GENTIANEJE. XXXVII. EnyTHRZA. 
oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved ; flowers subsecund ; calyxes and 
bracteas abcut equal in length to the tube of the corolla. 
©. H. Native of Italy, Greece, and France, in humid places. 
Gentiàna spicata, Lin. spec. p. 333.  Chirónia spicata, Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1069.— Barrel. icon. t. 1242. Flowers alternate, 
Tee: segments of corolla ovate-lanceolate. Corollas red or 
pink. 
Var. B, flóre-álbo; flowers white. Matth. comm. p. 488. f. 2. 
C. Bauh. prod. 130. 
Spike-flowered Lesser Centaury. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 
Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
10 E. ALOPECUROÌDES ; stems somewhat tetragonal, dicho- 
tomously branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-nerved ; lower 
ones spatulate: upper ones narrower, acute; flowers sessile, 
secund, crowded, subspicate; corolla funnel-shaped, with an 
acute, spreading-limb. ©. H. Native country unknown. 
Gentiàna alopecuroides, Lam. dict. 2. p. 643. Calyx angular 
at the base, with linear-subulate, erect segments, length of tube 
of the corolla. Very like E. spicata. 
Fox-tail-like Lesser Centaury. PI. 4 foot. 
11 E. AvsTRA'Lrs (R. Br. prod. p. 451.) leaves oval-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, 3-nerved ; flowers subsecund, almost sessile ; su- 
perior bracteas shorter than the calyx. ©.H. Native of Van 
Diemen's Land. Very nearly allied to Æ. spicata. 
Southern Lesser Centaury. PI. 4 foot. 
12 E. vrrerwOsA (Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 3. t. 258.) 
stem simple, tetragonal, compressed, dichotomously corymbose 
at top, scabrous from pubescence, as well as the leaves and 
calyxes ; leaves 3-nerved ; radical ones obovate-spatulate : 
cauline ones linear, acute ; calyx length of the tube of the co- 
rola. (5. H. Native of Pannonia, and several other parts of 
the south of Europe, in humid meadows. E. paludósa, Schrad. 
E. compressa, Hayne. E. angustifolia, Wallr. ^ Hippocen- 
taüria uliginósa, Schultes, cestr. fl. 1. p. 889. Stem simple and 
branched. Calyx sometimes shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
The roughness all over the plant from short hairs is perfectly 
manifest under a microscope. 
Bog Lesser Centaury. Fl. Ju. July. Pl. } to 1 foot. 
§ 2. Flowers pedicellate. 
13 E. EMARGINATA (Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 3. t. 275.) 
stem tetragonal, dichotomous at top ; angles diaphanous; leaves 
oblong-ovate, obsoletely 5-nerved ; flowers pedicellate; seg- 
ments of corolla oblong, emarginate at the apex. (9. H. Na- 
tive of Pannonia, about Pesth. Hippocentaúria emarginata, 
Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 390. Leaves shorter than the 
internodes, with diaphanous edges. Calycine segments subu- 
late. Corolla with a white or pale purple limb. 
Emarginate-petalled Lesser Centaury. Fl. Pl. 4 foot. 
14 E. purcne’txa (Fries, nov. fl. suec. p. 30.) dwarf, much 
branched; branches tetragonal; leaves short, ovate or oval, 
3-nerved: cauline ones equal in length to the internodes; 
flowers in loose panicles, destitute of scales at the base ; 
calyx nearly as long as the tube of the corolla; style simple. 
©.H. Native throughout Europe, in the sand by the sea- 
side, and in moist meadows ; as well as of Caucasus. In 
Britain, on the sandy sea-coast of England and Scotland. 
E. ramosíssima, Pers. ench. 1. p. 283. E. palástris, Schrad. 
new journ. 4. p. 78. E. pulchélla a and f inapérta, Link et 
Hoffmans. fl. port. 1. p. 253.  Chirónia pulchélla, Smith, fl. 
brit. 258. engl. bot. t. 458.  Chirónia pulchélla 8, D. C. fl. fr. 
no. 2781. Gentiana ramosissima, Vill. delph. 2. p. 530. Chi- 
ronia Gerardi, Schmidt, fl. bohem. 2. no. 131.  Chirdnium 
centaürium of many authors. Gentiana Centaürium f, 
Lin. spec. p. 333.  Chirónia Centaüárium f, Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1068. — Chirónia inapérta of many authors. — Hippocentaüria 
pulchélla, Schultes, cestr. fl. ed. 2d. 1. p. 389.— Vaill. bot. par. 
205 
32. t. 6. f. 1. Corollas slender, rose-coloured. From the 
flowers closing at 11 o'clock in the evening, it has been con- 
fused with Chirónia inapérta, or E'xacum pusillum. 
Var. B; stem simple, few-flowered. ©. H. Native along 
with the species. Chirdnia pulchélla, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1067. 
Gentiàna pulchélla, Swartz, act. holm. 1783. p. 84. t. 3. f. 8-9. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 1067. Erythre‘a pümila, Dietr. gart. Jex. 
suppl. 2. p. 249.?  Gentiàna palüstris, Lam. ill. no. 2221. 
Chirónia pulchélla y, D. C. 1. e. Flowers rose coloured. 
i Neat Lesser Centaury. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Pl. 4 to 
2 foot. 
? 15 E. TENvIFLORA (Link et Hoffmans. fl. port. 1. p. 351.) 
stem erect, dichotomously branched at top, tetragonal; leaves 
oblong and lanceolate, 3-nerved, acute; tube of corolla much 
longer than the calyx; segments of corola very narrow, 
acute. ©. H. Native of Portugal, on the sea-shore, near 
Acosta, Gentiàna ramosíssima, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 279. Flowers 
in the forks hardly pedicellate. Calycine segments linear, 
unequal. Corolla with a red limb, and whitish, filiform tube. 
Slender-flowered Lesser Centaury. PI. 3 foot. 
16 E. pyrena‘ica (Pers. ench. 1. p. 285.) leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, erect ; segments of corolla lanceolate. (2. H. Native 
of the Pyrenees. Said by D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2781, to be a 
variety of E. pulchélla. 
Pyrenean Lesser Centaury. | Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
17 E. LiNARUEFÓLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 283.) stem simple or 
branched; leaves linear, obtuse, usually sub-one-nerved ; corolla 
funnel-shaped ; calyx shorter than the tube; style very long, 
simple; flowers sub-corymbose. ¢. H. Native of the south 
of Europe, on the banks of the Durance, near Avignon. D.C. 
fl. fr. suppl. no. 2781,a. Lois, not, 155. E. linearifolia, Dietr. 
gart. lex. suppl. 2. p. 248.  Gentiàna linarizefolia, Lam. dict. 2. 
p. 641.— Bocc. mus. 2. t. 43.— Barrel. icon. 423. Nearly 
allied to Æ. pulchélla. Corolla purplish or rose-coloured. Ca- 
lycine segments linear. 
Toad-flax-leaved Lesser Centaury. Pl. 1 foot. 
18 E. occinzNTA'Lis (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 171.) 
stem branched from the base: branches short; leaves ovate or 
oblong; flowers longer than the branches; segments of calyx 
acute. ©. H. Native on the sea-shore, about Bayonne. 
Chirónia occidentalis, D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2782. Gentiana 
marítima, Thore, chlor. land. p. 94. Habit of Æ. pulchélla, but 
dwarfer. Corollas yellow. 
Western Lesser Centaury. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
19 E. maritima (Pers. ench. 1. p. 283.) stem branched at 
top, dichotomous, corymbose, tetragonal; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, 3-nerved; flowers pedicellate ; segments of corolla ovate- 
bluntish ; calyx length of the tube of the corolla; style 
bipartite. ©. H. Native of Italy, France, Greece, and 
Spain, by the sea-side. Chirdnia maritima, Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 1069, exclusive of the syn. Barrel. icon. t. 468. Smith, 
fl. graec. t. 237. Chirdnia maritima angustifolia, D. C. fl. 
fr. no. 2782. suppl. p. 428.  Gentiàna marítima, Lin. mant. 
p. 55. Lam. dict. 2. p. 642. Cav. icon. 3. p. 49. t. 296. 
f. 1. —Bocc. mus. 2. p. 83. t. 76.— Barrel. icon. t. 467, not 469. 
—Column. ecphr. 78. t. 77. Calycine segments linear. Very 
like E. Centáurium, but differs in the flowers being pedicellate 
and yellow. It differs from E. làtea, in the flowers being twice 
the size, in the segments being lanceolate-linear, acuminated. 
Var. B; Tingitana (Schousb. mar. p. 85.) stem a little com- 
pressed; leaves 3-nerved. ©. H. Native of Tangiers, by the 
sea-side. 
Sea-side Lesser Centaury. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1777. Pl. 
1 to 1 foot. 
20 E. Meye'rs (Bunge, in Led. fl. alt. ill. t. 159. fl. alt. 1. p. 
220.) stems erect, 2-edged, dichotomous at top; leaves ovate- 
oblong, somewhat 3-nerved; flowers bractless; peduncles about 
