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-connects the last with the next, except that the throat ik sparingly 

 fimbi'iate. 



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No. S. AVe now come to Gentiana marginatdj var. recurvata^ 

 Kusnezow in Acta Horti Petropolitaniy xv., 1906, p. 425, which I 

 figure opposite from a specimen » collected by Captain Giles, of the 

 number upon whic5i Kusnezow founds his variety. When well 

 grown it has many decumbent branches and is then a plant of 

 distinct appearance ; but iu its smaller conditions it is not quite 

 so readily recognised. The lower leaves have cartilaginous 

 margins which become less and less firm as the leaves pass over 

 to the bracts : the bracts have scarious margins. The variety 

 is the extreme iu western distribution and in the firmness of its 

 leaves. It has been collected in : 



Kashmir, north of the Yale. — Kamri Kotal on bare 

 places to 13,000 ft. (Giles, 132 !) ; Kamri pass, 12,000-13,000 ft. 

 (Duthie!). Kashmir, beyond the Indus. — Kear Gai'go in 

 ihe Bogro valley (Conway!); Burmas nala neai* Gilgit 

 (Roberts! }. 



The flowers of none of the specimens possess fimbriae. 



Earlier I have enumerated as race No. 7 plants from the 

 Kamri valley, 11,000-13,000 ft, collected by Duthie: these will 

 assuredly be found to intergrade by every transition with the 

 variety recurvata. 



No. 9. Very close io the variety recurrata come plants fi'om 

 the western border of Kashmir and the District of Hazara. They 

 differ in the crowding of their flowers and in their lesser leaves. I 

 give ovei^leaf a di^awing of a small plant : others are more branched. 

 There are no fimbi^iae in the small flowers. The localities are : 



Kashmir, w e s t e r n b o r d e r. — Bangas neai' Mozuffera- 

 bad ( luayat, 21964 ! ) . D i s t r i c t o f H a z a r a.— Khaghan valley 

 at 8,000 ft. (Inayat, 19959 ! ) ; Khaghan valley at 13,000 ft. (Inayat, 

 19959 a !) ; mU in the Kliaghan valley (Inayat, 21964 a !) ; >Siran 



valley (Inayat, 19961!). 



In addition to the specimens enumerated, the following all 

 belong to Gentiana coronata (sensu ampliori) ; but not having the 

 -specimens to hand now, which I examined some time ago, — they are 

 mostly in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 I cannot assign them to the ra<?es above with full satisfaction; 



Simla Hill State s. — Bashahr, head of the Sural valley 

 near Pangi, 12,000-15.000 ft. (Harsukh!); head of the Hudan 

 valley, 12,00045,000 ft. (Harsukh!). Kangra District. 

 Lahul (Jaeschke!). Kashmir, south of the Chenab. — 

 Neighbourhood of Siwaldliar pass, south-west of Badarwar (T. 

 Thomson!). Kashmir, south of the Vale. — On the Pit 

 Panjal pass at 11,000 ft. (C. B. Clarke, 28734!). Kashmir, east 

 of the Vale.— M-argan pass, 8,000-12,000 ft. (Meebold!), 

 K a s h m i r, north o f t h e V a 1 e. — Pailgam in the Liddar 



