Grcmifmdia.] xcvii. GENTiANACBiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 107 



Uppee Assam ; Mishmee Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 5838, 5839). 



Oak/x-iube | by ^ in., narrowed at the mouth ; teeth ^ in., terminal. Corolla 2 

 by J in. ; segments J^-f in., acuminate. Capsule not ripe, seems likely to be narrow. 

 — This may be a variety of C. oampanulacea. 



4 C. puberula, Clarke in Jown, lAnn. Soc. xiv. 442; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate minutely denticulate glandulose-puberulous on the nerves beneath, 

 calyx subtruncate teeth small linear distant, coroUa-limb subtruncate teeth 

 small triangular acute. 



SiKKiM Himalaya; Yakla, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Clarice. 



Petioles glandular-pubescent. Ci/mes 1-4 in., 1-5-fld., slender. Calyx ^ by ^in. ; 

 teeth J in., subterminal. Corolla 1^ by J in., purple, plicate ; lobes i in. Style long, 

 early exsert. Capsule | by J in., half-exsert from the corolla, stalk |-1 in. — Perhaps 

 an alpine var. of C. speciosa which grows fully as high up, but the flowers are much 

 smaller. 



STTBeENTJS U. Trlpterospennum. Flowers (in the Indian species) 

 fascicled. Calyx keeled. Capsule 2-valved or succulent, subindehiscent. Seeds 

 wedge-shaped, tric[uetrous, almost winged on the angles, one face much nar- 

 rower than either of the others. 



5. C. fasciculata, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 63. t. 47 ; leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate, calyx-teeth distant linear not half so Ipng as the tube, corolla large purple, 

 capsule 2-valved dry oblong short-stalked included in the corolla. JD. JDon in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 518 ; Ch-iseb, Gemticm. 806, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 120 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4838 ; Clarhe in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 442. 0. affinis, WaU. Cat. 

 4370, partly. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-6000 ft., frequent, WallicTi, &c. — Disteib. S. China. 



Leaves 3 by 1 in. Flowers 3-1 ; sometimes pedicelled, with 2 foliaceous bracts 

 under the flower. Calyx-tvbe ^ by j in., S-keeled to the base, scarious between the 

 keels; teeth j, linear, subterminal. Corolla IJ by | in., plicate; lobes ^ in., ovate, 

 acute. CajpsuU 1 by ^ in., stalk scarcely J in. — The typical form here described is 

 well-marked ; but the starved forms with, small flowers hardly differ from lihe next 

 species by the shorter calyx-teeth and purple flowers. 



6. C. affinis, Wall. Cat. 4370, partly ; leaves cordate-lanceolate acuminate, 

 calyx-teeth linear as long as the tube, corolla small white or greenish yellow, 

 capsule 2-valved dry oblong short-stalked included in the corolla. 0. fascicu- 

 lata, Wall. Cat. 4369 A. 



SiKKTM Himalaya, alt. 5-6000 ft. ; frequent. Khasia Mts., Wallich. 



Closely resembling C.fasciculata ; leaves rounded at the base. Calyx-tube 1 in. ; 

 teeth more than ^ in., subterminal. Corolla less than 1 by ^ in. (in Wallich's ex- 

 ample). Capside § by J in. ; stalk ^ in. — The capsule is certainly dry, 2-valved ; 

 nevertheless it is to be feared that the species is merely a form of the next. The 

 Javan C. Blumei (Tripterospermum trinerve, Blmme; DC. Prodr. ix. 121) differs ap- 

 parently only in having solitary long-pedicelled flowers. 



7. C> japonica, SiA. ^ Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 36 ; leaves cordate- 

 lanceolate, calyx-teeth linear as long as the tube, corolla greenish or yellowish, 

 berry ellipsoid red succulent included or exsert from the corolla. Golowninia 

 japonica, Maxim, in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. iv. 251, t. 4. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 7000 ft., J. D. H., Cla/rTce. — Disteib. Japan, China, 

 Formosa. 



Leaves 3 by 1 in. Calyx \-\ in. ; teeth distant, excurrent below the margin, or 

 subterminal. Corolla 1-1 J by J in., subtubular, plicate; lobes J in., ovate, acute.. 

 Stamens, style, and disc, very nearly as of C. speciosa, but rather smaller. Berry f by 



