GENTIANEZE. X. Corantua. 
lanceolate. Flowers from 3-8 together, terminal; and the axil- 
lary ones usually solitary. Calyx spathaceous, with 2-3 unequal 
teeth at the apex. Corolla coriaceous, purplish, marked with 
dots in lines inside; tube striated, with greenish yellow; limb 
6-cleft ; segments sub-ovate, obtuse. Capsule fusiform. 
Var. B; corollas rose-coloured. 
Var. y ; corollas without dots. 
Var. 6; corollas white. 
Purple Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
2 C. Pannénica; radical leaves ovate, apiculated; having 
the petioles sheathing at the base: cauline ones ovate, lanceo- 
late: floral ones acuminated: all 5-nerved; calyx 6-7-cleft; 
corolla 6-7-cleft; stamens 6-7. 2%. H. Native of the 
alps of middle Europe, and Savoy, but not of the Pyrenees. 
Gentiàna Pannónica, Scop. carn. 2. no. 29. Lin. spec. 1. p. 63. 
exclusive of the synonymes. Lin. syst. ed. Mur. p. 265. 
Jacq. fl. austr. 2. t. 136. Tratt. fl. aust. fasc. 1. t. 9. Schrank, 
bav. 1. no. 424. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. Freel. gen. no. 
21. Gentiana punctàta, Jacq. obs. 2. p. 17. t. 399. Pneumo- 
nánthe Pannónica, Schmidt, boh. 2. no. 112.— Barrel; icon. t. 64. 
Stems purplish. Flowers verticillate, axillary, and terminal. 
Corolla rather membranous, purple, beset with dots; with a 
yellowish tube; segments ovate, obtuse. Capsule fusiform. 
Bracteas ovate, acuminated. 
Var. B ; stem humble; whorls solitary, few-flowered. 
Var, y; corolla white. 
Var. ò; stems tall; leaves long, acuminated. 
Pannonian Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
3 C. sitosa; flowers verticillate; corollas usually 6-cleft ; 
calyx membranous, 2-lobed ; lobes obtuse, entire, equal, 2t. H. 
Native of France, on mountains, in the province of Clarion. 
Gentiana biloba, D. C. syn. fl. gall. p. 244. no. 266. fl. fr. 2. 
p. 653. no. 2766. icon. fl. gall. t. 15. Gentiàna punctata, Wahl. 
carp. 1. p. 72. Nearly allied to C. punctata in the colour and 
size of the corolla, but differing in the floral leaves being twice 
longer than the flowers. Perhaps only a variety of C. pur- 
ürea. 
į Two-lobed-calyxed Coilantha. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 C. ruNcrA' TA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 27.) leaves 
ovate, acutish, 5-nerved: lower ones petiolate: superior ones 
acuminated, all coadunate at the base ; flowers verticillate ; calyx 
rather truncate, with 6-7 unequal lobes; corolla campanulate, 
usually 6-8-cleft, dotted. 2t. H. Native of the alps of middle 
Europe, as on the alps of Switzerland and Savoy. Gentiana 
punctata, Lin. spec. 637. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1333. Tratt. fl. 
austr. fasc. 3. t. 9. Jacq. austr. 5. t. 28. Gent. purpürea, 
Vill. dauph. 2. p. 523. Hall. hist. 638. Pneumonánthe punc- 
tàta, Schmidt, Roem. arch. 1. no. 4.— Gesn. in Schmidel, op. 2. 
p. 93. no. 92. b. t. 28. f. 92. b.—Mor. hist. t. 4. f. 2. Barrel. 
icon. 69. with a paler flower. Root brownish outside, white 
inside. Stem subtetragonal, green or purplish. Leaves pale 
green. Bracteas shorter than the flowers. Terminal flowers 
5 in a head : axillary ones solitary. Calyx with blueish angles, 
and lanceolate, obtuse, short segments. Corollas large, yellow, 
or sulphur-coloured, blueish before expansion, dotted with nu- 
merous irregular purple spots; limb 6-7-cleft. Stamens 6-7. 
Seeds imbricate, ‘winged. 
Dotted-flowered Coilantha. 
] to 2 feet. 
5 C. caMPANULA'TA ; leaves ovate, acutish, 5-nerved : lower 
ones usually 7-nerved; superior ones sessile, sheathing, acu- 
minated ; flowers verticillate, terminal, and axillary ; calyx 6-7- 
cleft, with blueish angles and unequal triangular segments ; 
corolla campanulate, 7-cleft; with obtuse, triangular, equal 
lobes, without dots. %.H. Native of Carinthia, Switzerland, 
VOL. Iv. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
Fl June, July. Clt. 1775. Pl. 
185 
&c., on the alps; and of the Pyrenees. Gentiàna campanulàta, 
Jacq. in Murr. syst. p. 267. austr. app. p: 43. t. 29. Tratt. fl. 
austr. fasc. 4. p. 1. Gentiàna campanuiàta immaculàta, Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 284. Gent. Burséri, var. a. D. C. fl. gall. no. 2763. 
a. Pneumonánthe campanulàta, Schmidt, l. c. Root fusiform, 
divided a little. Leaves pale green. Bracteas about the length 
of the flowers. Corolla large, sulphur-coloured. Stamens 7. 
Stigmas flat, obtuse. Seeds orbicular. 
Campanulate-flowered Coilantha. Fl]. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
6 C. Sessæ'r (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, simple, terete, pa- 
pillose ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, bractless ; calyx spathaceous, 5-toothed ; corolla 
campanulate, 10-cleft ; the alternate segments bicuspidate. f. 
F. Native of Mexico. Gentidna cærùlea, Moc. et Sesse, in 
herb. Lamb. Leaves scabrous, 8-5-nerved: lower ones ovate, 
obtuse: superior ones acuminated, deep green above. Calyx 
cleft on the inner side. Corolla blue; lobes roundish, mucro- 
nate. Filaments flattened; anthers oblong. Styles distinct. 
Stigmas revolute, papillose. Capsule pear-shaped. Seeds 
winged. 
Sesse’s Coilantha. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
7 C. Mocíuwi (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, simple, terete; 
leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved ; flowers axillary, on 
short pedicels, usually solitary ; calyx spathaceous, 5-toothed, 
bibracteate at the base; coroll campanulate, 10-cleft; the 
alternate segments bicuspidate. )/. F. Native of Mexico. 
Confused with G. cærùlea in Moc. et Sesse. in herb. Lamb. 
Leaves smooth, 2 inches long. Calyx cleft on the inner side. 
Bracteas linear-lanceolate, acute, much longer than the calyx, 
connate at the base. Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped. 
Filaments dilated at the base. Ovarium somewhat fusiform ; 
stigmas linear, obtuse, minutely papillose. 
Mocinno’s Coilantha. Pl. 1 foot. 
8 C. Burse‘r1; corollas usually 5-cleft, campanulate, dotted ; 
segments lanceolate, with a small accessory tooth between each ; 
calyx membranous, spathaceous. 2/. H. Native of the eastern 
and central Pyrenees, often with vars. B and y. Gentiana Bur- 
séri, Lapey. fl. pyr. p. 130. abr. p. 132. D.C. fl. fr. suppl. 
no. 2763. Said to be very nearly allied to C. punctata, but the 
corolla is always pale yellow, never purple. It has the leaves 
of C. lütea, and the flowers of C. punctdta or C. purpürea, and 
is probably a hybrid. Villars says, dauph. 2. p. 522. that the 
flowers are campanulate, verticillate, 6-cleft, acute, serrulated, 
dotted ; and the calyx spathaceous. 
Var. a; corollas dotted, bluntish. 2/. H. Native of the 
Pyrenees. Gentiàna Burséri 6, Lapeyr. l. c. 
Var. (3; corollas dotted, acutish. ^t. H. Native of Dau- 
phiny, Pyrenees, &c. Gentiàna Burséri y, D. C. l. c. Gent. 
punctàta, Vill. dauph. p. 520. Gent. hybrida, Vill. mem. pl. 
hybr. Rom. coll. 1. p. 189. Gent. punctàta, var. lutea, 
Tratt: fl. austr. fasc. 3. t. 10. ? 
Var. y, gigantéa (Lapeyr. abr. p. 8. pyr. suppl. p. 41.). 
U4. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 
Burser’s Coilantha. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2 feet. 
9 C. crav'ca (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 26.) stems terete ; 
leaves ovate-roundish, hardly nerved: rather fleshy: cauline 
ones 3-4 pairs, sessile; flowers 1-3, terminal, sessile; calycine 
segments unequal, blueish, subulate ; corolla campanulate, 5- 
cleft, with short, obtuse segments, 3 times longer than the calyx. 
4%. H. Native of Kamtschatka, on the tops of the alps, in 
humid places facing the north. Gentiana glauca, Pall. fl. ross. 
2. p. 104. t. 93. f. 2. Freel. gent. p. 56. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1340. Pneumonánthe glaüca, Schmidt, in Reem. arch. 1. p. 
10. no. 14. Stems simple. Radical leaves rosulate. Calyx 
campanulate. Corolla subventricose, blueish, but the tube pale. 
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