GENTIANEZ. 349 
Fioripa and Texas to Cairornia.—Norta Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter, 946), 
Monterey (Eaton & Edwards; Gregg, 213); Sour Mexico, Tehuantepec (Andrieua, 
227), Santa Barbara (Hartweg), Jalapa (Galeotti); Panama, island off the coast of 
Veraguas (Sinclair).—VenEzvuELA; West Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2. Kustoma russellianum, Griesb. in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 51. 
Lisianthus russellianus, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 8626. 
Lisianthus glaucifolius, Nutt., non Jacq. 
Urananthus russellianus, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 46. 
NEBRASKA to Trexas.—NortH Mexico, Monterey (Berlandier), Sonora (Thurber). 
Hb. Kew. 
The authorities for the names have been very much confused by Grisebach and other 
authors. 
9. LISIANTHUS. 
Lisianthus, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 201; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 813. 
Herbs or rarely shrubs. From fifty to sixty species, inhabiting Tropical America, 
chiefly Brazil, Guiana, and Colombia. 
1. Lisianthus crassicaulis, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 1, p. 374; 
Walp. Rep. vi. p. 503. 
Soura Mexico, Chinantla, Oaxaca, 5000 feet (Galeotti, 7176). 
2. Lisianthus cerstedii, Griseb. in Vidensk. Meddel. 1853, p. 54. 
Nicaragua, Segovia (rsted). 
8. Lisianthus tetragonus, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 68. 
Lisianthus acutangulus, Ruiz et Pav., ex Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4324. 
South Mexico, Talea (Hartweg); GuatemaLa, without locality (Skinner), Alta Vera 
Paz, 3500 feet (Tiirckheim, 360). Hb. Kew. 
10. GENTIANA. 
Gentiana, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 322; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 815. 
Herbs. About 180 species, widely dispersed in the temperate, arctic, and mountain 
regions of the northern hemisphere, and extending southward in America through the 
Andes, where they are numerous, to the extreme south; a few occur in New Zealand, 
whereof one recurs in ‘Tasmania and Victorig. ‘The Mexican species require revision. 
1. Gentiana adsurgens, Cervantes; Griseb. Gentian. p. 286; DC. Prodr. ix. 
p- 1138. 
Pneumonanthe bicuspidata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. p. 194? 
Mexico (Cervantes), Real del Monte (Hartweg)t Hb. Kew. 
