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leafy heads. Calyx nearly as long as the corolla ; lobes finely 
pointed. Capsule ovoid. (Fig. 101.) 
Simla on banks, common ; April, May. — W. Himalaya, 7000-12,000 ft. 
4. Gentiana capitata, Buch.-Ham . ; FI. Br. Ind.iv. 113. Stems 
erect, 1-4 in., simple or branching. Leaves green, broadly 
obovate, in., crowded close under the flowers ; radical soon 
disappearing ; stem-leaves few or none. Flowers sessile, blue or 
white, J in. long, crowded in terminal, leafy heads J-f in. diam. 
Calyx nearly as long as the corolla ; lobes oblong, acute. Capsule 
globose. 
Simla ; September. — Simla to Bhotan, 4000-12,000 ft. 
5. Gentiana Kurroo, Boyle \ FI. Br. Ind. iv. 117. Rootstock 
thick ; stems tufted, decumbent, 4-12 in. Leaves narrowly 
oblong; radical rosulate, 3-5xJ— | in.; stem-leaves 1 in., 
narrower. Flowers blue, spotted with white, lf-2 in. long, f in. 
diam., solitary or racemose. Calyx about half as long as the 
corolla ; lobes 5, linear. Corolla 5-lobed. Capsule oblong. 
Shali, near the top ; September. — W. Himalaya, 5000-11,000 ft. 
f>. Gentiana contorta, Royle ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 118. Stepis 
erect, 4-10 in., branching. Leaves ovate, 1 x^ in. Flowers blue, 
1- 1 J in. long, racemed. Calyx about half as long as the corolla ; 
lobes 4, lanceolate. Corolla 4-lobed. Capsule oblong. 
Simla, Summer Hill, not common ; August- October. — W. Himalaya, 5000- 
8000 ft. 
4. SWERTIA. In honour of Emanuel Swert, a Dutch 
botanical author of the seventeenth century. — Asia, Africa, 
Europe ; chiefly in mountanious regions. 
Erect herbs ; stems more or less 4-sided, usually branching. 
Leaves opposite, except in S. alternifolia, sessile or narrowed 
in a stalk-like base. Flowers about \ in. diam., in paniculate or 
corymbose cymes. Calyx 4- or 5-parted ; segments lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla 4- or 5-lobed nearly to the base ; lobes acute, each 
furnished near the base with 1 or 2 honey-secreting glands. 
Stamens as many as the corolla-lobes, attached at the base of the 
corolla. Ovary 1-celled ; style short or almost none, stigma 
2- lobed ; ovules several or many. Capsule sessile, oblong. 
The following larger flowered species occur on the Chor, but have not been 
found nearer Simla ; they all flower in the autumn : — 
Swertia speciosa, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 128. Stems robust, 2-4 ft., 
hollow. Radical leaves long-stalked. Stem-leaves opposite, sessile, ovate, 
5x2 in., long-pointed, bases united, stem-clasping. Flowers lurid grey, H in. 
diam. Corolla 5-lobed, glands 2 on each lobe, long-fringed. 
