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Plates 39 & 40] CABTUSA GENTIANA 33<br />
above 10,000 ft. ; Aporwat above Gulmarg, rocky<br />
sometimes in woods, about 9,000 ft., common.<br />
Distribution. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Sikkim, 7,000-<br />
10,000 ft., Afghanistan, Alps of Europe, N. Asia, China.<br />
hill-side and<br />
Plate 40<br />
GENTIANAGEAE.<br />
The Gentian Family.<br />
(Said to be derived from Gentius, King of Illyria, about 500 B.C.,<br />
who is reported to have recommended Gentiana lutea^ Linn., aa a<br />
remedy for plague.)<br />
GENTIAN A, Linn.<br />
The Gentians.<br />
The following key includes all<br />
the species figured on Plates<br />
41 and 42. The descriptions of the plants illustrated on<br />
PL 40 will be given under PL 40, those of PL 41 under PL 41,<br />
and the other species will follow in alphabetical order.<br />
A. Corolla not longer than 1 in., 4-5-lobed.<br />
No folds between the lobes.<br />
Capsule included, stalkless or<br />
short - stalked. Seeds small,<br />
many, yellow-brown, almost<br />
globose.<br />
I. Corolla not fringed in the throat.<br />
II.<br />
3<br />
1. Corolla blue. Capsule f in. long,<br />
lance-shaped (PL 40, fig. 1) ...<br />
2. Corolla bluish or yellowish or<br />
pale-rose. Capsule J in. long,<br />
oblong (PL 40, fig. 2)<br />
Corolla fringed in the throat.<br />
L Corolla pink-purple. Capsule<br />
i in. long, stalk yV in. long ...<br />
2. Corolla dirty violet, rarely white.<br />
Capsule f in. long, stalkless<br />
(PL 40, figs. 3 and 4)<br />
G. Moorcroftiana.<br />
G. aurea.<br />
borealis.<br />
G. tenella.
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