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38 BEAUTIFUL FLOWEBS OF KASHMIR [Plate 41
near the base of the tube very indistinct. Capsule f by 1 in.,
stalk i in. Seeds almost globose, hardly longer than broad,
netted and finely scaly.
Locality. Karakoram.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 9,000-15,000 ft., N. Asia,
Europe, N. America.
Pig. 3. Gentiana serrata, Gunner, var. Stracheyi,
C. B. Clarke. Strachey's Gentian.
Like the foregoing plant, but the leaves are broader, the
calyx-tube has 4 strong keels, the corolla measures f-2i in.,
and the seeds are ellipsoid and much larger.
Locality. Dachigam Wangat Nala.
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Distribution, W. Himalaya.
Pig. 4.
Gentiana sp.
This is a species nearly related to Gentiana decumbens,
Linn. f.
Locality.
Zoji La (Hallberg).
Figs. 5 and 6. Gentiana venusta, Wall.
Stems or up to 3 in. high, prostrate. Leaves J-i in. long,
elliptic or inversely egg-shaped, blunt. Flowers 1-3, almost
stalkless on the short, densely leafy, annual shoots. Calyxtube
4 in. long, lobes i-i in. long, linear or oblong, sinus
between neighbouring lobes wide. Corolla 1 by 1-^ in., tubeshaped.
Capsule i-| by J-i in,
Flowers. August.
Locality. Aporwat, short turf amongst boulders on mountain
top, above 12,500 ft.
Distribution. Alpine W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to
Kumaon, 11,000-14,000 ft.
Gentiana aquatica, Linn.
Water-Gentian.
Branching from the base. Branches 1-3 in. Iong many,
weak, little divided. Eadical leaves i-i in. long, egg-shaped ;
stem-leaves small, y in. long, egg-shaped or inversely eggshaped,
distant, usually blunt, with a sharp point, margin
transparent, narrow, bent back. Flower-stalks i-i in. long,
solitary at the end of the branches. Calyx J-i in. long,