7a. Gentianodes eumarginata var. eumarginata
SAOOD OMER
Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
Fl. Per.: May-August (-September).
Type: A native of Nipal, Kumaon, Silhet & c., Royle.
A-6 Chitral: Rumbour, 10000 ft., 17.5.1958, Bowes-Lyon 662 (E), Bombrait valley, 26.7.1976, Qaiser & Ghafoor 6701 (KUH), B-6 D ir: Roshy Dub, Gumrat, F. Hussain 7180 (RAW), B-8 Baltistan: Deosai, ± 13000 ft., R.R. Stewart 19950 (RAW), Talala, 13000 ft., 23.8.1936, Koelz 9744 (NA), Kashmir: Cachemere-Ladak, Zoji La (Zoji Pass), watershed between the Sindh valley and Indus basin: limit Kashmir-Ladak, 3450m, 2.7.1976, Billiet & Leonard 6761 (K,KUH), Tilail, 13750 ft., 23.8.1876, Clarke 30673 (K), Rajdiasgan Pass, July 1926, Miss Saunders 9 (K), southend of Khillanmarg, 10000 ft., 24.9.1933, Venning K 132 (K), Sonamarg, 29.8.1921, R.R. Stewart 6837 1/2 (K), Kullan, Sind valley, 7.5.1930, Barnes s.n. (K), Leepa, 23.7.1885, Drummond 22361 (K), east of Srinagar, Lidder valley, near the foot of Kolhoi glacier, 3656 m, 28.6.1976, Maxwell 13 (E), above Gulmarg, 13200 ft., Fuller 151 (K), above Trakbal, 10000 ft., 1.8.1936, Koelz 9214 (NA), Mt. Kolahoi, ± 10000 ft., August 1925, R.R. Stewart 8279a (NA), Sona Sar, Kashmir, 22.9.1913, Mrs. Evershed s.n. (BM), Harmosh range, Mani Basin, August 1957, Culbert 40 (BM), Gharesa glacier base camp, 15800 ft., 7.8.1960, Polunin 6215(BM,E), Hazara: Shogran, Mt. Makra, c. 2700 m, 17.5.1970, Grohman 6997 (RAW), Kaghan valley, 12000 ft., 30.5.1896, Inayat 19959b (K), Musa Ka Mussala, Shinkiyari, 14000 ft., 9.6.1899, Duthie s.n. (K).
Distribution: Pakistan (Chitral-Kashmir), India, Nepal.
An Irano-Turanian element extending up to Nepal.
D. Don (1836) based his Ericala mawginata D.Don on Royle’s specimen. Wh ile G. Don (1837) inadvertantly also described Ericala marginata and cited several syntypes from Nipaul, Kumaon, Silhat, & C. He did not refer Royle’s specimen, the type of Ericala marginata D. Don, which apparently he did not see.
