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44 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [PL 42 ft 43
JAESCHKEA, Kurz.
(After Jaeschke, who collected plants in the W. Himalaya.)
1. Sepals J by -jfe in *
Capsule very
shortly stalked ... ... ... /. gentianoides.
2. Sepals i by i-i in. Capsule stalkless /. latisepala.
Fig. 5. Jaeschkea gentianoides, Kurz.
(Gentianoides means gentian -like.)
Stems i-2^ ft. high, rigid, slender. Leaves Ij by J in.,
narrowly lance-shaped, stalkless. Flowers blue in panicles,
many, stalks 0-i in. Sepals i by -&$ in., lance-shaped, sharppointed.
Corolla tube-shaped, opening when only i in. long,
but enlarging
till in fruit it measures more than in., lobes 5,
short, i by i in. in fruit, triangular-lance-shaped. Stamens 5,
shorter than the corolla-lobes, anthers oblong-arrow-shaped.
Ovary 1-celled, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule i in. long, ellipsoid,
compressed, very shortly stalked. Seeds 10-30.
Locality. Zoji La.
Distribution. Alpine W. Himalaya, 8,000-13,000 ft.
Pig. 6. Jaeschkea latisepala,
C. B. Clarke.
(Latisepala means having broad sepals.)
An erect herb, closely resembling the preceding species, but
stouter and with broader leaves. Leaves oblong-long-pointed.
Sepals unequal, egg-shaped or inversely egg-shaped, or round,
i by i-J in. Capsule stalkless. Seeds ^V in. long.
Locality. Thaj was.
Distribution. Alpine W. Himalaya, 9,000-13,000 ft.
SWERTIA, Linn.
Plate 43
(After Emmanuel Swert, a Dutch gardener and writer of the
seventeenth century.)
A. Calyx and corolla 5-lobed.
I. Two glands on each corolla-lobe.
1. Stems hollow.
a. Seeds not winged. Flowers
lurid grey or nearly white
with blue-green veins ... S. petiolata.
b. Seeds winged.
.
aa. Glands on corolla-lobes
fringed. Flowers lurid
grey S.