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3 L. ata‘rus (Mart. l. c. p. 95. t. 174.) stem tetragonal; 
with the angles a little winged; leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, 
marginate ; flowers racemose ; calycine segments ovate-roundish ; 
corolla from a slender tube to ventricose : with ovate segments. ` 
4Y. S. Native of Brazil, in alpine pastures, near Villa Rica, 
Sabara, and on the range of mountains called Serra de St. An- 
tonio, in the mine provinces. L. speciosus, Schlecht, in Linnaea, 
l.p. 198. Racemes sometimes simple, and sometimes crowded, 
coarctate. Flowers drooping. Corolla 14 to 2 inches long, 
pale violet. 
Winged-stemmed Lisianthus. PI]. 13 to 2 feet. 
4 L. ampzissimus (Mart. l. c. p. 96. t. 175.) stem tetragonal ; 
having the angles a little winged ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, a 
little margined; flowers racemose; calycine segments ovate; 
corollas very large, campanulate, with ovate-orbicular segments. 
1. S. Native of Brazil, in alpine pastures, near Villa Rica, 
Villa do Principe, and elsewhere, in the mine provinces. Ra- 
cemes twin, 2-flowered, with a flower in the fork. Corolla 
large, purple or blue. The roots are very bitter, and are used 
in decoction as a febrifuge, like those of L. péndulus, by the 
inhabitants of the mine provinces of Brazil. 
Very large-flowered Lisianthus. PI. 2 feet. 
5 L. caRUuLE'scENs (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 207. t. 82. Mart. 1. 
c. p. 100. t. 178. f. 2.) stem tetragonal, leafless a long 
way at the top: leaves narrow-lanceolate: lower ones ovate, 
acute, few ; flowers bifidly racemose or solitary, drooping ; 
calycine segments ovate, acute; corolla funnel-shaped; with a 
short, gibbous tube: and ovate, acute, erectish segments. ©. 
S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, in moist fields ; 
and of Guiana, in humid meadows. Leaves small. Corolla 
small, blue, a nail in length. 
Bluish-flowered Lisianthus. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
6 L. rRaATE' sis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 180.) 
stem simple, tetragonal; anglesa little winged ; leaves linear, 
obtuse, sessile, remote; flowers few, terminal; calycine seg- 
ments ovate, obtuse; corolla funnel-shaped, with ovate, acute 
segments. (2. S. Native of grassy places, near Esmeraldo, on 
the Orinoco. Flowers unequally pedicellate. Corolla blue. 
Nearly allied to L. ccruléscens, Aubl. 
Meadow Lisianthus. Fl. May. Pl. 1 to 13 foot. 
7 L. euRPURA'scENS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 205. t. 81.) stem 
branched, obsoletely tetragonal; leaves sessile, ovate, acumi- 
nated ; racemes terminal, dichotomous, on long peduncles ; 
calycine segments roundish, obtuse ; corolla campanulately fun- 
nel-shaped: with roundish-ovate, acutish segments. ©. S. 
Native of the Missions of the Orinoco, in inundated places, between 
St. Fernando de Atabapo, and the falls of Maypure ; and of Guiana. 
Lam. ill. t. 107. f. 2. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 182. Flowers solitary, remote, secund, at length drooping. 
Corolla purplish, 9 lines long. Stamens equal to the corolla in 
length, or a little exserted. Leaves reticulately veined. 
Purplish-flowered Lisianthus. Fl. May. Pl. 1 foot. 
& 2. Flowers scarlet. 
8 L. rurcure RRiMUS (Mart. l. c. p. 97. t. 176.) stem sub- 
tetragonal, finely winged; leaves sessile, ovate, acuminated ; 
or broad-elliptic, revolute, with membranous margins; pani- 
cles terminal, dichotomous; calycine segments ovate, acute; 
corollas large, campanulately funnel-shaped, from a slender tube. 
3.G. Native of Brazil, in the mine provinces, especially near 
Villa Rica, Sabura, Tepanhoa, Villa do Principe, Tejuco, &c. 
Corolla large, nearly 3 inches long, scarlet. Peduncles twin, 
dichotomous; with a flower in each fork, 
Very fair Lisianthus. Pl. 3 feet. 
9 L. x'LEcAws (Mart. l. c. p. 98. t. 177.) stem sub-tetragonal ; 
leaves sessile, ovate, short-acuminated, with sub-revolute edges; 
racemes on long peduncles; flowers drooping; calycine seg- 
GENTIANEZE. XXXIX. LisiaNTHUS. 
ments ovate, acute; corolla funnel-shaped, from an elongated 
tube: with ovate-acute segments. Y%.G. Native of Brazil, in 
the mine provinces, in alpine pastures, especially near Villa Rica, 
Pires, Villa do Principe, and on mount Itambe, &c. Peduncles 
2-8-flowered. Corolla 14 inch long, fine scarlet. 
Var. a, robásta (Mart. l. c.) stem 2-3-feet, branched, leafy ; 
flowers large, red, more remote. 
Var. B, simplex (Mart. 1. c.) stem almost simple, leafy at 
bottom, and elongated at top into an almost 1-flowered pedicel ; 
flowers smaller.—Lis. pedunculàtus, Schlecht, in Linnea, 1. p. 
199. 
Elegant Lisianthus. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
10 L. AwcusrirüLIUs (Mart. l.c. p. 99. t. 178. f. 1.) stem 
tetragonal ; angles slightly winged ; leaves sessile, narrow- 
linear-lanceolate, acute, with revolute edges; flowers drooping, 
usually solitary; calycine segments ovate, short-acuminated ; 
corolla funnel-shaped, with a slender tube, and narrow, ovate, 
acute, erectish segments. ©. S. Native of Brazil, in the mine 
provinces, in elevated fields, near St. Domingo, &c. Corolla 
fine scarlet, an inch and more long. 
Narrow-leaved Lisianthus. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
§ 3. Flowers yellow, or greenish yellow, or altogether green. 
11 L. iwrLA TUS (Mart. l. c. p. 94. t. 173.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, on short petioles; stems terete; racemes termi- 
nal, few-flowered, sub-secund, drooping ; calycine segments 
ovate, obtuse, apiculated ; corolla with a narrow base, and a 
ventricosely campanulate top : with ovate, obtuse, spreading 
segments. ©. S. Native of Brazil, in subalpine fields, near 
Villa Rica, Sabura, and elsewhere, in the mine provinces. 
Racemes twin, 2-4-flowered, with or without a flower in the 
fork. Flowers pendulous. Corolla more than an inch long, 
pale greenish. 
Inflated-flowered Lisianthus. 
feet. 
12 L. Kv'wrunu; stem branched, terete; leaves lanceolate- 
linear, nearly sessile; racemes terminal, simple; calycine seg- 
ments roundish, obtuse, concave; corolla funnel-shaped : with 
ovate, acute segments. ©. S. Native of grassy places, at the 
foot of mount Duida, near Esmeralda, in the missions of the 
Orinoco. L. angustifolius, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 181. Leaves l-nerved, obsoletely veined. Flowers solitary, 
or twin, secund, lower ones remote. Calyx quadrifid. ? Co- 
rolla green. 
Kunth’s Lisianthus. Fl. May. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
13 L. »íripus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 181.) 
stem simple, obsoletely tetragonal; leaves nearly sessile, lanceo- 
late, acute; racemes terminal, bifid ; calycine segments roundish- 
elliptic, obtuse; corolla funnel-shaped : with ovate-obtuse seg- 
ments, ©. S. Native of New Granada, near the mine of 
Santanna. L. racemósus, Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 788. Leaves remote. Flowers solitary, secund. 
Corollas green. Stamens exserted. 
DBifid-racemed Lisianthus. Fl. June. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
14 L. macroruy’txa (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
4. p. 788. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 183.) shrubby; 
branches tetragonal; leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles ; co- 
rymbs terminal, paniculately disposed; calycine segments 
roundish ; corolla funnel-shaped: with ovate, obtuse segments. 
L.S. Native of New Granada, on the declivity of Panama de 
Almaguer, between Pansitara and the river Ruiz. Stem arti- 
culated, rather hairy, having 2 of the sides convex, and the other 
2 furrowed, Floriferous branches sub-fastigiate. Leaves reti- 
culately veined; having the nerves and veins hairy on the under 
side. Corollas yellow. Leaves 7-8 inches long. 
Long-leaved Lisianthus. Fl. Nov. Shrub 6 feet. 
15 L. rriripus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 182.) 
Fl. Feb. March. Pl. 2 to 21 
