FIELD GENTIAN 43 



ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS: 



210. Gentiana Amarella, L. Stem erect, quadrangular, purple, 

 branched above, leaves ovate, lanceolate, sessile, flower purple, calyx 

 lobes subequal, 5, corolla salver-shaped, fringed. 



Field Gentian (Gentiana campestris, L.) 



This beautiful flower is found on the hillier parts throughout the 

 North Temperate Zone in Europe (but not in Turkey) and W. Siberia. 

 It is unknown so far 

 in early deposits. In 

 Great Britain it does 

 not grow in N. Devon 

 or S. Somerset in the 

 Peninsula province, 

 but in Wilts, Dorset, 

 the Isle of Wight, in 

 the Channel province; 

 in Herts, Berks, Ox- 

 ford, in the Thames 

 province; W. Suffolk, 

 Norfolk, Bedford, 

 Northants. in Ancrlia; 



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Monmouth, Here- 

 ford, Stafford, Salop, 

 in the Severn pro- 

 vince; in South Wales 

 in Glamorgan and 

 Carmarthen, Pem- 

 broke, and throughout 

 N.Wales; throughout 



the Trent province, Mersey province, except Mid Lanes, and in the 

 H umber, Tyne, Lakes, W. Lowlands; in the E. Lowlands province gener- 

 ally, except Selkirk, Linlithgow; in the E. Highlands, except Stirling; 

 W. Highlands; N. Highlands, except W. Ross; and in the Highlands. 



The Field Gentian is found in similar habitats to that of the 

 Autumnal Gentian, preferring a less dry station as a rule, but asso- 

 ciated with other hillside plants, e.g. Yellow Balsam, Dyer's Weed, &c. 



This beautiful little flower has a short, erect stem, which is branched 

 above with inversely egg-shaped, spoon-shaped radical leaves, stem- 

 leaves oblong, lance-shaped, with 3-7 nerves, stalkless, and entire. 



FIELD GENTIAN (Gentiana campestris, L. 



