 



medium size to large, root stock perennial, stem 

 annual, hollow, thick ; radical leaves long stalked, 

 stem leaves 5 by 2 in., ovate, 7-nerved, long- 

 pointed, bases united, stem-clasping, tube at the 

 base |-f in., flowers If in. diam., bright grey- 

 in small branching narrow racemes on a short main 

 stalk, calyx lobes 5, i by £ in., ovate, short pointed, 

 toothed, much overlapping at the base, corolla lobes 

 5, | by 3 in., oblong with a broad tip narrowed to 

 the base, long-pointed, two glandular depressions 

 at the base on each lobe nearly united, long-frino-ed 

 stamens 5, linear, flattened, anthers ovate small, 

 stigmas 2, nearly sessile; capsule |-| by a in., 

 seeds | in. diam., smooth. 



medium size to large, rootstock perennial, stem 

 annual, thick ; radical leaves long stalked, lower 

 stem leaves 3f by 1 in., oblong joined into a tube 

 \-l in., stalk 2-3 in., leaves at the base of the 

 branched raceme If by f in., sessile, hardly joined 

 together, upper stem leaves stalked or sessile ; 

 flowers bright grey or nearly white with blue-green 

 nerves, 1-1J in. diam., in small l3-5-nowered 

 branching racemes on main stalks f-lf in. lono-, 

 calyx lobes 5, f by £ in. or f by g- in., lanceolate 

 short-pointed, corolla lobes 5, -| by § by §--g in., 

 short-pointed with round glands or toothed with 

 long glands, 2 glands yellow, depressed, much 

 fringed on each lobe, stamens 5, style very short, 

 stigmas short , capsule f by \ in., seeds very rough 

 with glandular ridges. 



very like the last species, but sepals J by T l in., 

 short pointed, corolla lobes ^ by \ in., nearly blunt, 

 2 yellow gland spots at the base of each lobe, not 

 well defined, usually naked, rarely minutely hairy, 

 capsule | by 1 in., seeds ^-zi i n «> round, partly wing- 

 ed, smooth, glistening from a very minute network. 



