N. O. GENTIANACE.i: 853 



cent, of ash ; the stem 37, salts of potassium and calcium prevailing in both, 

 (Pharmacographia, 2nd Ed., p. 487). 



804. S. angustifolia, Ham. h.f.b.l, iv. 125. 



Vern. : — Pahari Chirayatah (H.) ; Pahadi Kiraita (Mar.). 



Hahitat : — Subtropical Himalaya, from Clienab to Bhotan, 

 common. 



Stems l-3ft., 4-winged. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, sub-l- 

 nerved, narrowed at the base, sepals oblong-linear, equalling 

 the Corolla, in Wallich's type, often i-fin., and greatly exceed- 

 ing the Corolla. Corolla-lobes £--§-., usually white, with blue 

 or black dots never lurid ; with one large orbicular gland 

 near the base, " the large depression usually minutely pubes- 

 cent on the margin, and partly closed by a scale" (C. B. 

 Clarke). Stamens linear ; anthers oblong, scarcely hastate, 

 Capsule J by Jin., ovate. Seeds J n m., polyhedral ; testa some- 

 what loose, glistening along the edges. 



Uses:— In the United Provinces 0. angustifolia, D. Don, 

 a common Himalayan species, is much used instead of 0. 

 Chirata, and is called Pahari or Hill Ghiretta, while the 

 officinal plant, imported from the plains, is called Dalthani or 

 Southern Ghiretta (Royle). 



805. S. affinis, Clarke. h.f.b.l, iv. 126. 



Habitat :— Deccan Peninsula, from Chota Nagpore to the 

 Pulneys. 



Stems annual, erect, panicled, solid, virgate ; l-3ft. Leaves 

 1| by Jin., lanceolate, 3-nerved, base nanow. Cymes forming 

 an elongate lax panicle. Panicle-branches sharply quadran- 

 gular ; pedicels O-lin., flowers 4-merous, not clustered. Sepals 

 £in., narrowly lanceolate. Corolla-lobes ^ by Jin. long, oblong, 

 shortly acute or subobtuse, white or with blue nerves, orbicular 

 gland near the base large, completely covered by the large 

 scale with pubescent margin. Filaments linear, not or scarce^ 

 dilated, free or nearly so ; anthers oblong, not or obscurely 

 cordate, Style short, cylindric ; stigmas oblong. Capsule 



