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LXIV. GrENTIANACEiE 
5. HALENIA, In honour of J. Halen, a Swedish botanical 
author of the eighteenth century. — Mountainous regions of Asia 
and America. 
Halenia elliptica, D. Don ; FI Br. Ind. iv. 130. An erect, 
glabrous herb ; stems 4-sided, angles narrowly winged. Leaves 
opposite, sessile, ovate, 1-2 x J-1J in., obtuse. Flowers pale blue, 
Fig. 103. Halenia elliptica. 
■J in. diam., in axillary cymes. Calyx 4-parted ; segments ovate- 
lanceolate. Corolla bell-shaped, deeply 4-lobed ; each lobe pro- 
duced downwards in a slender, straight spur longer than the 
calyx. Stamens 4, attached near the base of the corolla. Ovary 
1 -celled ; style short, stigma 2-lobed ; ovules many. Capsule 
ovoid. (Fig. 103.) 
Mushobra, Mahasu, in woods ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 
6000-12,000 ft. 
