Oentiana.] xcvii. gentianace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 113 



Annual ; forming dense tnfts 1-2^ in. diaru. ; branches 10-30 from the root, little 

 divided. Radical leaves y in., sessile ; cauline leaves ^ in,, lanceolate, imbricate, 

 cartilaginous. i^Votuers terminal, sessile, solitary, blue. Calyx i^in.; lobes -^-^ in., 

 narrowly lanceolate, rigid, erect, glabrous. Corolla tubular, folds bifid; fimbriae 0. 

 ¥ ^y i i°-i stalk sometimes | in., sometimes but f in. ; seeds as of G. 

 da. 



16. Cr. capitata, Sam. in Don Prodr. 126 ; stem simple erect naked 

 l)elow, leaves ovate or oblong mucronate marginate, flowers capitate, capsule 

 globose compressed subincluded. Ch-iseb. Oemtian. 275, and 'va. DC. Prodr. vx. 

 107 ; Clarke in Jorum. Linn. Sob. xiv. 486. G. marginata, Wall. Cat. 4391, 

 not of Griseb. G. cephalodes, Edyew. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xx. 84 ; Thorns. ^ 

 Bacon in Hook. Lond. Jawrn. Bot. iv. 637, and G. Baconi, t. 20. — Gentiana sp., 

 Oriff. Ic. PI. As. t. 384, fig. 1. 



Temperate Himalaya, alt. 4-12,000 ft. ; from Kumaon to Bhotan ; WallicJi, 

 Griffith, &o. 



Stems 1-4 in., often naked at the time of flowering except the leaves mixed in the 

 ■flower-head, sometimes leafy in the upper half. Leaves \ by ^-J in., thick, somewhat 

 : shining, falcate. Calyx i in. ; lobes ^ in., oblong, acute, scarious-margined, glabrous. 

 Corolla f-5 in., blue or white, folds emarginate ; fimbriae 0. Capsule ^ in. long and 

 broad ; stalk sometimes ^ in. Seeds very small, ellipsoid, nearly twice as long as 

 broad, trigonous, smooth, scarcely reticulated. 



Vae. Andersoni ; stem naked below, upper cauline leaves petioled ovate or elliptic 

 herbaceous pot marginate. G. Andersoni, Clarke in Jowm. Linn. Soc. xiv. 436. 

 Ericala capitata, B. Bon in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 612. — From Kumaon to Bhotan, 

 alt. 5-8000 ft. ; J. B. H., T. Anderson, &c. Khasia ; Simons, &o. Probably only 

 the fully developed state of G. ca/pitata ; having sometimes stout subquadrangular 

 stems, and leaves Ij by J-1 in. D. Don seems to have got finer specimens for his de- 

 scription in Trans. Liin. Soc. than when he founded the species in Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 



Var. strobiliformis • stem \-\ in., densely clothed with imbricated margined often 

 :roimd leaves, flowers solitary or few. Gentiana sp. n..707, Crriff. Itin. Notes. 147. — 

 Himalaya, alt. 10-12,000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan ; Griffith, &o. 



17. G. carinata, Chriseb. Gentian. 304, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109 ; 

 istem erect branched, radical leaves persistent oblong-lanceolate acute marginate, 

 calyx- teeth shorter than the tube lanceolate acute erect, corolla J by ^ in. fim- 

 l)riate, seeds small ellipsoid subtrigonous smooth not vringed. G. marginata, 

 Clarke in Jowm. Linn. Soc. xiv. 437, not of Oriseh. nor of Wall. Eurythalia 

 carinata, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 516. Ericala carinata, G. Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



Kashmir and N.W. Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., frequent ; Boyle, Falconer, &c. 



Annual; stems 1-6 in. Eadical leaves If by ^ in., sessile, very acute, ^ub-3- 

 -nerved ; cauline similar, smaller, not much falcate except those next the flowers. 

 Flowers clustered, lateral and terminal, subsessile. Calyx-tvie j in. ; lobes ^ in., 

 acuminate. Corolla tubular, narrowly fxmnel-shaped upwards; folds bifid or sub- 

 ^ntire. Capsule | by ^ in., ellipsoid, compressed; stalk 0-i in. Seeds altogether as 

 of Chondrophyllum ; Grisebach puts this in a section with winged seeds, but he does 

 not appear to have seen these. 



Var. marginata ; leaves more crowded herbaceous falcate less acuminate, calyx- 

 teeth falcate sometimes obovate acute, corolla without fimbriae. G. marginata, Griseb. 

 Gentian. 275, and in BC. Prodr. ix. 108, not of Wall. Ericala marginata, B. Bon 

 in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xvii. 513. — Kashmir, alt. 11-14,000 ft. ; Falconer, Thomson, &c. 

 Distrib. Kashgar. 



Vae. intermedia ; leaves as of G. carinata type, corolla without fimbriae.— Kash- 

 mir, Falconer, These are finely-developed typical G. carinata with very acute straight 

 leaves, and large corollas absolutely without fimbriae (as often occurs). i 



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