Gentimia.] xcvii. gentianacb^. (0. B. Clarke.) Ill 



8. €r. bumllis, Steven. ; Bunge im Nouv. M6m. Soc. Imp. Mos'c. i. 236 ; 

 ■branclies radical numerous weak little divided, cauline leaves small oblong or 

 elliptic not recurved nor marginate, corolla less than ^ in., capsule short-obovoid 

 compressed. Oriseb. Gentian. 272, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 106 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 iii. 63; Bous Fl. Orient, iv. 72. 6. aquatica, Pall. Fl. Boss. ii. t. 97, fig. 2, not 

 ofZinn. EricaJa humilis ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 192. 



Western Tibet; Karakoram, alt. 13-16,000 ft.; Thomson, &o. — ^Disteib. 

 Caucasus, N. Asia. 



Closely resembling G. aquatica. Corolla i by i in., usually white, sometimes 

 blue. Capsule ^—^ in. 



Vae. evolutior ; cOroUa ^ by f in. fine blue, capsule ^ in. — Karakoram ; Thomson, 

 &c. 



9. Ct. py^maea, Clarke; sternal in. simple l-flowered, leaves minute 

 remote ovate, corolla ^-J in. tubular. 



■Wbsteen Tibet ; Karakoram, Nubra, Thomson. 



Leaves J-J in., ovate or obovate, margined. Calpx shorter than the corolla/-tube ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, erect. Corolla blue ; folds bifid ; fimbrise 0. — This looks like 

 ■an excessively reduced form of ff. aquatica, lAnn. 



Vab. acuminata ; leaves imbricate acuminated. —Kashmir ; Palgam, alt. 13,300 ft. 

 Clarke. — Some of the examples are only ^ in. high, the expanded corolla \ in. long. 



10. Cr. squarrosa, Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iii. 64 and le. Fl. Fl. Boss. t. 14 ; 

 branches radical numerous weak little divided, cauline leaves small obovate re- 

 curved, corolla less than J in., capsule short-ohovoid compressed. Bunge in 

 Nouv. MSm. Soc. Imp. Mosc. i. 234, t. 9, fig. 3 ; Oriseb. Gentian. 273, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 107. Ericala squarrosa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 191. 



AxpmB HrwAiAYA and Western Tibet, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Karakoram, Thomson, 

 &c. ; Sikkim ; J. D. H., &c. — Disteib. Dahuria, Siberia. 



Closely resembling G. aquatica, Linn., and hardly separable except by the calyx- 

 teeth, which are ovate, mucronate, recurved even more strongly than in Ledebour's 

 figure. The leaves are scarcely marginate. 



11. €r, infelix, Clarke ; branches radical numerous small woody, leaves 

 very small ovate, calyx-teeth ovate erect, corolla 5 in. tubular, capsule oblong 

 subsessUe. Gentiana, Sei-b. Ind. Or. S. f. ^ T. n. 9 and 10. Clarke in 

 Joum. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 435. 



Sikkim HiMALiTA ; Yeumtong and Kankola, alt. 14-15,000 ft. ; J. D. H. Kumaon ; 

 Baiji Kang, alt. 14,700 ft, Strachy Sf. Winterbottom. 



Perennial; branches 1-1 J in., black, leafless, wiry below, leafy upwards, l-flowered. 

 Leaves ^-l in., herbaceous, approximate, not margined. Flower subsessile. Cah/x 

 ^J in. ; lobes jj-j^ in., obtuse, glabrous. Corolla-lobes shorter than the tube ; folds 

 Bubentire ; fimbrise 0. Capsule ^ by ^ in. Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, trigonous, twice as 

 long as broad ; testa close, smooth. 



12. Cr. quadrifaria, Blume Bijd. 847 ; radical leaves J-1 J in. ovate or 

 lanceolate, cauline smaller coriaceous often marginate, calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 acute rigid often subsquarrose, corolla ^^ in. Oriseb. Gentian. 276, and in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 108. G. pediceUata, Wall. Cat. 4394 ; Oriseb. Gentian. 273, and 

 in DC. Prod. ix. 107 ; TVight Ic. t. 1328 ; Clarke in Joum. lAnn. Soc. ix. 435. 

 G. orbiculata, Heyne ; Wall. Cat. 4395. G. abscondita, Zenk. PI. Ind. 11, t. 13. 

 G. zeylanica, Oriseb. Gentian. 274, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 108. G. laxicaulis, 

 Zoll. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 568. G. pumila,.(?ri^. Ic. PI. As. t. 384, flg. 2. 

 Gentiana sp. n. 749, Griff". Itin. Notes, 151. Ericala pedicellata, D. Don in 

 Trans. lAnn. Soc. xvii. 514. E. quadrifaria, procumbens and orbiculata, G. 

 Don Gen. Syst. 190, 192, 193. 



