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Herbs, erect; with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Swertia cuneata, medium size, rootstock perennial, stem annual, 



Gentianace^e. hollow ; leaves 3 by J in., usually blunt, stem 



F. B. I. iv. 129. leaves oblong with a broad tip narrowed to the base 



Himalaya, 11-14,000 ft. or stalked ; flowers blue, 1 in. diam. on long- 

 main stalks solitary or in 3-flowered clusters, each 

 flower on a minor stalk ^-2 in. long, calyx lobes 

 barely united, |-f in. narrowly oblong, blunt, short 

 pointed or with a broad tip, narrowed to the 

 base with a bristle at the tip, corolla lobes ^--§ by 

 ^-<t in., blunt, 2 glands on each lobe fringed with 

 hairs g- in. long or hardly any, glands linear verti- 

 cal near the edge of each lobe, stigmas 2, half 

 circular plates ; capsule |- in., seeds blackish brown. 



Swertia coerulea, 



Gentianaoe^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 129. 

 Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft. 

 Chamba (Clarke). 

 Kagan (Barrett). 



small, very like the last species, but the flowers 

 are in a linear dense branching raceme on short 

 main stalks, sepals narrowly lanceolate, corolla 

 lobes rather longer, bright blue to purple with green 

 veins, ovate, short pointed, glands small, oblong, 

 with oblong small fringed scales, stigmas sessile, 

 semi-circular ; capsule larger narrowly oblong, seeds 

 yellow-brown. 



Halenia elliptica, 



Gentianace^e. 

 F. B. I. iv. 130. 

 Himalaya, 6-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Mashobra, 



Mahasu, in woods 



(Collett). 



small to medium size, stems 4-sided, angles 

 narrowly winged ; leaves 1-2 by J-1J in., ovate, 

 blunt, sessile, 5-nerved, stem leaves 1 by f in., short- 

 pointed, lower often stalked ; flowers ^ in. diam., 

 pale blue axillary and forming a loose terminal 

 branching raceme, calyx nearly split down to the 

 base into four segments- i in., lanceolate, corolla 

 bell-shaped, divided more than half way down 

 into 4 lobes, a pit at the base of each lobe is 

 prolonged into a hollow spur J-£ in. long, upturned, 

 stamens 4, joined to the base of the corolla, style 

 very short, cylindric, stigma 2-lobed, small; cap- 

 sule ^-f in., sessile, ovate, splitting nearly to the 

 base, seeds jL in. and more, fewer and larger than 

 in most Swertias, smooth, yellow. 



