14 Ericeae. Gentianeae. 



M. Hypopitjs Wallr. Sc/ted. 1. 193. Roth. Enum. 1. 

 2. 210. Reichenb. Jc. f. 674. 



M. hypopitys {I hirsuta Roth. Germ. 2. 462. 



M. enropaea JSutt. Gen. 1. 271. 



In umbrosis sylvarum passim. (Thiergar- 

 ten, Grunewald, Jung-fernheidc, Tef^^el, Papen- 

 herg-e, Treptow, Copnicker Heide.) Floret Ju- 

 nio, Julio. 2|. 



Tota planta dceolor, pallida, stigmate solo mellei co- 

 loris. Caulis simplex, squamis sparsis integ-ris iutegerri- 

 mis scmiamplexicaulibus dense obsitus, apicc raccmoso- 

 multiflorus; pars subterranea (radix auct.) superterrenae 

 simillima, pcr extrcmitatcm subfusiformcm obtusam, fibris 

 plane destitutam insidens radiculis arborum. Racemus 

 nubilis nutans, fructifcr erectus. 



Inter varictatcs u et p multae rcperiuntur formae in- 

 termediae. Koch. 



GENTIAjNEAE Jiiss., Gricscb. 

 Calyx 5-, raiius 4 — 12-divisus, persistens; prae^ 

 floratio valvata, rarius contorta. Corolla monope- 

 tala, liypogyna, liuiboS-, rarius 4 — 12-fida, plcrum- 

 que regularis, raarcescens, rarius decidua; praeflora- 

 tio dextrorsura contorta, raro induplicata. Stamina 

 tot quot laciniae, cura his alternantia, epipetala. An- 

 therae biloculares, rima duplici inlrorsa vel laterali, 

 rarissimc extrorsa, in quibusdam poro dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium liberum, uni- vel biloculare, niulti-, raro 

 pauciovulatum. Styli duo, continui, plcrumque ma- 

 gis minusve connati, mox nulli. Stigmata varla. 

 Discus plcrumque nullus. Fructus capsularis, raris- 

 sime baccatus, uni- vcl bilocularis, poly* , raro oli- 

 gospcrmus, septicido-bivalvis. Semina parva, in pe- 

 ricarpiis unilocularibus marginibus introflexis valva- 

 rum vtl carum parieti intcrnae, in bilocularibus pla- 



