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36 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate *0
J-J in. long, lobes 5, egg-shaped, shorter than the tube, glands
at the base of the corolla-tube absent or insignificant. Capsule
i in. long ;
stalk i in. long.
Locality. Zoji La ; Baltistan, 10,000-14,000 ft. ; Skardo,
9,200 ft.
Distribution. Kashmir, Central Asia, subarctic zone.
Pigs. 3 & 4. Gentiana tenella, Fries. Tender Gentian.
A delicate, annual plant, 2-10 in. high, erect or straggling,
branched from the base, with long, ascending, mostly 1-
flowered branches. Leaves i by J in., oblong or egg-shaped,
the lowest spoon-shaped. Calyx bell-shaped, tube hardly any,
lobes ^ by tzr in., elliptic, often unequal. Corolla dirty violet,
rarely white, tubular-bell-shaped, 5-lobed, i by i-i in., lobes
i in., elliptic, throat bearded with small scales. Capsule f in.
long, oblong-linear, stalkless.
Fig. 3 shows the alpine form with flowers much smaller
than in the fully developed plant.
Flowers. August, September.
Locality. Thajwas Khelanmarg, rocky ground, over
;
10,000 ft., common.
Distribution W. Himalaya, 10,000-14,000 ft., Sikkim,
12,000 ft., arctic and alpine Europe, N. and Central Asia.
Pig. 5.
Oentiana sp.
This is very likely a new species, resembling Gentiana micans,
C. B. Clarke. The capsule is much longer.
Locality. Gangabal (Hallberg).
Pig. 6. Gentiana carinata, Griseb. Keeled Gentian.
Coventry, pi. XXXIII.
Stems 1-6 in. high, erect, branched. Eadical leaves If by
i in., stalkless, very sharp-pointed, oblong-lance-shaped, stemleaves
similar, but smaller. Flowers dark blue, in clusters,
almost stalkless. Calyx-tube i in. long, lobes in., lanceshaped,
sharp-pointed, erect, sometimes inversely egg-shaped.
Corolla i by i in., tube-shaped, upwards narrowly funnelshaped,
throat with or without scales, folds between the lobes
bifid or almost entire. Capsule i by i in., ellipsoid, compressed,
stalk 0-i in.
Flowers. May to July.