GEXTIAXE.E. XIII. ERICALA. 



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or oblong-linear. Stigma 2-lobed or bi6d, minutely papillose. 

 Capsule pedicellate. Seeds small, oblong or roundish, smooth. 

 Dwarf perennial or annual herbs. Leaves conduplicate. Ra- 

 dical leaves rosulate, imbricate : cauline ones opposite, decussate, 

 sessile. Flowers terminal, usually solitary. 



^ 1. Perennial plants. 



1 E. ALPIXA; corolla campanulate, about equal in length to 

 the stem ; leaves ovate, rather fleshy, obtuse, nerveless. If. . H. 

 Native of Dauphiny, in the Pyrenees, very plentiful. Gentiana 

 alpina, Vill. dauph.'s. p. 526. no. 8. t. 10. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. 

 no. 2770. a. Lodd. hot. cab. 476. Gent, acaulis /3, Froel. 

 gent. p. 57. var. y, D. C. fl. fr. 2770. Pers. syn. 1. p. 285. 

 Hippion alpinum, Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 2. p. 20. Barrel, 

 icon. t. 105. Leaves hardly twice as long as broad, almost 

 round. Flowers solitary, erect, always longer than the stem, 

 1 2-14 lines long. 



^piWEricala. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1817. PI. foot. 



2 E. ALTA'ICA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 27.) stem shorter 

 than the flower : radical leaves imbricated, compact ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped, 10-cleft; segments roundish: accessory ones 

 roundish, jagged. "U- H. Native of Altaia, near the li- 

 mits of perpetual snow. Gentiana Altaica, Pall. fl. ross. . 

 p. 109. t. 97. f. 1. Frcel. gent. p. 62. Gent, grandiflora, 

 Laxm. corom. nov. petrop. 18. p. 526. t. 6. f. 1. Hippion 

 Altaicum, Schmidt, in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 10.no. 2. Gent.longiflora, 

 Lam. ill. p. 485. no. 2115. Root simple, fibry. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acutish. Flowers solitary. Segments of calyx lan- 

 ceolate-acuminated, with a membranous white keel and margin. 

 Corolla large, deep blue. Anthers yellow. Very nearly allied 

 to E. Pyrenaica. Capsule obovate, pedicellate. 



I'ar. fi, albifibra (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 283.) flowers white, with 

 5 yellow stripes. l/.H. Native of Siberia, in alpine places. 

 Alta'tn Ericala. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1824. PI. i foot. 



3 E. PYKEXA'ICA (Borkh. 1. c.) stem branched at bottom ; 

 leaves lanceolate-linear ; flowers terminating the branches, 

 solitary ; corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft : accessory segments 

 oblong, obtuse and crenulated at the apex. %. H. Xa- 

 tive of the Pyrenees, and Caucasus. Gentiana Pyrenaica, 

 Lin. s\st. 268. mant. 55. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1341. Froel. 

 gent. p. 63. Gouan. ill. 7. t. 2. f. 2. Waldst. et Kit. 

 hung. t. 207. Hippion Pyrenaicum, Schmidt, in Ro2m. 

 arch. 1. p. 14. no. 1. Very nearly allied to E. cerna, but 

 differs in the accessory segments being nearly equal in size to 

 the others. Stem procumbent. Flowers length of branches. 

 Sterile branches densely leafy. Radical leaves crowded, im- 

 bricated : cauline ones connately sheathing, acute, with white 

 cartilaginous edges. Segments of calyx lanceolate, acute, with 

 pale edges. Corolla pale green outside, with the limb deep blue 

 above. There is a variety of this species with a 6-cleft corolla, 

 with as many accessory segments, see D. C. fl. fr. no. 2775. 



Pyrenean Ericala. 'Fl. April, July. Clt. 1825. PI. i foot. 



4 E. PC'MILA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 41.) stems 1- 

 flowered ; leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, imbricate ; corolla 

 salver-shaped, 10-cleft ; segments ovate, acute : the 5 accessory 

 ones small, semi-bifid. TJ. . H. Native of Carinthia, Austria, 

 the Tyrol, Switzerland, &c., on the alps. Gentiana pumila, 

 Lin. spec. p. 331. Jacq. vind. 215. obs. 2. p. 29. t. 49. austr. 

 4. t. C02. Froel. gent. p. 81. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1345. Gent. 

 verna ,3, Lam. diet. 2. p. 639. y. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2771. Hip- 

 pion pumilum, Schmidt, in Ram. arch. 1. p. 10. Habit of E. 

 Pyrenaica and E. rerna, but differs from both in the corolla. 

 Lower leaves with subrecurved cartilaginous margins. Calyx 

 pentagonally keeled, blueish. Corolla pale blue ; accessory seg- 

 ments white. 



Dirarf Ericala. 



FIG. 21. 



5 E. SEDIFOLLA ; plant tuf- 

 ted, procumbent ; branches 1- 

 flowered : flowers sessile ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, loosely im- 

 bricate ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 10-cleft; the accessory seg- 

 ments are almost equal to the 

 others in size, all roundish ovate ; 

 calycine segments equal, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, with membra- 

 nous, white edges ; stigmas ses- 

 sile, revolute at apex. If. . F. 

 Native on the Andes, about 

 Quito Popayan. Gentiana se- 

 difolia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 134. t. 225. 

 Gent, caespitosa, Willd. herb. 



ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 185. Leaves sessile, some- 

 what connate, nerveless, with diaphanous white edges. Calyx 

 3 times shorter than the corolla. Corolla size of E. verna, 

 blue. Capsule oblong, acute, compressed. 

 Stonecrop-Uared Ericala. PI. procumbent. 



6 E. TUBIFLORA ; almost stemless, tufted ; leaves crowded, 

 mostly radical, rosulate, roundish-spatulate, sessile, small; 

 flowers solitary, sessile, upon the tops of very short stems ; 

 calyx tubular : with triangular, acute teeth ; corolla long, tu- 

 bular, 10-cleft: the 5 regular segments ovate, rounded, mucro- 

 nate ; and the 5 accessory ones small, and also rounded. I/ . 

 F. Native of Nipaul, at Gosainsthan. Gentiana tubiflora, 

 Wall. cat. no. 4388. Flowers long, narrow, blue, large for the 

 size of the plant. Margins of leaves cartilaginous. This is a 

 pretty little plant. 



Tube-jlofcered Ericala. PI. small, tufted, 1 inch. 



7 E. DEPRE'SSA (D. Don, mss.) stems 1-flowered; flowers 

 sessile, radical ; leaves lanceolate, mucronate, rosulate ; of the 

 surculi ovate; corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, 10-cleft; 

 the 5 accessory segments ovate, erosely crenulated ; the other 

 5 roundish, and mucronately awned. If. . H. Native of Xi- 

 paul. Gemiana depressa, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 126. Wall, 

 cat. no. 4387. Root fibrous. Plant depressed, stemless, some- 

 times with many decumbent surculi. Leaves glaucous-green, 3- 

 nerved, with cartilaginous edges, scabrous from papillae. Calyx 

 tubular, 5-cleft ; with lanceolate, mucronulate keeled segments. 

 Corolla an inch long, blue, with violaceous lines. Filaments 

 flat, channelled. Ovarium fusiform, pedicellate. Style elongated. 

 Stigmas lanceolate, mucronulate, approximate, papillose, as 

 several other parts of the plant. Very nearly allied to E. Altaica. 



Depressed Ericala. PI. 2 inches. 



8 E. CARIXA'TA (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, terete, simple ; 

 leaves sessile, keeled at the base, linear-lanceolate, incurved ; 

 flowers aggregate, terminal ; calycine segments linear, mucro- 

 nate, with scabrous edges ; corolla funnel-shaped, tubular, with a 

 bearded throat, and a 1 lobed limb : the 5 accessory lobes 

 sharply denticulated, much shorter than the other 5, which are 

 lanceolate, acute. If. . F. Native of Nipaul. Stem purplish. 

 Leaves green, having the margins and keel cartilaginous. Fila- 

 ments capillary. Stigmas revolute. Capsule cuneate-oblong, 

 winged at apex. 



Keeled-\ea\ed Ericala. PI. 1^ inch. 



9 E. VEXU'STA ; stems procumbent or stoloniferous ; leaves 

 roundish-spatulate, obtuse, with cartilaginous edges ; flowers 

 sessile, terminal, 2-3 together, rarely solitary ; calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate; corolla 10-cleft: the 5 regular segments 

 roundish and crenated ; and the 5 accessory ones small and 

 bifid, y.. F. Native of Kamaon. Gentiana venusta, Wall, 

 cat. no. 4.389. Flowers blue. 



