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on the other. Swertia zeylanica may not be truly separable from 
Swertia corymbosa. Swertia Lawii, which is a most elegant plant 
when growing, strikes me as quite distinct from the rather clumsy 
stout i corymbosa of the Nilgiri hills. 
altitude which these plants attainis not great. It is rare 
for Fist to be found above 7,000 feet in the Himalaya, and they 
larke obeuined Swortin angustifolia “Griffith found the 
same species on a riverine sand or shingle-bank near Kuch Behar 
Kurz and Gamble have solicit in the Darjeeling Terai: and 
Wallich and others in the Teraiof Oudh. All the species love open 
grassy places, particularly hollows where the grass grows long ; 
and the more tender-leaved species are found nti there is a fair 
amount of moisture about the surface of the soil 
