370 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1906. 
South Indian Swertias (Ophelia). 
Name 
; Gy In Flora - d 
Figure. under which British India, | Here adopted. 
published. 
S. affinis. | S. angustifolia 
Wight’s Ilustr., O. affinis. 
157, 8p. } var. pulchella. 
Wight’s Icones, O. elegans. | Ditto | Ditto. 
1331 | 
Wight’s Iilustr., | O. trichotoma. | 8S. trichotoma. | §, trichotoma. 
157, 3g. 
Wight’s Illustr., | O. umbellata. Ditto. | Ditto. 
157, 8a. 
Curtis’ Bot.Mag.,| ©. umbellata, Ditto. Ditto. 
2 6897 
See 0. corymbosa. 8. corymbosa. S. corymbosa. 
Saag Mag.,' O, corymbosa. Ditto. Ditto. 
Wight’s Icones, (0, grisebachiana. S. corymbosa S. corymbosa 
1330 var. griesbachiana. var. griesbachian® 
Wight’s Instr,, O. Lawii, Lawii. 
157, 8c, eile ope ag sis 
pecan re ee —— 
ast of all in 1883 we come to Mr. C. B. Clarke’s account 
a the Shee in Sir Joseph Hooker’s Flora of British India 
: the genus Ophelia is reduced again, and be- 
comes a section of § ‘ ae 
_ Species survivin : ether wit \ acogtitiee 
Species from Southern aise S. Be ees elle ad mca 
S. nervosa, Wall S.¢ i 
1, Wail, ee bosa, Wight 
8. angustifolia, Ham. Wie edakzay. Gnas 
S. pulchella, Ham 
b. 
” var. grisebachiana, C. B. Clarke; 
5 var. elegans, C. B. Clarke. var. Lawii, C. B. Clarke. 
- Offinis, C. B. Clarke, . trichotoma, Wall. 
8. Beddomei, ©, B. Clarke. S. zeylanica, Walker. 
There is nothing histaw . ae h 
owning historical to chronicle from India since the 
date of Mr. Clarke’s contribution, except that Sir Henry Collett 
