114 " xcYii. GENTiANACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) IGentiana. 



18. G. coronata, Soyle III. t. 68, fig. 1; stem short with spreading- 

 branches, leaves lanceolate aciite, cyme terminal subcapitate, calyx-teeth ovate- 

 mucronate erect, corolla J hy i in. fimbriate. Chiseb. Qmto. 304 and m X»C. 

 Frodr. ix. 109. Eurythalia coronata, D. Don in Royle III. 278, and in Jrans:- 

 Linn. Soo. xvii. 515. Ericala coronata, G. Bon Gen. Syst. iv. 193. 



N W. Himalaya ; Kedarkanta, Eoyle. 



Only known from Boyle's figure, according to which it differs from G. cannata by 

 the wider subeampanulate corolla. 



19. G. Kug'elii, Griseb. in BC. Prodi: ix. 108?; stem short-branched 

 leafy many-flowered, leaves elliptic obtuse, calyx-t,eeth shorter than the tiibe 

 elliptic obtuse, corolla J by J in. fimbriate, seeds small ellipsoid subtrigpnous- 

 smooth not winged. 



Western Tibet, Huqel: Zanskar, alt. 8-10,000 ft., Thomson. 



Stem 1-3 in. Leaves li hy \ in., upper cauline smaller obovate obtuse. Other- 

 wise as G. earinato.— Identified with G. Hugelii from Grisebaeh's description, which 

 agrees very well except as to the testa which he describes as winged; whereas in 

 Thomson's plant it is close, as in other species of chondrophyllum. 



20. Ct. nudicaulis, Kurz in Jown. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 235 ; stem erect 

 leafless downwards when flowering, leaves lanceolate, flowers capitate or closely 

 panicled, corolla J in. much exceeding the calyx. Clarice in Jmm. Linn. Soc, 

 xiv. 437.— Gentiana sp. 16, He7-b. Ind. Or. H. f. Sr T. 



Khasia Mts., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 5819), &c. British Borma, alt. 4-7000: 

 ft. ; Nattoung, Kurz : Moolee, Lobb, Parish. 



Stem 2-10, erect, simple below. Leaves 2 by ^ in., sessile, sub-3-nerved, obscurely 

 margined. Cymes 2J in. diam. in Khasia examples, dense-fid. ; much smaller, eapi' 

 tate (in Burmese). Calyx-tube J in. ; teeth j- in., lanceolate, acute, erect, searious- 

 matgined. Corolla tubular, often nearly twice as long as the calyx, blue, plicate ; fim- 

 briae in Kurz's example at Kew ; said to be present by C. B. Clarke I. u. Capsule- 

 nearly 5 by ^ in., ellipsoid, compressed ; stalk J-^ in. Seeds small, ellipsoid, nearly 

 twice as long as broad, trigonous ; testa close, smooth. 



Sect. III. Fneuinonanthe. Corolla 1 in. or more (| in. in G. crassa 

 and siJcJtitnensis), 5-lobed with folds between the lobes ; timbrise 0. Seeds' 

 globose, not winged ; testa very lax, reticulated, glistening, white. 



* Flowers terminal, capitate ; calyx-lobes veiy unequal. 



21. G. crassa, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 235 ; shrubby, leafless 

 downwards, leaves broadly lanceolate, coroUa f by | in., tubidar. Clarhe in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 440. 



Pegu ; Nattoung Summit, Kurz. Moulmein ; Parish. 



Stem 12-18 in., woody, terete, branched. Leaves 2 by \~ in., attenuated below, 

 coriaceous, margins drying subcrenulate, connate at base into a short cylindric sheath 

 round the stem. Flowers 4-1 fi, capitate. Calyx-tube ^ in. ; lobes ^-J in., linear or' 

 ovate, foliaceous, often 3 linear 2 foliaceous. Capsule 3 by ^ in. ; stalk f-J in. 



22. Cr. sikkimensis, Clarke ; stems decumbent, radical leaves orbicular 

 or elliptic obtuse, cauline elliptic or oblong, corolla f by | in. tubular-funnel- 

 shaped. Gentiana sp. n. 82 b., Hei-b. Ind. Or. S. f. ^- T. Gentiana sp. n. 31^ 

 Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 439, partly. 



SiKKiM, alt. 10-14,000 ft., common; J. D. H., &c. 



Branches 1-8 in., herbaceous, 1-3 from the same root. Badical leaves \ in., per- 

 sistent at flowering time : cauline leaves 1 in., distant, uppermost enclosing the heads. 

 Flowers 2-10, capitate. Calyx-tnbe ^ in. ; lobes J in., linear or elliptic, foliaceou,". 



