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D. Flowers usually bright blue (azure), corolla 5 -cleft, 

 campanulate, throat not bearded: — G.asclepiadea,!^.) stem 

 6-18 in., nearly simple, leafy, flowers large (iJ-2 in.), 

 axillary, upper leaves often in whorls ; woods and 

 thickets, frequent. G. Frdlichii, Jan.; stem simple, 1-4 

 in., flowers solitary, terminal, I in. long, light blue, leaves 

 lanceolate; high; Carniola, Carinthia. G.frigida, Hsenk. ; 

 stem 3-4 in., nearly simple, flowers yellowish-white 

 spotted with dark blue, solitary or in pairs, i-ij in. long, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate ; very high ; Styria. G. acaulis, 

 L. (PI. 84); stem iJ-2 in., flowers very large, 1J-2 in. 

 long, solitary, bright blue, calyx-teeth spreading, leaves 

 thick, lanceolate, blunt, soft ; alpine pastures, not un- 

 common. G. Clusii, P. and S. ; resembling the last, but 

 leaves stiff, coriaceous, acute, calyx-teeth erect and con- 

 nivent ; alpine pastures. G. excisa, Presl. (alpina, Vill.) ; 

 similar, but leaves softer and broader, flowers smaller and 

 paler; pastures; Alps, Jura, Pyrenees. G. Pnemnonanthe^ 

 L.; stem 1J-12 in., nearly simple, floweris large, bright 

 blue, \\-2 in. long, on short stalks, leaves linear or linear- 

 lanceolate ; marshes, not uncommon. 



E, Resembling the last section; but corolla rotate or 

 saucer- sh aped : — G. bavarica, L. (PI. 85); flowers azure, 

 J-f in., terminal and soHtary, stem 2-3 in., leaves small, 

 ovate or obovate, only a few distant pairs on the stem ; 

 moist, high, frequent. G. imbricata^ Frol. {tergloviensis, 

 Hacq.) ; flowers smaller, paler, leaves small, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, densely crowded ; very high ; Tirol, Carinthia, Carpa- 

 thians. G. puimla,]2iCC{.] stem 1-2 in., simple, flowers soli- 

 tary, bright blue, leaves linear-lanceolate, radical leaves in 

 dense tufts; Tirol, Carniola, Carinthia, Styria, Carpathians. 

 G. brachyphylla, L. ; flowers solitary, sessile, azure, leaves 



