116 xcvii. GENTiANACBJ). (0. B. Clarke.) [Gentiana. 



27. C pliyllocaly^, Clarke ; stems solitary suberect 1-flowered, leaves 

 obovate obtuse not marginate, calyx-lobes large resembling the leaves, corolla 

 l^lj by ^_j in. tubular inflated. Gentiana sp. n. 26, Clarke in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 439. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 13-15,000 ft. ; Kankola and Lachen, J. D. H. 



Stems 1-S in. Badical leaves § by J in., obovate, obtuse, herbaceous, sub-l-nerved, 

 persistent at fruiting time; oauliae similar, rather smaller, remote. Calyx-lohes 

 J— J in., elliptic, green, not marginate. Corolla blue, somewhat contracted at the 

 mouth. Capsule f by J in. ; stalk often 1 in. — Has larger flowers, and very much- 

 larger calyx-lobes, than G. venusta. 



28. €r. venusta, Wall. Cat. 4389 ; stemless or nearly so, leaves elliptic 

 or obovate obtuse, calyx-lobes small oblong acute, corolla 1 by ^—^ in. tubular. 

 Gh-iseb. Gentian. 276, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 109 ; Clarke in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 439. Ericala venusta, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



AxFiNE Western Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 11-14,000 ft.; Blink- 

 worth, Gen. Munro, &c. 



Stems 0, or 3 in., prostrate : flowers 1-3 subsessUe on the short, densely leafy, 

 annual shoots. Leaves |-^ in. Calyx-tube J in., lobes J-J in., linear or oblong, sinus 

 intervening wide. Capsule ^-| in. by J-J in. 



29. 6. tubiflora. Wail. Cat. 4388 ; stemless or nearly so, leaves imbri- 

 cate ovate or elliptic acute, calyx-teeth ovate-lanceolate acute, coroUa 1 hj'^ 

 in. tubular. Griseb. Gentian. 277, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 110. Ericala tubi- 

 flora, 6. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 189. 



Alpine Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich; Westeen Tibet, Mum-o; Sikkim, alt. 14- 

 IQfiOO it., J. D. H. 



Stems j-1 in. Leaves \-^ in. Cah/x-tube ^ in. ; lobes ^ in. Corolla^lobes ^-i in., 

 triangular, erect. Capsule | by J in. ; stalk 1-1| in. — The fruiting examples are 

 very distinct from G. venusta by the long-exsert capsule ; the flowering are hardly 

 separable by the more acute leaves and calyx-teeth. 



30. C omata. Wall. Cat. 4386 ; branches many from the root elongate 

 leafy 1-flowered, cauline^leaves oblong or sublinear acute, calyx-lobes oblong or 

 linear, corolla 1-1| in. tubular funnel-shaped. Griseb. Gentian. 277, and in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 110 ; Sot. Mag. t. 6514. Pneumonantbe omata, G. Don Gen. 

 Sijst. iv. 194. 



Alpine Centeal and Easteen Himalaya, alt. 11-15,000 ft. ; Nepal, Wallich; 

 Sikkim, J. D. H., &c., common. 



Branches 1-5 in., curved. Badical leaves or inconspicuous at flowering time ; 

 cauline i-f by ^-^ in., acute, bases connate into a short tube. Calyx-tube ^ in. ; 

 lobes \ in. ; sinus wide. Corolla J in. diam. (in Wallich's example) ; lobes \ in., 

 triangular, acute, erect. Capsule J by | in. ; stalk J-li in.— The abundant material 

 shows the capsule (fully ripe) often included, and nearly as often far exserted. 



Vae. meiantha; barren shoots with minute leaves, corolla ^ in. — Sikkim; 

 Jongri, alt. 13,000 ft., Clarke. — Leaves of the barren shoots ^ in., imbricate, recurved 

 (as in G. hwmiUs or spiarrosa), of the flowering shoots nearly as in G. ornata. CaVyx- 

 tube \ in., lobes f in., not so much reduced as the corolla. Capsule \ in., subincWded 

 in the ooroUa-tube. Testa white, lax, altogether as of G. ornata. A very dubious 

 plant. 



31. G. nubig'exia, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 85 ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, calyi-lobes oblong much shorter than the tube with wide sinus inter- 

 vening, corolla IJ by f in. funnel-shaped. 



Alpine Himalaya, alt. 16-18,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Sikkim; Edgeworth, 

 ".j J, J). H,, &c. 



