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purple spotted with black, leaves ovate-lanceolate; alpine 
pastures, frequent. G. punctata, L.; calyx-teeth equal, 
erect, corolla yellow with dark purple spots, 6-cleft for 
+ the length of the tube; alpine pastures, frequent. G. | 
Cruciata, L.; corolla yellow, 4-cleft, leaves very large 
and thick, elliptic-lanceolate, decussate, with three very 
prominent ribs; damp pastures, common. G. Bursert, 
Lap. (dz/oba, DC.); resembling punctata, but corolla 
obconical-campanulate, anthers connate into a tube; 
Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 
B. Flowers small, blue or violet ; corolla 4-cleft, throat 
bearded :—G. czlzata, L.; flowers solitary, corolla azure- 
blue with greenish tube; moist rocky places, frequent. 
G. tenella, Rottb. (glactalis, Thom.); flowers on long 
stalks, corolla divided almost to the base, violet or white, 
stem I-4 in., only slightly branched ; very high, frequent. 
G. campestris, L.; calyx-teeth very unequal, the two outer 
lobes 3—4-times as broad as the inner ones, flowers lilac; 
sub-alpine pastures, common. 
C. Resembling the last, but corolla usually 5-cleft :— 
G. Amarella, L.; stem 3-6 in., usually much branched, 
calyx-lobes nearly equal, flowers violet or white; pas- 
tures. G. germanica, Willd.; resembling the last, but 
larger and stouter, calyx-lobes more unequal; pastures, 
common. G. obtusifolia, Hoppe; stem erect, 3-12 in., 
calyx-teeth equal, linear-lanceolate, corolla violet, with 
a long tube, leaves 3-nerved, stem-leaves spathulate; 
pastures. G. nana, Wulf.; very dwarf, stem 1-14 in., 
‘flowers small, solitary, violet with a white fringe, calyx 
inflated, divided almost to the base, stem-leaves few, very 
small, elliptic; very high, rare; Tirol, Carniola, Carinthia, 
Salzburg. 
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