ERYTHRAEA 34I 



ERYTHRAEA, Eenealm, Spec. 77, ex Borck. in Koem. 



Arch. I, i. (1796) 28. 



Centaurion, Adans. Fam. ii. 502 (1763). Centaurium, Gilib. Fl. Litiian. 

 i. 35 (1781). 

 E. Centaurium, Pers. Syn. i. 283 (i8o5\ Lesser Centaury. 



Centaurium mnbellatum, Gilib. Fl. Lituan. 1. c. C. Erythraea, Rafn. 

 Danm. Fl. ii. 75 (1800). {Gentiana Centaurium, Linn. Sp. PI. 229 

 (1753) is E. ramosissima, teste Indice Kewensi.) Chironia Centaurium, 

 Schmidt, Fl. Bohem. ii. 31. Centaurium pajtum, Ger. Edi. 547. 



Top. Bot. 279. Syme, E. B. vi. 67, t. 909. Nyman, 501. Fl. Oxf. 196. 



Native. Pascual. Dry fields, chalk downs, heathy places, open 

 ridings in woods, railway banks, &c. Locally common, and a 

 variable species. A. or B. June-September. 



First record. Chironia Centaurium, Mr. Bicheno, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Carswell, Miss M. Niven. Buscot, Bellamy. Wytham. Pusey. 



Appleton. 



2. Ock. Marcham,lT^aZ/rer. Bagley. Boar's Hill. Tubney. Besilsleigh. 



3. Pang. Streatley, FampJin. Tilehurst. De la Bere. Pangbourn, 



Tufnail. Bradfield. Curridge. Ashridge Wood. Sulham. 

 Basildon. Frilsham. Hermitage. 



4. Kennet. Newbury Cat. 1839, ^ white-flowered form in Shaw 



Woods, Bicheno in Mavor's Agr. Berks. Wickham, Mrs. Batson. 

 West Ilsley. Catmore. Hodcott. Enborne. Newbury. Hunger- 

 ford. Kintbury. Ufton. Burghfield. Mortimer. Woodhay. 



5. Loddon. Near New Lock, Mill. White Knight's roadside, 



Reading, Baxter. Park Place. Warren Row. Crazey Hill, 

 especially fine in the brickyard where the white variety is also 

 found, Stanton. Wellington College. Bracknell. So abundant 

 in Sonning Cutting as to cover the slope with its bright-pink 

 flowers, where a broad-leaved form also occurs. Bagshot. Am- 

 barrow. Finchampstead. Risely. Farley Hill. Jouldern's Ford. 



At Kintbury in the dry summer of 1896 it occurred as the forma 

 i'onferta. 



E. Centaurium occurs in all the bordering counties. 



a. ramosissima, Pers. Syn, i. 283 (1805). 



E. pulchella, Fries, Nov. ed. i, 30 (1814), et Hornem. in Fl. Dan. t. 

 1637. Gentiana ramosissima, Vill. Fl. Delph. 23 (1786). G. pulchella, 

 Swartz in Vet. Acad. Stock. Handl. (1783) 84. Centaurium inapertum, 

 Rafn. Danm. Fl. ii. 77 (iSoo"). 



Top. Bot. 279. Syme, E. B. vi. 68, t. 910. Nyman, 502. Fl. Oxf. 197. 



Native. Ericetal. Dry sandy heaths, very rare. A. July-September. 



First recorded by the author in the Report of Bot. Exch. Club, 430, 1893. 



