732 Gentianaceae. 
oblong or lanceolate, 1—2 cm long. Cymes few- or many-flowered, 
with single flowers in the forks; pedicels short. Calyx cylindric, 
5—6 mm long; teeth linear, 4—5-times as long as the tube. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx; limb bright pink, 
5 mm long; segments ovate. Stamens inserted at the throat of the 
tube, shorter than the segments. — Flow. February to March. 
M. ma. Abusir; Mariut; Alexandria-West and -East; Mandara; 
Abukir. — M. p. Rosetta; Brullus; Damietta. — N.d. N.f. N. v. 
Common along way-sides, and in fields. — O. Siwa; Little Oasis; 
Farafra; Dakhel; Great Oasis. 
Local name: qantarytin; qantaryan; quteyba (Ascherson); tasherrat 
(Roth); kontraniye (Aschers.). 
Also known from the whole Mediterranean region and Europe. 
1037. (2.) Erythraea latifolia Smith Engl. Flor. 1 (1824), p. 321. 
Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 67. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p. 105 
no.691. — Erythraea tenuiflora Link Flor. Port. I, p. 354 tab. 67. 
— Engl. Bot., Supplem. tab. 2179. — Hrythraea anatolica K. Koch in 
Linnaea XIX, p. 27. — An annual plant, 30—60 cm high or some- 
times somewhat more, stiff-branched, cymes dense. Leaves ovate 
to oblong, obtuse. Flowers clustered, bracted at the base; corolla- 
tube a little longer than the calyx, lobes ea acutish. — 
Flow. March to April. 
N. d. Without precise locality (Boiss.). 
Also known from Southern Europe, Arabia Petraea and Palestine. 
1038. (3.) Erythraea spicata Pers. Synops. I (1805), p. 283. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.69. — Sibth. and Smith Flor. graece., 
tab. 238. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d@Eg., p.105 no. 692, — 
Gentiana spicata L. Spec. Plant. 1, p.333. — Erythraea babylonica 
Griseb. in DC. Prodrom. IX, p.60. — An annual plant, 20——50 em 
high; stem densely leafy, branching above. Leaves oblong, nearly 
5-nerved. Flowers nearly sessile, bracteate; corolla-tube as long 
as the calyx, lobes lanceolate, acute. — Flow. March to April. 
M. ma. Abusir; Mariut; Montaza; Alexandria-West and -Hast, 
salt marshes; Abukir. — M. p. Rosetta; Damietta. — N. d. Damanhur; 
Destq; Fta; Er-Rahmaniya; Tanta; Shirbin; Bendela; Mansura; 
Zifta; Zaqaziq; Qalytb; Belbés; Cairo. — N. f. Medinet-el-Fayim ; 
Seniris; Tamia; El-Wady. — 0. Little Oasis; Farafra; Great Oasis. 
— D.1. ’Ain Rayan. 
Local name: menaish-ed-duban (Schweinfurth) ; hashishet-el-’agrab 
(Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Southern and Middle Europe Eastern-North Africa 
and Arabia Petraea. 
