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lanceolate. Flowers from 3-8 together, terminal ; and the axil- 

 lary ones usually solitary. Calyx spathaceous, with 2-3 unequal 

 teeth at the apex. Corolla coriaceous, purplish, marked with 

 dots in lines inside ; tube striated, with greenish yellow ; limb 

 6-cleft : segments sub-ovate, obtuse. Capsule fusiform. 



} ar. 13; corollas rose-coloured. 



J 'ar. y ; corollas without dots. 



/ ar. c ; corollas white. 



Purple Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 C. PAXNOSICA ; radical leaves ovate, apiculated ; having 

 the petioles sheathing at the base : cauline ones ovate, lanceo- 

 late : floral ones acuminated: all 5-nerved; calyx 6-7-cleft; 

 corolla 6-7-cleft; stamens 6-7. I/. H. Native of the 

 alps of middle Europe, and Savoy, but not of the Pyrenees. 

 Gentiana Pannonica, Scop. earn. 2. no. 29. Lin. spec. 1. p. 63. 

 exclusive of the synonymes. Lin. syst. ed. Mur. p. 265. 

 Jacq. fl. austr. 2. t. 136. Tratt. fl. aust. fasc. 1. t. 9. Schrank, 

 bav. 1. no. 424. exclusive of the syn. of Lin. Frosl. gen. no. 

 21. Gentiana punctata, Jacq. obs. 2. p. 17. t. 39. Pneumo- 

 nanthe Pannonica, Schmidt, boh. 2. no. 1 12. Barrel, icon. t. 64. 

 Stems purplish. Flowers verticillate, axillary, and terminal. 

 Corolla rather membranous, purple, beset with dots ; with a 

 yellowish tube ; segments ovate, obtuse. Capsule fusiform. 

 Bracteas ovate, acuminated. 



Var. p ; stem humble ; whorls solitary, few-flowered. 



Var, y ; corolla white. 



far. c ; stems tall ; leaves long, acuminated. 



Pannonian Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



3 C. BJLOBA ; flowers verticillate ; corollas usually 6-cleft ; 

 calyx membranous, 2-lobed ; lobes obtuse, entire, equal, 1. H. 

 Native of France, on mountains, in the province of Clarion. 

 Gentiana biloba, D. C. syn. fl. gall. p. 244. no. 266. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 653. no. 2766. icon. fl. gall. t. 15. Gentiana punctata, Wahl. 

 carp. 1. p. 12. Nearly allied to C. punctala in the colour and 

 size of the corolla, but differing in the floral leaves being twice 

 longer than the flowers. Perhaps only a variety of C. pur- 

 pur ea. 



Tiro-lobed-ca]yx.ed Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 C. PINCTA'TA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 27.) leaves 

 ovate, acutish, 5-nerved : lower ones petiolate : superior ones 

 acuminated, all coadunate at the base ; flowers verticillate ; calyx 

 rather truncate, with 6-7 unequal lobes; corolla campanulate, 

 usually 6-8 -cleft, dotted. Tf.. H. Native of the alps of middle 

 Europe, as on the alps of Switzerland and Savoy. Gentiana 

 punctata, Lin. spec. 637. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1333. Tratt. fl. 

 austr. fasc. 3. t. 9. Jacq. austr. 5. t. 28. Gent, purpurea, 

 Vill. dauph. 2. p. 523. Hall. hist. 638. Pneumonanthe punc- 

 tata, Schmidt, Roam, arch. 1. no. 4. Gesn. in Schmidel, op. 2. 

 p. 53. no. 92. b. t. 28. f. 92. b. Mor. hist. t. 4. f. 2. Barrel, 

 icon. 69. with a paler flower. Root brownish outside, white 

 inside. Stem subtetragonal, green or purplish. Leaves pale 

 green. Bracteas shorter than the flowers. Terminal flowers 

 5 in a head : axillary ones solitary. Calyx with blueish angles, 

 and lanceolate, obtuse, short segments. Corollas large, yellow, 

 or sulphur-coloured, blueish before expansion, dotted with nu- 

 merous irregular purple spots ; limb 6-7-cleft. Stamens 6-7. 

 Seeds imbricate, winged. 



Dotled-Qowered Coilantha. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1775. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



5 C. CAMPAKULA'TA ; leaves ovate, acutish, 5-nerved : lower 

 ones usually 7-nerved ; superior ones sessile, sheathing, acu- 

 minated ; flowers verticillate, terminal, and axillary ; calyx 6-7- 

 cleft, with blueish angles and unequal triangular segments ; 

 corolla campanulate, 7-cleft ; with obtuse, triangular, equal 

 lobes, without dots. ^. H. Native of Carinthia, Switzerland, 



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&-c., on the alps ; and of the Pyrenees. Gentiana campanulata, 

 Jacq. in Murr. syst. p. 267. austr. app. p. 43. t. 29. Tratt fl. 

 austr. fasc. 4. p. 1. Gentiana campanu'ata immaculata, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 284. Gent. Burseri, var. a. D. C. fl. gall. no. 2763. 

 a. Pneumonanthe campanulata, Schmidt, 1. c. Root fusiform, 

 divided a little. Leaves pale green. Bracteas about the length 

 of the flowers. Corolla large, sulphur-coloured. Stamens 7. 

 Stigmas flat, obtuse. Seeds orbicular. 



Cam/wmu/ate-flowered Coilantha. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. 

 PL 1 foot. 



6 C. SESS.E'I (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, simple, terete, pa- 

 pillose ; leaves sesMle, ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, bractless ; calyx spathaceous, 5-toothed ; corolla 

 campanulate, 10-cleft ; the alternate segments bicuspidate. 1J. 

 F. Native of Mexico. Gentiana caerulea, Moc. et Sesse, in 

 herb. Lamb. Leaves scabrous, 3-5-nerved : lower ones ovate, 

 obtuse : superior ones acuminated, deep green above. Calyx 

 cleft on the inner side. Corolla blue ; lobes roundish, mucro- 

 nate. Filaments flattened ; anthers oblong. Styles distinct. 

 Stigmas revolute, papillose. Capsule pear-shaped. Seeds 

 winged. 



Sesse s Coilantha. PI. to 1 foot. 



7 C. MOCINKI (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, simple, terete ; 

 leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, 5-nerved ; flowers axillary, on 

 short pedicels, usually solitary ; calyx spathaceous, 5-toothed, 

 bibraeteate at the base ; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft ; the 

 alternate segments bicuspidate. If.. F. Native of Mexico. 

 Confused with G. ccervlea in Moc. et Sesse. in herb. Lamb. 

 Leaves smooth, 2 inches long. Calyx cleft on the inner side. 

 Bracteas linear-lanceolate, acute, much longer than the calyx, 

 connate at the base. Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped. 

 Filaments dilated at the base. Ovarium somewhat fusiform ; 

 stigmas linear, obtuse, minutely papillose. 



Mocinno's Coilantha. PI. 1 foot. 



8 C. BURSE'RI ; corollas usually 5-cleft, campanulate, dotted ; 

 segments lanceolate, with a small accessory tooth between each ; 

 calyx membranous, spathaceous. If. . H. Native of the eastern 

 and central Pyrenees, often with vars, /3 and f. Gentiana Bur- 

 seri, Lapey. fl. pyr. p. 130. abr. p. 132. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 

 no. 2763. Said to be very nearly allied to C. punctata, but the 

 corolla is always pale yellow, never purple. It has the leaves 

 of C. lutea, and the flowers of C. punctata or C. purpurea, and 

 is probably a hybrid. Villars says, dauph. 2. p. 522. that the 

 flowers are campanulate, verticillate, 6-cleft, acute, serrulated, 

 dotted ; and the calyx spathaceous. 



Var. a; corollas dotted, bluntish. I/. H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees. Gentiana Burseri /3, Lapeyr. 1. c. 



Var. /3 ; corollas dotted, acutish. If. . H. Native of Dau- 

 phiny, Pyrenees, &c. Gentiana Burseri y, D. C. 1. c. Gent, 

 punctata, Vill. dauph. p. 520. Gent, hybrida, Vill. mem. pi. 

 hybr. Roam. coll. 1. p. 189. Gent, punctata, var. lutea, 

 Tratt. fl. austr. fasc. 3. t. 10. ? 



Var. y, gigantea (Lapeyr. abr. p. 8. pyr. suppl. p. 41.). 

 If. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 



Burter't Coilantha. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



9 C. GLAD'CA (Borkh. in Roam. arch. 1. p. 26.) stems terete ; 

 leaves ovate-roundish, hardly nerved : rather fleshy : cauline 

 ones 3-4 pairs, sessile; flowers 1-3, terminal, sessile; calycine 

 segments unequal, blueish, subulate ; corolla campanulate, 5- 

 cleft, with short, obtuse segments, 3 times longer than the calyx. 

 If.. H. Native of Kamtschatka, on the tops of the alps, in 

 humid places facing the north. Gentiana glauca, Pall. fl. ross. 

 2. p. 104. t. 93. f. 2. Froel. gent- p. 56. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1340. Pneumonanthe glauca, Schmidt, in Roam. arch. 1. p. 

 10. no. 14. Stems simple. Radical leaves rosulate. Calyx 

 campanulate. Corolla subventricose, blueish, but the tube pale. 



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