126 xcvii. QENTiANACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) ISwerfm. 



been often referred to iS. angustifolia which has leas acute sepals, larger glands on 

 the corolla-lobes, but it may be doubted whether it is a distinct species. 



tt Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. — (Filaments linear, not or 

 scarcely dilated, free or nearly so ; anthers oblong, not or obscurely cordate. 

 Style short cylindric, stigmas oblong. Capsule ovate, acute, about as long as 

 the corolla. Seeds ^ in. polyhedral ; testa close, minutely reticulated, so that 

 the seeds appear often glistening). 



16. S. affinis, Clarke; leaves lanceolate S-nerved base narrowed, cymes 

 forming an elongate lax panicle, corolla-lobes i hy J in. oblong shortly acute or 

 subobtuse. Ophelia aifinis, Am. in Wight IB. ii. 175, t. 157, bis fig. 3 6. 0. 

 elegans, Wight Ic. t. 1331. 



Deccan Peninsula, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; from Chota Nagpore to the Pulneys, 

 Wight, &c. 



8tem 1-3 feet. Leaves 1^ hj ^ in. Pareicfe-JrawcAes sharply quadrangular ; pedi- 

 cels 0-1 in., flowers not clustered. Sepals J in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla-lobes 

 ■white or with blue nerves j orbicular' gland near the base large, completely covered by 

 a large scale with pubescent margin. — This in its long panicle and smaller flowers 

 differs from the other Deccan species, but is very near S. pulchella, var. elegans. 

 Wall., of which it may be the South Indian form, as Wight supposed. 



17. S. corymbosa, Wight ms. ; upper cauline leaves sessile ovate or 

 oblong subacute 3-nerved, cymes forming a level-topped corymb, corolla-lobes 

 ^ by J in. broadly oblong shortly acute. Ophelia corymbosa, Oriseb. Gentian. 

 317, and in DC.'Prodr. ix. 125 ; Wight Ic. t. 1329 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4489. 



Mrs. of the S. Deccan Peninsula, alt. 4-7000 ft. ; common. 



Stem 8-20 in., quadrangular or 4--winged. Lower cauline leaves f by |^ in., 

 spathulate-obovate, obtuse, subpetioled ; upper cauline J by ^ in., ovate, obtuse, 

 mucronate. Corymb wide ; pedicels 0-J in., clustered. Sepals j- in., narrowly lan- 

 ceolate. CoroUa-lohes white with blue-nerves or pale-blue, one gland at the base of 

 each covered by a scale with pubescent margin. — Described from Wight's type; Bot. 

 Mag, t. 4489, is a much drawn-up garden specimen with the upper leaves spathulate, 

 and the flowers much bluer than common. The following varieties are here described 

 from the type specimens, but numerous intermediates occur 'which Wight was unable 

 to refer to any one variety. 



Var. cteior, Griseb. in DC. Prodr. ix. 125; upper cauline leaves 21 iu. elliptic 

 lanceolate acute, sepals i in. acute, corolla-lobes | in. very obtuse. — Nilgherries, 

 Bombay ; Dalzell. 



Var. GHsebachiana; upper cauline leaves Ij by ^ in. acute. Ophelia Grise- 

 bachiana, Wight Ic. t. 1330. — Pulneys and Nilgherries ; Wight. Stem terete, obscurely 

 lineolate ; lower cauline leaves small, somewhat fleshy, narrowly oblong. This variety 

 approximates to S. zeylanica. ■ 



Vae. Lawii ; lower cauline leaves ses.sile ovate-lanceolate subobtuse 5-3-nerved, 

 upper narrdw, corymb lax sometimes few-flowered. Ophelia Lawii, Am. in Wight III. 

 ii. 175, t. 157, bis fig. 3 c. 0. pauciflora, BaU. in HooJc. KewJourn. iii. 211 ; Dais. 

 ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 156.— Bombay Ghats ; Dalzell, Bitchie. 



18. S. tricbotoina, WaU. Cat. 4381 ; upper cauline leaves eUiptic- 

 lanceolate, pedicels umbelled or clustered at the ends of the cyme-branches, 

 corolla-lobes ^-i by ^ in. oblong acuminate often caudate. Ophelia trichotoma, 

 W.8f A. ms. ; Wight III. ii. 175, t. 157, fig. 3 g. O. umbeUata, Wioht I. c. fig. 

 3 a ; Bot. Mag. t. 5397. 



NiLGHEEEiES, alt. 6-8000 ft. ; common. 



Only differs from S. corymbosa in the inflorescence and very acuminate corolla- 

 lobes. Pedicels f-lj- in., numerous, sometimes forming perfecL umbels ; sometimes 

 mTich shorter, when the examples have been mistaken for iS. deoussata. 



