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Swertia chinensis (Bunge) Hemsl. et Forbes in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXVI. p. 139 (1890) ex Franch. in Bull. Soe. Bot. 

 France, XLVI. (1899), p. 322 ; Palib. Consp. Fl. Kor. II. (1900), 

 p. 14? (excl. syn. nonnul.); Komar. Fl. Manshur. II. (1907), p. 

 271, non Franeh. in Bull. Soc, Bot. France, XXXII. (1885), 

 p. 26. (Fig. XX.) 



Ophelia chinensis Bunge ex Gnseb. in DC. Prodr. IX. (1845), 

 p. 126 cum p. daurica ; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. (1859), p. 

 198 ; Franch. PI. David. I. (1884), p. 212 ; Korsh. in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XII (1892), p. 370. 



Swertia chinensis b. violacea Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XVII. (1903), p. 55. 



Ophelia diluta Ledeh. Fl. Ross. III. (1846-51), p. 73; Herd, 

 in Act. Hort. Petrop. I. (1871-72), p. 468 ; Maxim, in Bull. 

 Soc. Nat. Mosc. (1879), p. 33. 



Ophelia diluta Maxim, in Mel. Biol. IX. p. 399 (1874), 

 pro parte, non Ledeb. 



Swertia diluta Benth. 

 et Hook. fit Gen. PI. II. 

 p. 816 (1876); Hance in 

 Journ. Bot. (1882), p. 37. 



Gentiana diluta Turcz. 

 in 'Bull. Soc. Nat. 

 'Mosc. XXII. (1849), 2, p. 

 338.' 



Szukinia diluta Turcz. 

 ex Herder, 1. c. 



Biennial, glabrous, 

 attaining about 50 cm. 

 in height ; roots short, 

 yellowish, bitter. Stem 

 erect, slender, dark-viola- 

 ceous, very angustately 4- 

 alato-angulate, ramose 

 above ; branches short 

 and erect-patent. Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, acu- 



Fig. XX. 

 1. Sepal, mag. 2. One of corolla-segmen * 

 ivith a stamen, mag. 



