110 xcvii. GENTIANACEJ). (C. B. Clarke.) 



half the size of the fully-developed plant, are frequent. The type specimen (n. 1024 

 Griff. Journ.) is altogether an average Himalayan example ; G. mirmtissima, Boiss. 

 (Fl. Orient, iv. 71)t(bnnded on this number is evidently described from some other 

 plant. Koch says that G. tenella in Germany is 4-merous ; the Himalayan examples 

 are almost imiformly 5-merous. As to the synonyms, if G. acma specifically differs 

 from G. tenella, it is found in the Himalaya. 



Vae. falcata, Turcz. ; Griseb. Gentian. 249 ; corolla-tube J in. long and nearly 

 as broad. — W. Himalaya. Distrib. Caucasus. 



Vak. sikkimensis ; stems weak flexuose, leaves scarcely ^ in., peduncles mostly 

 long terminal 1 -flowered, expanded corolla scarcely J in. — Sikkim; alt. 12,000 ft.; 

 Yeumtung, J. S. H., Elwes. 



Sect. 2. Chondropliylluin {char, widened). Corolla not more than 1 

 in., 6-lobed, tubular, with folds between the lobes. Capsule often exserted. 

 Seeds small, globose oblong or falcate, usually trigonous, testa close, not (or 

 most obscurely) reticulated. (See also G. omata, var. n. 30.) 



6. G. recurvata, Clarhe ; stems weak often branched, leaves remote 

 ovate or oblong, pedicels scattered nodding in fruit, corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, capsule shortly obovoid compressed. Gentiana sp. 13, Herb. Ind. Or. B. 

 f.SfT.; sp. 6, Clarhe in Journ. Linn. Sac. xiv. 434. 



SntKiM Himalaya ; alt. 9-12,000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Stems 2-6 in. Radical leaves ^ by ^ in., spathulate-ovate ; cauline ^-J in., sessile, 

 often connate, flaccid. Pedicels J in., nodding in bud, erect in flower, recurved in 

 fruit. Calyx f in. ; lobes J in., lanceolate, acute, entire, glabrous, always erect. 

 Corolla ^-§ by -i-i in., brilhant blue, folds fimbriate into linear-clavate blue lacinise. 

 Capsule i by ^-J in., stalk as long as the corolla (at least in some cases). Seeds twice 

 as long as broad, oblong or subfalcate, trigonous. 



7. G. aquatica, lAnn. Amoen. ii. 343 ; brancbes radical numerous weak 

 little divided, cauline leaves small ovate or obovate marginate recurved, corolla 

 less than J in., capsule short-obovoid compressed. Bunge in Nmtv. M4m. Soc. 



■ Imp. Mosc. i. 236, t. 9, fig. 6 ; Gfriseb. Gentian. 371, and in 2)0. P>-odr. be. 106 ; 

 Xedeb. Fl. Ross. iii. 62. G. riparia, Karel. et Kiril. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 

 1841, 706 ; Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 186 ; Clarhe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 

 434, syn. excl. G. Ledebourii, Rdch. Fl. Excurs. 425. G. prostrata, Clarhe, I. c, 

 not of Saencke. Hippion aquaticum, Schmidt in Roem. Arch. i. 10. Ericoila 

 aquatica, Borhh. in Roem. Arch. i. 27. Ericala (or Erycala) aquatica, G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 192. 



Kashmie and Western Tibet, alt. 13-16,000 ft.; Thomson, &c. — Distbib. 

 N. Asia. 



Branches 1-3 in. Radical leaves J-^ in., ovate ; cauline 1 in., remote, usually 

 obtuse, mucronate; margin hyaline, narrow. Pedicels i-^ in., terminal, solitary. 

 Calyx i-^ in. ; lobes ^ in., lanceolate, acute, glabrous, entire, always erect. Corolla- 

 tube hardly longer than the calyx, lobes short blue ; folds bifid ; fimbriae none. 

 Capsule i by ^-^ in. ; stalk long, often | in., hence capsule long-exsert. Seeds ellip- 

 soid, trigonous, not much longer than broad.— S. prostrata, Haenoke (as understood 

 by Ledebour and Boissier, Fl. Orient, iv. 72), differs by having the capsule nearly 

 twice as long; it was collected in Cabul (Griff, n. 1049), never in British India. 



Var. Karelini ; calyx elongate, corolla A-§ in. narrowly tubular. Griseb. in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 106. G. prostrata, Karel. ^ Kiril. im Btdl. Soc. Imp. Mosc: 1841,705, not of 

 Haencke (?).— Karakoram, alt. 13-14,000 ft. G. Karelini, T. Thomson, &e'. d'istrib. 

 Altai.— Stems 1-2 in. fewer and smaller than those of the type. The Karakoram 

 ■examples agree closely with Karel. & Kiril.'s G. prostrata ; but their description- 

 differs in the corolla twice as long as the calyx ; whereas, in the Indian plants the 

 calyx is J in., as long as the corolla-tube. 



