GENTIANE.E. XI. EURYTHALIA. 



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the base. . H. Native of Germany, in boggy pastures. 

 Gentiana Amarella, Willd. prod, berol. no. 293. hot. mag. 11. 

 p. 37. Gent, uliginosa, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1347. Rchb. icon, 

 t. 58. Gent, campestre, Leyss. hal. no. 242. Stem 1-2 inches 

 high. Peduncles long, 1 -flowered. Perhaps hardly a variety 

 of Amarella. Corolla blueish. 



Bog Eurythalia. Fl. Aug. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



5 E. OBTUSIFOLIA ; stem tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse ; corolla 4-5-cleft : tube equal in length to the calyx ; 

 segments of corolla having the inner plicae bearded. 0. H. 

 Native of Bavaria, Savoy, and Switzerland, on the mountains. 

 Gentiana obtusifolia, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1347. Wahl. helv. p. 

 49. G. amarella y, Froel. gent. p. 87. Hippion obtusifolium, 

 Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 226. Roera. arch. 1. p. 22. t. 2. f. 3. 

 Gentiana spatulata, Rchb. icon. t. 22. Gent, mcntana, Nees. 

 Lower leaves narrow, and almost petiolate : radical ones almost 

 orbicular. Corolla purplish or blueish yellow in the dried state. 

 Branches few, 1 -flowered. Two of the calycine segments are 

 broader than the others. This plant is considered the same as 

 E- Germdnica by Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. l.-p. 179-180. 



Blitnt-learcd Eurythalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 | to i foot. 



6 E. PRATE'NSIS ; stem tetragonal, branched ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, with scabrous edges, obsoletely 3-nerved ; corolla 4-5- 

 cleft : with ovate-lanceolate, obtuse segments : having the inner 

 plica? bearded ; calycine segments nearly equal, shorter than the 

 tube. . H. Native of Russia and Siberia at the Baikal; 

 and of Galicia, in humid and dry places. Gentiana pratensis, 

 Froel. gent. p. 88. exclusive of the syn. of Fl. dan. G. cam- 

 pestris, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 103. Taller and more branched 

 than E. Germdnica ; with the lower branches shorter than the 

 internodes. Corolla not twice shorter than the largest calycine 

 segments, of a livid blue colour. Leaves sometimes violaceous 

 beneath. Flowers terminal, aggregate ; pedicels shorter than 

 the flowers. Said by Cham, in Linnaea. 1. p. 181. to be the 

 fame with Amarella. 



Meadow Eurythalia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. PI. 1| ft. 



7 E. CACCA'SICA ; stem tetragonal, branched from the base ; 

 branches equal ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; corolla 

 5-cleft, with ovate, obtuse segments, and a bearded throat ; 

 teeth of calyx subulate, nearly equal. . H. Native 

 of the alps of Caucasus, at the fountains called Juchari- 

 basch. Gentiana Caucasica, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 198. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 1038. Gent, amarella, Pall. ross. 2. p. 104. 

 exclusive of the syn. of Fl. dan. t. 367. Gent, collina. Adams. 

 in Willd. herb. Roots yellowish. Calyx shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla. Peduncles 1 -flowered, length of leaves at the 

 tops of the branches. Corollas larger than those of E. cam- 

 pest r is, of a violaceous blue colour ; beard white. 



Caucasian Eurythalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. i 

 foot. 



8 E. CAMPE'STRIS (Borkh. in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 28.) stem te- 

 tragonal, pyramidally branched : leaves lanceolate, 3-nerved ; 

 corolla 4-cleft ; the segments obtuse and the throat bearded ; 

 the 2 exterior segments of the calyx very large. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Europe, from Sweden to Sicily, in dry elevated pastures. 

 In Britain, particularly in the north of Wales and Scotland, 

 plentiful ; but more especially in marly districts. Gentiana 

 campestris, Lin. spec. 334. Froel. gent. p. 91. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 237. Oed. fl. dan. t. 367. Bocc. mus. t. 181. Gent, 

 amarella ,3, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 892. Gent, amarella, Allg. ped. 

 no. 353. ex D. C. fl. fr. no. 2777. Gentiana obtusifolia, 

 Schleich. Hippion campestre, Schmidt, in Roam arch. 1. p. 

 11. This is very nearly allied to E. amarella, but is more 

 branched, and the calyx is always 4-parted and irregular. Co- 



rolla purplish blue, and sometimes pure white. According to 

 Linnaeus poor people use this plant instead of hops to beer ; 

 and according to Pallas as a medicine, in common with many 

 other species. 



Var. ft, Germdnica (Froal. gent. p. 91.) stem acutely tetra- 

 gonal, green or blueish purple at the base, 2-6 inches high, 

 simple or branched ; 2 of the calycine segments are very large 

 and subcordate, or ovate, acute 3-nerved, the 2 smaller ones 

 lanceolate, acuminated ; corolla blueish violet, with a whitish 

 tube, a little shorter than the calyx. Gent, campestris, Roth, 

 fl. germ. 2. p. 290. 



Var. f, Neapolitana (Frcel. 1. c.) lower branches of stem the 

 longest, therefore corymbose ; calyx 4-parted ; segments acu- 

 minated, 2 of which are broader and lanceolate ; the other 2 

 linear ; corolla twice longer than the calyx : limb 4-cleft, 

 acutish, reddish purple, but the beard is white. Q. H. Native 

 of Italy. 



Far. f, quinquefda ; flowers 5-cleft. 0. H. Native of 

 Switzerland. Gentiana Germaniea, Schleich. cent. pi. p. 21. 

 no. 31. ex D. C. fl. ft. 2777. 



Var. f, minima ; plant small ; corollas purple. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of the south of Europe. Hippion auriculatum, Schmidt, 

 fl. boh. no. 125. Barrel, icon. 97. f. 2. Column, ecphr. 1. 

 p. 223. t. 22. f. 3. 



Field Eurythalia. Fl. Aug. Britain. PI. | to | foot. 



9 E. FLORIBD'NDA ; stem erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, 

 connate, acute, downy, with pilose margins ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, solitary, or numerous, disposed on the branches as if 

 they were in racemes; calycine segments lanceolate, acute, 

 downy as well as the corolla, which is deeply 5-cleft. and bearded 

 in the throat. . H. Native of Nipaul. Gentiana flori- 

 bunda, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 127. Stem terete, glabrous. 

 Flowers pale blue. Lobes of corolla ovate, mutic. 



Bundle-JUncered Eurythalia. Fl. 1 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



10 E. UMBELLA'TA (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, branched, 

 terete ; leaves lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, or somewhat 5- 

 nerved : lower ones petiolate ; calycine segments lanceolate, 

 acuminated ; throat of corolla furnished with a jagged fringed 

 ring; lobes of corolla elliptic, oblong. 0. H. Native of 

 Peru. Gentiana umbellata, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 

 Leaves with scabrous edges, 3-4 inches long. Flowers termi- 

 nal, 3-5 in an umbel, erect ; pedicels 2-edged, bractless. Co- 

 rollas yellow. Filaments dilated ; anthers oblong. Ovarium 

 oblong. Stigma sessile, thick, 2-lobed. 



C/mfc.Yte-flowered Eurythalia. PI. 1| foot. 



11 E. ACRICCLA'TA ; stem subtetragonal, almost simple ; 

 radical leaves ovate : cauline ones oblong-ovate, stem-clasping, 

 obtuse, 5-nerved ; flowers terminal from the axils of the supe- 

 rior leaves; corolla 4-5-cleft, villous inside; alternate, ca- 

 lycine segments cordate. . H. Native of eastern Siberia, 

 about the sea of Ochotsk, and of Kamtschatka, in grassy 

 marshy places. Gentiana auriculata, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 102. 

 t. 92. f. 1. Froel. gent. p. 90. no. 35. Hippion auriculatum, 

 Schmidt. Dasy Stephana auriculata, Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. 

 p. 26. Corolla twice longer than the calyx : with roundish 

 ovate, pale blue segments, which are villous inside. Ovarium 

 fusiform. There is a much-branched variety of this, with more 

 violet-coloured corollas, found in salt marshes towards the sea. 



Auricled Eurithalia. PI. 1 foot. 



1 2 E. GL ACIA'LIS ; stem tetragonal, branched from the base, 

 leafy ; leaves nearly all radical, and rosulate, oblong, bluntish ; 

 corolla 4-cleft, with a bearded throat ; calyx 4-parted, nearly 

 equal; peduncles long, tetragonal, naked, 1 -flowered. . H. 

 Native of Lapland, Iceland, and through Savoy, and the Car- 

 pathian mountains, on the tops of the alps, to the alps of middle 



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