Gentiana.] xcTii. gentianaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 115 



often 3 linear 2 elliptic. Corolla |-1 in., not contracted at the mouth. Gapiule ^j- 

 by i in. ; stalk i-f in. — Heads flowers and capsules exceedingly like those of &. 

 crassa. 



23. G. Elwesil, Clarke ; stems erect, radical leaves elliptic subacute, 

 cauline elliptic or oblong, corolla 1^ by ^-J in. inflated. Gentiana sp. 32, 

 Kerb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. Gentiana sp. n. 31, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soa. xiv. 

 439, partly. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 13-15,000 ft.; Yeumtong and Lachoong, J. J). H., 

 Elwes. 



Possibly a form of G. sikkimetisis, but among the abundant material of that 

 species, all have stems curved, heads not erect, basal leaves very obtuse, and corolla 

 funnel-shaped. The corolla in (?. Elviesii is inflated in the middle, somewhat con- 

 tracted at the mouth, resembling that of the typical PneumonantheiB, and considerably 

 larger than in any example of (?. sikkimensis. 



** Branches X-Jhwered or stem simple (l-4^fld. in Q. venusta and nubigena). 



24. G. depressa, Don Prod?: 125; stems very short or 0, leaves -widely 

 elliptic subacute, calyx-lobes ovate subacute marginate, intervening sinus very 

 narrow, corolla ] ^ by f in. tubular-campanulate. Wall. Cat. 4387 ; Griseb. 

 Gentian. 269, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109 ; Clarke in Journ. Linn. Sac. xiv. 438, 

 syn. excl. Pneumonanthe depressa, D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soe. xvii. 611. 

 Ericala depressa, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



Centeal and Eastern Himalaya ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, Elwes. 



Branches 0-2 in., several or 1 from one root ; barren branches short densely 

 imbricated with leaves, fertile branches 0-2 in., with small leaves or naked below and 

 a terminal tuft of leaves. Leaves f by J in., sessile. Flowers solitary, sessile, blue. 

 Calyx-tube ^ in., campanulate ; lobes \ in. Corolla-lobes \ in., ovate, acute, erect. 

 ' i by i in., stalk O-j in. 



25. G. cacbemirica. Dene, in Jacquem. Vdy. Bot. iii. t. 117 ; branches 

 often elongate, leaves elliptic or oblong mucronate, calyx-lobes spathulate- 

 oblong acute, intervening sinus wide, corolla 1-1^ by ^ in. tubular-campanulate. 

 Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 109. G. stipitata, Bdgew. in Trans. Linn. Soe. 

 XX. 84. 



"Westebn Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt.' 9-13,000 ft.; Falconer, 

 Boyle, &c. 



Branches 0-6 in., leafy, often numerous irom the root. Radical leaves 1 by ^ in., 

 obovate-oblong, acute ; cauline j-f in. Flowers solitary, sessile, blue. Calyx-tube ^ 

 in., campanulate ; lobes | in. Corolla-lobes | in., ovate, acute, erect. Capsule j by J 

 in. ; stalk ^-1 in. — The capsule-stalk in an apparently ripe example of Edgeworth's 

 is only J in. ; the length is not a safe speciflc character in this species or its allies. 

 Numerous examples, stemless or nearly so, can hardly be distinguished from G. 

 depressa, except by the wide sinus between the calyx-teeth. 



26. G. amoena, Clarke ; branches numerous short densely leafy, leaves 

 obovate marginate obtuse, calyx-lobes broadly obovate marginate obtuse, 

 corolla f-1 bjr ^-J in. campanulate. Gentiana sp. n. .30, Serb. Ind. Or. H. 

 f. Sf T. Gentiana sp. 25, Clarke in Jawrn. Linn. Soe. xiv. 438. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 14-18,000 ft. ; Samdong, Momay, and Donkiah, J. D. H. 



Tufted ; stems 0-2 in., numerous, branched ; barren branches succulent with sub- 

 remote smaller leaves. Leaves | in., densely imbricated (on the fertile branches), 

 margin glistening. Calyx | in. ; lobes J in., truncate or submarginate ; margin 

 glistening. Corolla-lobes J in., ovate, subacute, erect. Capsule ^-^ by ^ in. ; . 

 stalk J in. 



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