190 
Beautiful Ericala. Pl. procumbent. 
10 E. AwGUsTIFOLIA ; stem terete, simple, 1-flowered ; leaves 
narrow-linear, spreading ; corolla campanulate, with 5 ovate acute 
segments, and as many accessory small jagged ones. Jy. H. 
Native from New Jersey to Carolina, in meadows and near 
rivers, in sandy soil. Gentiàna angustifolia, Michx. fl. amer. 
bor. 1. p. 177. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 186. Gentiàna 
purpurea, Walt. fl. car. p. 109.  Gentiàna porphyrio, Gmel. 
syst. p. 462. no. 37. Hippion Porphyrio, Schmidt. Calyx 5- 
cleft. Flowers large, azure blue, often 2 inches long. Capsule 
clavate, stipitate. Stigma bifid. Stems mostly simple, but 
sometimes 2-3-flowered. 
Narrow-leaved Ericala. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
11 E. QUADRIFA`‘RIA; stem a little branched; flowers ter- 
minal, solitary, almost sessile; leaves imbricating in 4 rows, 
ovate, with cartilaginous edges, terminated each by a bristle; 
corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft. 2/.? G. Native of Java, on 
the higher declivities of Mount Gede. Gentiana quadrifaria, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 847. Nearly allied to E. aquática and E. 
hümile. 
Quadrifarious-leaved Ericala. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
12 E. risEA' RIS; stem roughish; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
undulated, nerveless, ciliated, as well as the calyxes; flowers 
terminal, sessile, crowded; corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, with 
as many denticulated, accessory segments. 27. H. Native of 
Pennsylvania and Virginia, on the mountains ; and of the Ar- 
kansas. Gentiana linearis, Froel. gent. p. 37. no. 11. Pursh, 
fi. amer. sept. 1, p. 186. — Gentiàna pubérula, Michx. fl. bor. 
amer. 1. p. 176. Flowers large, blue. Segments of corolla blue. 
Linear-leaved Ericala. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1816. Pl. 4 foot. 
13 E. acu‘ra ; stems tetragonal, branched ; leaves sessile, half 
stem-clasping, erect, oblong-ovate, very acute; flowers disposed 
in terminal and lateral fascicles ; corolla 10-cleft: the 5 regular 
segments linear-lanceolate: and the 5 accessory ones small and 
ciliated. ©.? H. Native of Carolina and Canada, on high 
mountains. Gentiàna acuta, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 177. 
Pursh 1. p. 186. Fertile branches much shorter than the ste- 
rile ones. Flowers very small, greenish yellow, on very short 
branches. ‘ Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, and terminal, 
upon longish peduncles; calyx nearly divided to the base, 2 of 
the segments smaller than the others ; corolla campanulate, 4-5- 
cleft, greenish purple ; segments semi-ovate, acute ; orifice 
ciliated :” ex Nutt. gen. 1. p. 172. Perhaps a species of Eury- 
thalia, if Michaux’ plant and Nuttall's be the same. 
Acute-flowered Ericala. Pl. 3 foot. 
14 E. ve’rna (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 41.) stem branched 
at bottom ; branches 1-flowered ; leaves ovate, acutisb : radical 
ones spreading, crowded; corolla salver-shaped, 5-cleft, with 
as many small bifid, accessory segments. 2t. H. Native 
throughout Europe, on the alps and mountains, and in humid 
meadows, as of Switzerland, Savoy, Piedmont, Austria, Car- 
niola, &c. In England, in Teesdale Forest, Durham ; and be- 
tween Gort and Galloway,in Ireland. Gentiàna vérna, Lin. spec. p. 
331. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1342. exclusive of Gent. Bavárica, Pall. 
Smith, engl. bot. 493. Curt. bot. mag. 491. Lodd. bot. cab. 
t. 62. Tratt. fl. austr. 1. t. 2. Mordant Delanay. 1.t. 1. Gentiàna 
prostrata, Schleich. Hall. helv. no. 644. Gent. serràta a, Lam. fl. 
fr. 2. p. 294. Híppion vérnum, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 118. Roem. 
arch. 1. p. 16. t. 8. f. 9.—Morr. hist. t. 5. f. 18.—Ger. emac. 
436. f. 2. Gentianélla dáülcis, Gesn. in Schmidel. op. gesn. 2. 
p. 41. t. 22. f. 83. A. exclusive of Lin. name.—Barrel. icon. 
p. 98. t. 109. f. l. Stigma finely serrated, saucer-shaped. 
Root creeping, Angles of calyx undulated. Segments of co- 
rolla roundish, obtuse. Corollas azure blue; accessory seg- 
ments pale. Capsule fusiform, bursting when touched. 
Var. (3; stem hardly exceeding the corolla; segments of 
12 
GENTIANES. XIII. Enicara. 
corolla acutely serrated. —.2/. H. Native of the Noric alps, 
Carpathian mountains, as well as of Siberia, at the Baikal. Freel. 
gent. p. 65. Gentiana Bavarica, Jacq. obs. 3. p. 19. t. 71. 
Gent. vérna y, Lam. dict. 2. p. 639. Gmel. syst. 461. Scop. 
carn. l.p. 178.— Barrel. icon. 109. f. 2, Ericala, Renealm. 
spec. p. 75. t. 68. 
Var. y, elongata (Freel. gent. l. c.) stem elongated, filiform, 
nearly naked, 1-flowered ; calyx oblong, equal; radical leaves 
rosulate. 2%. H. Native of Austria. Gent. elongata, 
Henke, in Jacq. coll. p. 88. t. 17. f. 3. 
Var. à, brachyphylla (Freel. 1, c.) leaves lanceolate-roundish, 
very short. 24. H. Native of Dauphiny and Carinthia. Gen- 
tiàna brachyphylla, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 258. no. 12. Barrel. 
icon. t. 108. f. 2. 
Var. e, acutiflora (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 427.) segments of 
corolla acute. 2/. H. Native of France. 
Var. £, ternifolia ; cauline leaves 3 in a whorl. 
Far. n, álba ; corolla white. 
Var. 0, subacaális; plant almost without a stem. ©. H. 
Native of Switzerland. Gent. vérna f, Wahl. helv. p. 47. 
Gent. pümila, Sut. 
Var. 1, séxfidus; corolla 6-cleft; calyx ventricose, triden- 
tate. X. H. Híppion séxfidum, Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. 
p. 15. 
Spring Ericala. Fl. April, May. England. Pl. i foot. 
15 E. astriva; stems short, 1-flowered; leaves oval, all 
equal, crowded; calyx ventricose; corolla funnel-shaped, 10- 
cleft: having the accessory segments small, bifid, and acute ; 
stigma cup-shaped, deeply crenated. %4. H. Native of Bohe- 
mia, Austria, and Bavaria, on the mountains, in meadows. Gen- 
tiàna zestiva, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 156.  Híppion es- 
tivum, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 119. Roem. arch. 1. p. 16. t. 8. 
f. 8. Calyx more angular, and the stigma more deeply cre- 
nated than in Æ. vérna. 
Var. B, Terglovénsis (Hacq. pl. alp. no. 4. t. 2. f. 3.) stem- 
less; calyx short, pentagonal; accessory segments of corolla 
semibifid; stigma funnel-shaped, ciliated. %4. H. Native of 
Terglove, near the ice. 
Summer Ericala. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. i foot. 
16 E. Carpa’ruica; leaves obovate, all sessile: cauline ones 
remote; flowers sessile ; corolla 10-cleft, funnel-shaped ; acces- 
sory segments unknown. 2%. H. Native of the Carpathian 
mountains.  Gentiàna Carpathica, Kit. in Schultes, fl. austr. 
ed. 2. no. 1008. Said to be nearly allied to Æ. vérna. 
Carpathian Ericala. Pl. 1 foot. 
17 E. IMBRICA`TA; stems tufted, shorter than the flowers; 
flowers solitary ; leaves ovate, acute, imbricated, with scabrous 
edges; corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft: having the accessory 
segments bifid. 2f. H. Native of Switzerland and Carinthia, 
on the tops of the alps.  Gentiàna imbricata, Freel. gent. p. 74. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 1344. Gent. Bavárica, Lam. dict. 2. p. 640. 
—Cam. hort. t. 15. f. 2.— Barrel. icon. t. 101. f. 2. ex Cam. 
Schmidel, op. gesn. 2. p. 43. t. 22. f. 84. This species appears 
to be intermediate between E. Bavárica and E. prostrata, but 
is very distinct from both. The tufts are more dense; lower 
leaves roundish. Limb of corolla broader than in Æ. Bavárica, 
deep blue; with ovate-lanceolate acute segments : the accessory 
one pale blue and rather large. 
Imbricated-leaved Ericala. 
i foot. 
18 E. prostra'ta (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 41.) stem 
prostrate, filiform, leafy, about equal in length to the flower ; 
leaves obtuse, crowded ; corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft; the 
5 accessory segments small and bifid. 4%. H. Native of 
Salzburgh, on the tops of the alps, Carniola, Unalaschka, Beh- 
ring's Straits, Bay of St. Laurence, Aleutian Islands, &c. Gen- 
Fl. July, Aug. Clit. 1819. PI. 
