118 xcvii. GENTiANACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) X^e?i<m»a. 



Sect. V. Crossopetalum. Erect, branched herbs. Flowers scattered, 

 pedicelled. Corolla |-2 in., 4-lobed ; folds between the lobes obscure or ; 

 fimbrise 0. Seeds ellipsoid or subglobose; testa reticulated, hardly lax, not 

 glistening-white. 



85. 6. detonsa, Fries in Act. Hafn. x. 435, t. 1, %. 3 ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, calyx-tube terete funnel-shaped, lobes ovate-lanceolate, corolla f-l^ in., 

 seeds subglobose. Griseb. Gentian. 256, and in DC. Prodr.ix. 101 ; Ledeh. Fl. 

 Ross. iii. 59 ; Clarke in Journ. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 437. G. cUiata, Pall. Fl. Ross. 

 ii. 101, t. 92, fig. 2; Sot. Mag. t. 639. G. barbata, Froel. Gentian. lU; Bunge 

 in Nam). Mem. Soc. Imp. Mosc. i. 223, t. 9, fig. 1. G. brachypetala, Bunge I. c. 

 i. 225, 1. 11, fig. 3. Gentianella detonsa and barbata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 179. 



N. Kashmib and Westken Tibet, alt. 9-15,000 ft., common in the Karakormn. — 

 DiSTRiB. Europe, N. Asia, and N. America. 



Stems 8-24 in., much branched (in the Indian plants). Leaves 1^ by J in., distant, 

 scarcely connate at the base. Fedtmcles 1-8 in., mostly very long. Calyx-ttibe ^ in.; 

 lobes 4 in., unequal, 2 opposite ovate-lanceolate, 2 lanceolate. CoroUa-tube 1 by J in., 

 lobes \ in., fimbriate or serrate at least at the apex ; glands near the base of the 

 tube very obscure. Capsule J by | in., stalk ^ in. Seeds hardly longer than broad ; 

 testa reticulated and minutely scaly. — The numerous Indian examples are uniform ; 

 but according to Grisebach (DC. Prodr. ix. 110), the 6-merous G. serrata is only a 

 var., and, according to Asa Gray {Ma7i. Bat. 387), Cr. crinita, Froel., cannot be sepa- 

 rated. There is a -wide range in size of corolla, length and fimbriation of its lobes, 

 in the extra-Indian examples. 



Vab. Stracheyi \ leaves broader, calyx-tube strongly 4-keeled, corolla f-2J in., 

 seeds much larger ellipsoid. Gentiana sp., nn. 7 & 8, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. §■ T. — N. 

 Kashmir and W. Tibet; alt. 8-13,000 ft.; Strachey ^ Winterhottom, &c. Sikkun ; 

 Tungu, alt. 12-13,000 ft., J. D. H. — So far as the Indian material is concerned this 

 var. looks a distinct species, except that the corolla is very variable in size ; but 

 among the American G. crinita there are examples with a keeled calyx. 



36. Cr. contorta, Royle III. 278, t. 69, fig. 3 ; leaves elliptic, flowers 

 subracemose, calyx-lobes ovate acute, corolla 1 in. with 4 large oblong glands 

 near the base within, seeds minute subglobose. D. Don in Trarm. Linn. Soc. 

 xvii. 608 ; Griseb. Gentian. 304, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 94. 



N. W. HiMALATA, alt. 6000 ft., Thomson, Edgeworth. 



Stem 4-8 in. Eadicai leaves at flowering time ; cauline 1 by ^-i in., narrowed 

 but hardly connate at the base. Stems 2-7-flowered ; pedicels ^f in. Calyx-tvhe 

 ^ in., terete, fannel-shaped ; lobes \ in., somewhat unequal. Corolla-tube f in. ; lobes 

 J in., oblong, subentire; basal glands much larger than in G. detonsa, reminding D. 

 Don 1. c. of barren stamens. Capsule ^ by J in., stalk \ in. Seeds much smaller than 

 in G. dentosa and very obscurely reticulated, but not well ripe. 



Sect. VI. Stylopbora. Stem hollow, i-| in. thick. Floiom-s and cap- 

 sules large. Style ^-| in. 



37. a. stylopbora, Clarke; leaves large elliptic lower petioled, pe- 

 duncles axillary 1-8 in. 1-flowered with 2 bracts below the flower, capsule 2 by 

 lin. Gentiana sp. 40, ae?-6. Jmrf. Or. fi;/.^ r. 



SiKxiM, alt. 11-14,000 ft. ; Chola and Kankola, J. D. H. ; Jongri, Clarke. 



Flowering stem 3-6 ft., simple. Lower leaves 12 by 4 in., strongly 5-nerved, 

 upper 5 by 2 in., sessile, shortly connate at the base. Calyx widely funnel-shaped! 

 tube ^ in. ; lobes | by ^ in., subobtuse. Corolla (apparently very succulent, badly 

 preserved) widely fannel-shaped, fimbriate in the throat (?). Stamens attached half- 

 way up the corolla-tube, filaments linear; anthers J in., oblong. Stigmas i-^ in., 

 oblong. Seeds ^ by i in. ; testa lax, reticulated, scrobieulate.— This fine plant is 

 remote from G, lutea m the inflorescence and the widely funnel-shiped corolla • it 



