Gentiana.] xcvii. gentianace^. (C. B. Clarke,) 10& 



100. Gr. involuciata, Fries in Act. Safn. x. 434, 1. 1, %. 2. Gr. quinquefolia, Fl. 

 Dan. t. 344. G. umbellata, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Caw:, iii. 188. G. azurea, Bunge 

 in Nbuv. M4m. Soc. Imp. Mosc. i. 230, t. 10, %. 3, not of Cfriseh. G. Stoliczkai, 

 Clarice in Journ. lAnn. Sac. xiv. 433. 



Western Tibet ; Baltisthan, alt. 10-14,000 ft. ; Thomson, &c. — Disteib. Central 

 Asia, and the whole Subarctic Zone. 



Stem 4-18 in., erect, 4-lineolate or 4-angular, branches ascending. Leaves 1 by 

 J in., narrowed below. Peduncle J-2 in., l-flowered, in axillary and terminal fascicles. 

 Calyx-tube ^ in., lobes | in., linear-spathulate, minutely serrulate in the Indian 

 plant. Corolla bluish or yellowish, lobes ovate mucronate shorter than the tube ; 

 basal glands obsolete. Capsule \ in., oblong ; stalk ^ in. — The Indian plant differs 

 from G. aurea, Linn, type, in the absence or obscurity of the glands at the base of 

 the corolla-tube, agreeing thus with G. umbellata, Bieb. This character considered 

 by Grisebach as of sectional value is probably hardly specific. 



Vab. holosteoides ; height ^-3 in., umbellate character of the inflorescence obscured. 

 G. holosteoides, Schott ^ Kotsehy in PI. Kotschy, n. 285. — N. Kashmir, Falconer. 

 Skardo ; alt. 9100 ft., Clarke, Distrib. Taurus. The Skardo plant exactly agrees 

 with Kotschy's. 



3. Ct. Tbomsoni, Clarke ; minute, leaves obovate-oblong, corolla ^-\ in. 

 4-nierous funnel-shaped. Gentiana sp. 6, Hei-b. Ind. Or. FL.f. Sj- T. 



Westeen Tibet; Karakorum, Nubra alt. 17,000 ft., Thomson. 



Stem 1 in. ; branches numerous, ascending. Leaves i-| in. Peduncles J-1 in., 

 erect, l-flowered, subsolitary. Calyx-tube Jg in. ; lobes J m. ; oblong or rhomboid. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, about as long as the tube. 



** Corolla Jkribriate in the throat, 



4. G. \>OTeeiXis,BimgeinNouv. Mim. Soc. Imp. Mosc. i. 251, t. 10,flg. 2 ; 

 erect, leaves oblong, pedicels short, corolla tubular 4r-lobed terminal flower often 

 5-lobed. 



Western Tibet, alt. 12-14,000 ft. ; Gen.Munro; Lahodi, Jaesehke ; N. K4.SHMIB 

 to the Karakorum, common. — Disteib. N.W. America. 



Stem 3-12 in., 4-lineolate, branches ascending. Leaves 1 by J in., base hardly 

 narrowed. Pedicels 0-1 in., mostly cymose on axillary peduncles. Calyx-tube ^ in., 

 lobes i by ^ in. Corolla pink-purple ; tube ^ in. ; lobes § in., ovate, mucronate. 

 Capsule ^ in., narrowly oblong ; stalk ^ in. — This has the habit of 6. aurea. 



5. G-. tenella, Fries in Act. Safn. i. 436, t. 2,^ fig. 6 ; erect, leaves oblong 

 or ovate, pedicels (many of them) long, corolla tubular 5-lobed. Fl. Dan. t. 

 318; Oriseb. Oent. 248, and in 2)0. Prodr. ix. 98; Clarke in Journ. lAnn. Soc. 

 xiv. 434. G. Koenigii, Ghmn. Fl. Norv. ii. 102. G. glacialis, Thomas in Vill. 

 Delph. i. 632. G. dichotoma, PaU. Fl. Boss. ii. 110 ; Omd. Fl. Sibir. iv. t. 61, 

 fig. B. G. tetragona, Both Tent. Fl. Germ. ii. 290. G. nana, Widf. in Jacg. 

 Misc. i. 161, t. 18, fig. 3 ; Griseb. Gentian. 249, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 98. G. 

 tristriata and pulmonaria, Turcz. in Flora 1834 Bdbl. i. 19. G. pedunculata, 

 Boyle ; G. Don Gen. Syst, iv. 182. Hippion longepedunculatum, Schmidt in 

 Boem. Arch. i. 21, t. 3, fig. 5. Eurythalia pedunculata, D. Don in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xvii. 516, and E. iiana and glacialis, G, Don Gen. Syst. iv. 188, with 

 others. 



Kashmik and "W. HraAiATA, alt. 10-14,000 ft., common. — Disteib. Arctic and 

 Alpine Europe and N. and Central Asia. 



Stem 2-10 in., erect or straggling, 4-lineolate, branched. Leaves ^ by |^ in., 

 lowest spathulate. Pedicels often 1-3^ in., terminal, solitary. Calyx-tube ha.rd]y 

 any; lobes | by ^ in., elliptic, often unequal. Corollor-tube i by |-g in. ; lobes J in., 

 elliptic. Capsule f in., oblong-linear, sessile. — Alpine examples, with flowers only 



