5. Gentianodes alii Omer and Qaiser in Pak. J. Bot. 20: 6. 1988.
SAOOD OMER
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Biennial, green, up to 6 cm high herb. Stem numerous, branched from base, puberulent-pubescent. Basal leaves indistinct, stiff, 1.0-1.7 x 0.3-0.5 cm, lanceolate, margin cartilaginous, entire, ± reflexed, acuminate, univeined. Cauline leaves stiff, 0.75-1.75 x 0.3-0.6 cm, lanceolate, margin cartilaginous, entire, acuminate. Inflorescence many flowered, congested, terminal, subaxillary cyme. Flower campanulate, sessile, 0.8-1.2 cm long. Calyx 0.5-1.0 cm long, tube 0.3-0.7 cm long, lobes 0.25-0.5 x 0.1-0.175 cm, lanceolate, entire, cartilaginous, acuminate. Corolla 0.8-1.2 cm long, tube longer than lobes, 0.4-0.7 cm long, lobes 0.15-0.3 x 0.1-0.15(-0.2) cm, ovate, entire, obtuse, plicae smaller than lobes, 0.05-0.1 x 0.025-0.05 cm, ovate, (entire-) crenate, acute. Stamens 5, filaments filiform, adnate at middle of corolla, anthers dorsifixed, sagittate, bilobed. Ovary 0.2-0.5 x 0.1-0.2 cm, lanceolate, style slender, stigma not distinct, bifid, coiled. Nectaries at base of ovary. Capsule not seen.
Type: Hazara, Saiful Maluk, 18.7.1954, Ch. Shaukat Ali 83 (RAW).
A-7 Chitral: Drosh-Beorai, 12000 ft., 1.8. 1958, Bowes-Lyon 188 (E), B-8 Kashmir: Kamri valley, above Kalapani, 11-12000 ft., 25.8.1892, Duthie 12565 (K), Kashmir, 10-13000 ft., Sahni 248 (K), Musjid valley, 12-13000 ft., 25.7.1893, Duthie 13193 (BM), Kamri pass, 12-13000 ft., 26.8.1892, Duthie s.n. (BM, E), Gittidas to Katawai, 4400 m, 15.7.1953, Schmid 493 p.p. (BM).
Distribution: Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara and Kashmir), and India (Chamba and Garhwal).
