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GENTIANACE^:. 



3. CIC^NDIA (Gentianelld). 



1. C. filiformis (Least Gentianella). The only British 

 species. A minute, slender plant, in habit resembling 

 Erythrcea pulchella, and growing to about the same 

 size, 2 4 inches ; the leaves are very narrow, and soon 

 wither ; the flowers are yellow, and expand only in 

 bright sunshine. It grows in sandy heaths where water 

 has stood during the winter. It is described by some 

 authors under the name of Exdcum Jiliforme. Fl. July. 

 Annual. 



CHLORA PERPOLIATA (Perfoliate Yellow-wort}. 



