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GENTIANEjE. X. COILANTHA. XI. EURYTHALIA. 



Anthers white. Capsule fusiform. Perhaps a species of Pneu- 

 mondnthe. 



Glaucous Coilantha. PI. 5 to -J foot. 



10 C. ASCLEPIA'DEA ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, 

 stem-clasping, with repand edges ; terminal flowers crowded, 

 axillary ones solitary, all nearly sessile ; corolla campanulate, 

 5-cleft ; segments ovate, acute ; calyx tubular, 5-toothed : 

 teeth unequal, distant; anthers connivent. 1. H. Native 

 of Switzerland, Hungary, Syria, Austria, Carniola, Silesia, 

 Piedmont, Barbary, Mount Caucasus, &c., in shady alpine 

 places. Gentiana asclepiadea, Lin. spec. 329. Hall. helv. 

 no. 640. Jacq. austr. t. 328. Sims, bot. mag. 1078. Froel. 

 gent. p. 48. Dasystephana Renealm specim. 67. t. 68. Da- 

 systephana asclepiadea, Borkh. in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 26. Mayer- 

 hoff. fl. monac. t. 60. Gentiana Asclepiadis folio, Bauh. pin. 

 187. Ger. emac. 433. f. 3. Corollas large, blue, 3 times longer 

 than the calyx. Seeds winged with broad white edges. 



Var. ft; leaves distinct. Tf. H. Native of Carniola and 

 Bohemia, Froel. gent. p. 49. Scop. earn. 1. p. 298. Pneu- 

 monanthe asclepiadea, Schmidt, boh. no. 113. no. 6. Schmidel, 

 op. gesn. 1. t. 9. f. 80. 2. p. 40. t. 26. f. 82. Flowers sessile, 

 solitary, secund. Leaves bifarious. 



Far. y; leaves 3 in a whorl. 1. H. Frcel. gent. 49. Pont, 

 comp. p. 76. 



Var. S; leaves lanceolate, long-acuminated, 3 inches long, 

 a little smaller. I/ . H. Froel. 1. c. p. 49. Calyx subspatha- 

 ceous, ex Froel. 



Var. t ; stem elongated, nutant ; peduncles elongated, a 

 little branched. Tf.. H. Froel. I.e. Clus. hist. 1. p. 312. 

 middle figure. 



Var. t\ ; corolla white. If. . H. Froel. 1. c. Wahl. helv. 

 1. c. Ponted. comp. p. 76. 



Far. $; stem 1-flowered. T^.H. Pneumonanthe plicata, 

 Schmidt, in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 10. no. 613. t. 1. f. 1. Calyx 

 ventricose, with 3 of the segments broader than the others. 



4sclepias-like Coilantha. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1629. PI. 

 1 to li foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see dsterias, p. 184. 



XI. EURYTHA'LIA (meaning unknown to us). Renealm. 

 spec. Borkh. in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 28. Mayerhoff, fl. mon. t. 

 278. Gentiana species of authors. Hippion species, Schmidt, 

 in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 32. t. 4. f. 13. fl. bohem. no. 128. Gen- 

 tiana, sect. Endotriche, Froel. gent. p. 87. Opsantba, Renealm. 

 spec. 71. 



LIN. SYST. Telra-Penldndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-5-cleft. 

 Corolla salver-shaped ; with a 4-5-cleft limb, having as many 

 bearded or fringed segments inside and attached to them at the 

 base. Stamens 4-5 ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, incum- 

 bent. Stigma 2-lobed or bifid. Ovarium pedicellate. Capsule 

 ovate or oblong, erect, 1- celled, 2-valved. Seeds smooth, round- 

 ish, compressed. Annual, branched or simple herbs. Leaves 

 opposite, sessile, decussate. Flowers terminal, blue, white, or 

 purple. This genus is readily distinguished from the rest by 

 the beard inside the segments of the corolla at the throat. 



1 E. UNIFLORA ; stem simple, slightly tetragonal, usually 1- 

 flowered ; leaves ovate ; corolla 5-cleft : with ovate, acute seg- 

 ments, and bearded plicae inside, equal in length to the calycine 

 segments. () H. Native of Savoy, Bavaria, and the Car- 

 pathian mountains. Gentiana uniflora, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1346. 

 G. amarella, var. t, Frcel. gent. p. 87. Hippion Gentianella, 

 Schmidt, in Roem. arch. I . p. 23. t. 2. f, 4. Stem hardly higher 

 than the corolla. Flowers larger than those of E. campestris, 

 of a violet colour. 



One-Jlorvered Eurythalia. PI. 1 inch. 



2 E. GERMA'NICA (Mayerhoff, fl. mon. t. 278.) stem obso- 



letely 6-angled, branched ; branches longer than the inter- 

 nodes, 1 or many-flowered ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; 

 corolla 5-cleft; segments of corolla ovate, acute; with bearded 

 plicae inside at the base, about equal in length to the calycine 

 segments. Q. H. Native of middle Europe, as of Germany, 

 in mountain meadows. Gentiana Germanica, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1346. Schultes, fl. bav. no. 48. G. amarella, Froel. gen. 

 p. 86. Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2. no. 1016. Hall. helv. 651. 

 and of all other botanists who have written on the German 

 flora. G. amarella y, Wahl. carp. p. 76. exclusive of the syn. 

 of Besser. G. amarella, var. , Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 92. Gent. 

 amarella/;), Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 23. t. 3. f. 4. G. campestris, 

 All. pedem. no. 354. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2776. Barrel, icon, 

 t. 102. Root yellow. Stem purplish. Radical leaves obovate, 

 obtuse : cauline ones sessile, a little connate at the base, as in 

 the rest of the species : uppermost and branch ones subcordate. 

 Corolla purplish blue ; and the beard white. 



Var. ft; stem branched; leaves subcordate, acuminated. 

 0. H. Barrel, icon. t. 510. f. 2. G. amarella, var. S, Frcel. 

 gent. p. 86. 



Far. y ; stem usually 1 -flowered, short ; flowers white ; co- 

 rollas and calyxes with scabrous edges. O- H. Gentiana 

 amarella ft, Wahl. fl. carp. p. 76. 



Far. S ; stem branched ; flowers white 



German Eurythalia. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. | to j foot. 



3 E. AMARE'LLA (Borkh. I. c.) stem tetragonal, paniculately 

 branched at top ; branches shorter than the internodes ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; corolla 5-cleft ; segments ovate, 

 acute, with bearded plicae inside at the base. Q. H. Native 

 of Sweden, Bohemia, Hungary, Galicia, &c. in dry pastures, as 

 well as of the islands of Unalaschka, and Sitcha ; in England 

 in dry pasture, on calcareous soils. Gentiana amarella, Lin. 

 spec. 334. Smith, engl. bot. t. 236. Oed. fl. dan. 328. Froel. 

 gen. p. 141. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 148. Curt. fl. lend. fasc. 

 6. t. 31. Wahl. carp. p. 76. exclusive of the syn. G. pratensis, 

 Besser. Gentiana lancifolia, Rafin. dansk. hoist, fl. Schum. fl. 

 sael. p. 80. Pers. ench. l.p. 286. Schultes, fl. austr. ed. 2. 

 no. 1017. Hippion axillare, Schmidt, boh. no. 129. Rcem. 

 arch. 1. p. 32. t. 4. f. 13. Gentiana tetragona, Mayer, physt. 

 aufs. p. 194. Gentiana campestris, Geners. clench, no. 2S4. 

 Gentiana amarella ft, Frcel. gent. p. 87. Plenck. icon. t. 158. 

 Opsantha, Renealm, spec. p. 71. Gentiana pyramidalis, Willd. 

 herb. no. 5540. Hippion axillare, Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. 

 t. 5. f. 13. Gentiana axillaris, Rchb. icon. t. 130. Swertia 

 corniculata, herb. Willd. no. 5478 Barrel, icon. t. 510. f. 2. 

 Gentiana obtusifolia, Willd. ex Rchb. icon. t. 129. no. 248. 

 Peduncles axillary and terminal, 1-2-flowered. Corolla twice 

 longer than the calyx, with a white tube and a purple limb, 

 and beard. Calycine segments 5, uniform. Corolla 4 5-cleft. 

 The plant is very bitter. The plant from the island of Sitcha 

 differs from that of Unalaschka in the calycine segments being 

 more unequal. 



Far. ft ; a larger plant, with longer branches, larger flowers, 

 which are constantly 5-cleft ; segments of corolla broader. 

 Bieb. 1. c. 



Var. y, fiigax verna or prcecox, Ray. This differs only in 

 the early time of flowering. 



Far. S. This, the taller autumnal Gentian, with Centaury- 

 like leaves, is said by Ray to have been found near Welwyn, in 

 Hertfordshire, and Belcham St. Paul, in Essex, but it does not 

 differ in any thing essential from the species. 



Amarella or Bitter Eurythalia. Fl. Aug. Brit. PI. \ to \ ft. 



4 E. ULIGINOSA ; stem tetragonal, branched, winged at the 

 base ; leaves lanceolate ; corolla 5-cleft, a little longer than the 

 calycine segments, which are nearly equal ; segments of corolla 

 ovate, acute, having the inner plicae bearded on the inside at 



