194 
Var. £, guitàta (Sims, bot. mag. 1101. Pall. ross. 2. p. 211.) 
stems decumbent; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; segments of 
corolla dotted inside. 
Var. »; corollas 4-cleft, with bluntish segments ; accessory 
ones subdenticulated; leaves linear. %. H. 
Var. Š, ascéndens (Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 115. exclusive of the 
synonymes), corollas 5-cleft, 5-toothed, sessile; leaves connate ; 
linear-lanceolate; radical ones fasciculate. ^21. H. Native of 
Bohemia. 
Common Calathian violet. 
1 to 1 foot. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. Britain. Pl. 
$ 2. Anthers free, incumbent or erect. The greater number of 
the species contained in this section mill be found probably to 
agree better mith the genus Ericála than with Pneumonánthe. 
3 P. BICUSPIDA`TA; stems numerous, procumbent, terete, 
leafy, 1-flowered; leaves sessile, linear, obtuse ; calycine seg- 
ments linear, lanceolate, mucronulate ; corolla turbinately 
campanulate, 10-cleft; the 5 accessory segments small, bicus- 
pidate, and the other 5 roundish, mucronate. X. H. Native 
of Mexico. Gentiàna assürgens. Sesse, and Mocino. Habit of 
P. vulgaris. Stem purplish, 1-3 flowered. Lower leaves 
narrow-spatulate. Corolla blue. Filaments dilated. Anthers 
oblong, incumbent ; cells loose at the base. Ovarium fusiform 
Style very short ; stigmas semi-cylindrical, minutely papillose. 
Bicuspidate-flowered Calathian violet. Pl. procumbent. 
4 P. Micnav xir; stems terete ; leaves linear-lanceolate, blunt- 
ish ; terminal flowers in fascicles, axillary ones solitary, pedun- 
culate ; corolla campanulate, with roundish segments, the acces- 
sory ones small, and acutely unidentate. 2. H. Native from 
Canada to Pennsylvania, on high mountains, near the borders of 
lakes and rivulets. Gentiana Pneumonánthe, Michx. fl. bor. 
amer. 1. p. 176. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 185. Gent. 
pseüdo-pneumonánthe, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 146. 
Flowers large, dark blue. 
`  Michaux’s Calathian violet. 
4 foot. 
5 P. onNA TA; root composed of thick fleshy branches ; 
stems terete, simple, numerous, ascending, 1-flowered ; leaves 
lanceolate, obtuse, short, crowded, coriaceous; flowers solitary, 
sessile; calyx tubular, 5-cleft: segments obtuse, much like the 
leaves, with wide recesses; corolla funnel-shaped, with short, 
triangular, acute segments, having as many small ones between 
the larger ones. X. H. Native of Nipaul, at Gosainsthan. 
Gentiàna ornàta, Wall. cat. no. 4386.  Corollas blue. Plant 
with the habit of Pneumonánthe vulgàris. 
Decked Calathian violet, Pl. } foot. 
6 P. rmirLÓóRA (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 10. no. 15.) 
stem terete; leaves linear, obtuse: floral ones alternate, drawn 
out; flowers terminal, sessile, usually by threes; corolla cam- 
panulate, 10-cleft ; the real segments sub-cordate, obtuse, slightly 
serrulated : the accessary ones small. 2t. H. Native of eastern 
Siberia, in alpine meadows beyond the Baical. Gentiàna triflóra, 
Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 105. t. 93. f. 1.. Froel. gent. p. 38. no. 12. 
Dasystéphana triflóra, Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 26. Superior 
leaves nearly 3 inches long. Calyx subspathaceous, unequally 
5-cleft ; segments linear, acute. Corollas pale blue. 
Three-flowered Calathian violet. FI. June, July. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
7 P. AnscENpENs (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. l. c.) stems 
procumbent, tetragonal ; leaves linear; radical ones elongated, 
3-nerved ; terminal flowers usually by threes, sessile ; axillary ones 
solitary, lower of these pedicellate ; calyx cleft on one side, 
and 3-5-toothed on the other ; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft, with 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. Pl. 
Clt. 1807. 
GENTIANEZ. XIV. PNEUMONANTHE. 
broad acute segments: the 5 accessory ones very small and obtuse; 
stigmas acute. 3. H. Native of Siberia, in dry, grassy, 
mountainous places. Gentiàna decümbens, Lin. suppl. 174. 
Pall. ross. 2. p. 106. t. 94. Sims, bot. mag. t. 705. Froel. 
gent. p. 43. no. 14. Gent. Pneumonánthe, Gmel. sib. 4. p. 103. 
t. 51. f. A. exclusive of the synonymes. Dasystéphana adscén- 
dens, Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 26. Radical leaves longer 
than the plant; ex Lin. Corollas large, blue. According to the 
figure in Bot. mag. the flowers are all pedunculate. 
Var. a, Pallasii (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 281.) radical leaves nar- 
rower, shorter; stems ascending; calyx 5-toothed, foliaceous. 
Var. B, Gebléri (Ledeb. l. c.) radical leaves broader, longer ; 
stem erect; calyx spathaceous, nearly entire. X. H. Gen- 
tiàna Gebléri, Led. act. soc. nat. mosc. 7. consp. gen. gent. nos. 
9-10. 
Var. y, adscéndens; stems simple, decumbent. %. H. 
Native of Siberia, Gentiàna adscéndens, Sims, bot. mag. t. 723. 
Flowers blue. 
Ascending-stemmed Calathian-violet. 
Pl. decumbent. 
8 P. rnícipA (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 10. no. 11. t. 2. 
f. 2. Towns. trav. t. 13.) stems simple, tetragonal; leaves 
linear-oblong, obtuse, nerveless; flowers terminal, twin or tern, 
sessile; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, with linear-lanceolate, acutish 
segments ; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft; with lanceolate-ovate, 
acute segments, which are rounded on one side; the accessory 
segments small and crenulated ? stigma orbicularly-capitate. 
^t. H. Native of Styria, on the Alps, and the Carpathian 
mountains. Gentiàna frígida, Henke in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 13. 
Wulf. in Roem. arch. 3. p. 341. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1337. Freel. 
gent. p. 39. no. 13. with a figure. Wahl. carp. p. 72.  Tratt. 
fl. austr. fasc. 7. t. 1. Radical leaves crowded. Corolla white, 
marked with fuscescent dots and stripes, or bluish. Stamens 
blue. 
Frigid Calathian violet. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
9 P. a’terpa (Schmidt, in Roem.arch. 1. p. 10.) stems obsoletely 
tetragonal, or nearly terete; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; 
flowers terminal and lateral, pedicellate ; calyx tubular, with 
linear segments; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft, with trigonal 
segments; the accessory ones small and serrated. 2%. 
Native of eastern Siberia, at the Jenessee, and the Baical, 
&c. as well as of the islands of Kamtschatka, and St. Lawrence, 
in humid places on the tops of mountains. Gentiàna álgida, Pall. 
fl. ross. 2. p. 107. t. 95. Gent. frigida B, Freel. gent. p. 39. 
no. 13. Dasystéphana álgida, Borkh. in Roem. arch. p. 26. 
Gent. punctàta var. Pall. itin. 3. append. p. 724. no. 82. t. L. 
f. 2. which is Gent. punctàta 8, Gmel. syst. 5. p. 460. Gent. 
Romanzóvii Led. in act. sol. mosc. 7 consp. gent. 1812.—Gmel. 
sib. 4. p. 106. no. 75. Calyx purplish, membranous, cleft on one 
side, tetragonal, with unequal segments. Corolla large, milk 
coloured, marked with bluish dots and stripes, and the limb of a 
livid blue colour. This is said to be the same as Gentiàna 
frigida, by Cham. in Linnea, 1. p. 174. 
Var. B, dwarfer; corolla yellow, marked with blue spots. 
Y.H. Freel. gent. p. 39. 
Algid Calathian violet. Pl. i 
to 1 foot. 
10 P. E'LrpA; stems ascending, tetragonal; leaves lanceo- 
late, 3-nerved; flowers axillary and terminal, aggregate : corolla 
campanulate, with bluntish segments; the 5 accessory ones short, 
and jagged. %. H. Native of Caucasus, particularly on moun- 
tains above Gandcha. Gentiana gélida, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 196. 
suppl. p. 188. Gent. alpina, Adams, Hoffm. hort. mosc. 1808. 
no. 1487. Habit of G. frigida, or P. septémfida. Flowers size 
of those of G. frigida; cream-colour, or bluish. 
Fl. July. Clt. 1799. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1808. 
