Jaeschkea.] xcvii. GENiiANACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 119 



may'constitnte a new genus when the corolla is fully known. It has the habit of 

 Frasera and the large Sweriias, from which it differs in the gamosepalous calyx and 

 long style. 



10. JAESCHKEA, Eurz. 



Herbs, erect, or small decum'bent. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate or 

 ovate, bases sbortly connate. Flowers paniculate or terminal pedunculate, blue. 

 Sepals lanceolate or orbicular. Corolla tubular ; lobes 5, short, triangular-lan- 

 ceolate, valvate in bud. Stamens 5, attached at the sinus of the corolla-tube, 

 filaments short, linear ; anthers oblong-sagittate, blue or greenish. Ovary 

 l-ceUed, placentae little intruded; style short, linear, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules 

 rpucb fewer than in Oentiana. Capsule elliptic, sessile or shortly stalked, 

 .separatii^ to the base into its two carpels, splitting the style into halves. 

 Seeds ellipsoid ; testa close, smooth not reticulated.— Species 3 ; Alpine Wi 

 Himalayan. 



1. J. ^entianoides, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 230, t. 13, and' 

 in Flora, 1871, 275 ; erect, panicled, leaves narrowly lanceolate, sepals lanceo- 

 late, seeds i in. Clarke in Jown. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 441. Gentiana oligosperma, 

 Griseh. in DC. Prodr. ix. 94. G. Jaeschkei {hy misprint Taeschkei), Kurz in 

 Trimen Journ. Bot. 1867, 241. 



Kashmie and Westeen Himaiata, alt. 8-13,000 ft. ; abundant, Jaeschke, &c. 

 Stem 8-30 in., rigid, slender, somewhat lineolate. Leaves IJ hy^ in., sessile. 

 Flowers panicled, numerous ; pedicels 0-^ in. Sepals J by Jj in., acute, sub- 3-striate. 

 Corolla expanding when only ^ in., but gradually enlarging till in fruit (on the same 

 •stem) more than ^ in. ; tube subventricose ; lobes (in fruit) f by ^ in. Stamens shorter, 

 than the corolla-lobes, blue or green when dry. Oapstile j in., ellipsoid, compressed, 

 very shortly stalked. Seeds 10-30, much larger than in Gentiana. 



2. J. latisepala, Clarke in Journ. lAnn. Soc. xiv. 441 ; erect, panicled, 

 leaves oblong acuminate, sepals unequal ovate obovate or orbicular, seeds /j in. 

 Gentiana canaliculata, Soyle ; D. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 509 ; G, Don 

 Gen. Syst. iv. 182. G. Moorcroftiana, Griseh. in DC. Prodr. ix. QQ, partly, not 

 of Wall. 



N. Kashmir and Westeeu Tibet, alt. 9-13,000 ft. ; common, Soyle, &c. 



Closely resembling J. gentianoides ; but rather stouter, with broader leaves. 

 Sepals ^ by ^-g in., hardly striate ; uppermost leaves, when near the flowers and 

 bractiform, ovate. Capsule sessile. Seeds as of J. gentianoides. 



8. J. microsperma, Clarke ; small, diffuse, leaves elliptic, flowers 

 , small long-peduncled terminal on the branches, sepals oblong, seeds minute. 



AiPiNE Sizkim; Samdong, alt. 11-17,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem \-\^ in. Lower leaves | by J in.; cauline ^ in. Feduncles \-^ in. Sepals 



k ^y 15 ™'' subacute. Corolla-tube | in. ; lobes ^ in. Anthers blue or greenish. 



Capsule l-^ in., subsessile. Seeds ■— in., suborbicular, but, except in size, closely, 



- agreeing with those of JaescKkea. — This small plant has doubtless been passed for- 



Gentiana tenella, small examples of which it much resembles. 



11. FIiEUROGYNE, EscJach. 



Annual herbs, decumbent branched or erect. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 panicled, or long-peduncled. Sepals elliptic or linear, often unequal. Corolla 

 rotate, without (or with very obscure) basal pits or depressions ; tube very 

 short with or without flmbrise ; lobes elliptic, usually acute. Stamens 4-5, 

 attached to the coroUa-tube, filaments linear somewhat flattened; anthers ob- 



