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GENTIANE^E. XIII. ERICALA. 



Beautiful Ericala. PL procumbent. 



10 E. ANGUSTIFOLIA ; stem terete, simple, 1-flowered; leaves 

 narrow-linear, spreading ; corolla campanulate, with 5 ovate acute 

 segments, and as many accessory small jagged ones. Ij. . H. 

 Native from New Jersey to Carolina, in meadows and near 

 rivers, in sandy soil. Gentiana angustifolia, Michx. fl. amer. 

 bor. 1. p. 177. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 186. Gentiana 

 purpurea, Walt. fl. car. p. 109. Gentiana porpby'rio, Gmel. 

 syst. p. 402. no. 37. Hippion Porphyrio, Schmidt. Calyx 5- 

 cleft. Flowers large, azure blue, often 2 inches long. Capsule 

 clavate, stipitate. Stigrra bifid. Stems mostly simple, but 

 sometimes 2-3-flowered. 



Narrow-leaved Ericala. PL 3 to 1 foot. 



11 E. QUADRIFA'RIA ; stem a little branched; flowers ter- 

 minal, solitary, almost sessile ; leaves imbricating in 4 rows, 

 ovate, with cartilaginous edges, terminated each by a bristle ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, 10-clei't. I/.? G. Native of Java, on 

 the higher declivities of Mount Cede. Gentiana quadrifaria, 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 847. Nearly allied to E. aqudtica and E. 

 huinile. 



Quadrifarious-leaved. Ericala. PL \ foot. ? 



12 E. LINEA'RIS; stem roughish ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 undulated, nerveless, ciliated, as well as the calyxes ; flowers 

 terminal, sessile, crowded ; corolla campanulate, 5-cleft, with 

 as many denticulated, accessory segments. I/. H. Native of 

 Pennsylvania and Virginia, on the mountains ; and of the Ar- 

 kansas. Gentiana linearis, Frcel. gent. p. 37. no. 11. Pursh, 

 fl. amer. sept. 1, p. 186. Gentiana puberula, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 176. Flowers large, blue. Segments of corolla blue. 



Linear-leaved Ericala. FL Aug. Clt. 1816. PL -| foot. 



13 E. ACU'TA ; stems tetragonal, branched ; leaves sessile, half 

 stem-clasping, erect, oblong-ovate, very acute ; flowers disposed 

 in terminal and lateral fascicles ; corolla 10-cleft : the 5 regular 

 segments linear-lanceolate : and the 5 accessory ones small and 

 ciliated. O-? H. Native of Carolina and Canada, on high 

 mountains. Gentiana acuta, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 177. 

 Pursh 1. p. 186. Fertile branches much shorter than the ste- 

 rile ones. Flowers very small, greenish yellow, on very short 

 branches. " Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, and terminal, 

 upon longish peduncles ; calyx nearly divided to the base, 2 of 

 the segments smaller than the others ; corolla campanulate, 4-5- 

 cleft, greenish purple ; segments semi-ovate, acute ; orifice 

 ciliated:" ex Nutt. gen. 1. p. 172. Perhaps a species of Eury- 

 thulia, if Michaux' plant and NuttalPs be the same. 



./^cute-flowered Ericala. PL foot. 



14 E. VE'RNA (Borkh. inRcem. arch. 1. p. 41.) stem branched 

 at bottom ; branches 1-flowered ; leaves ovate, acutish : radical 

 ones spreading, crowded ; corolla salver-shaped, 5-cleft, with 

 as many small bifid, accessory segments. T. H. Native 

 throughout Europe, on the alps and mountains, and in humid 

 meadows, as of Switzerland, Savoy, Piedmont, Austria, Car- 

 niola, &c. In England, in Teesdale Forest, Durham ; and be- 

 tween Gort and Galloway, in Ireland. Gentiana verna, Lin. spec, p. 

 331. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1342. exclusive of Gent. Bavarica, Pall. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 493. Curt. bot. mag. 491. Locld. bot. cab. 

 t. 62. Tratt. fl. austr. 1. t. 2. Mordant Delanay. 1. 1. 1. Gentiana 

 prostrata, Schleich. Hall. helv. no. 644. Gent, serrata a, Lam. fl. 

 fr. 2. p. 294. Hippion vernum, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 118. Rcem. 

 arch. 1. p. 16. t. 3. f. 9. Morr. hist. t. 5. f. 13. Ger. emac. 

 436. f. 2. Gentianella dulcis, Gesn. in Schmidel. op. gesn. 2. 

 p. 41. t. 22 f. 83. A. exclusive of Lin. name. Barrel, icon, 

 p. 98. t. 109. f. 1. Stigma finely serrated, saucer-shaped. 

 Root creeping, Angles of calyx undulated. Segments of co- 

 rolla roundish, obtuse. Corollas azure blue ; accessory seg- 

 ments pale. Capsule fusiform, bursting when touched. 



Var, (3; stem hardly exceeding the corolla; segments of 

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corolla acutely serrated. I/. H. Native of the Noric alps, 

 Carpathian mountains, as well as of Siberia, at the Baikal. Froel. 

 gent. p. 65. Gentiana Bavarica, Jacq. obs. 3. p. 19. t. 71. 

 Gent, verna y, Lam. diet. 2. p. 639. Gmel. syst. 461. Scop, 

 earn. l.p. 178. Barrel, icon. 109. f. 2. Ericala, Renealm. 

 spec. p. 75. t. 68. 



Far. y, elongata (Frcel. gent. I. c.) stem elongated, filiform, 

 nearly naked, 1-flowered; calyx oblong, equal ; radical leaves 

 rosulate. 1. H. Native of Austria. Gent, elongata, 

 Haenke, in Jacq. coll. p. 88. t. 17. f. 3. 



Var. , brachyphylla (Frcel. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-roundish, 

 very short. "H-. H. Native of Dauphiny and Carinthia. Gen- 

 tiana brachyphylla, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 258. no. 12. Barrel, 

 icon. t. 103. f. 2. 



Var. e, acutiflora (D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 427.) segments of 

 corolla acute. If. . H. Native of France. 



Var. ', tcrnifolia ; cauline leaves 3 in a whorl. 



Var. i), (tlba ; corolla white. 



Var. d, subacaulis ; plant almost without a stem. . H. 

 Native of Switzerland. Gent, verna ft, VVahl. helv. p. 47. 

 Gent, pumila, Sut. 



Var. , sexfidus ; corolla 6-cleft ; calyx ventricose, triden- 

 tate. !(.. H. Hippion sexfidum, Schmidt, in Iloem. arch. 1. 

 p. 15. 



Spring Ericala. FL April, May. England. PL \ foot. 



15 E. jEsilvA ; stems short, 1-flowered; leaves oval, all 

 equal, crowded ; calyx ventricose; corolla funnel-shaped, 10- 

 cleft : having the accessory segments small, bifid, and acute ; 

 stigma cup-shaped, deeply crenated. 1. H. Native of Bohe- 

 mia, Austria, and Bavaria, on the mountains, in meadows. Gen- 

 tiana sestiva, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 156. Hippion aes- 

 tivum, Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 119. Rcem. arch. 1. p. 16. t. 3. 

 f. 8. Calyx more angular, and the stigma more deeply cre- 

 nated than in E. verna. 



Var. /3, Tergloeensis (Hacq. pi. alp. no. 4. t. 2. f. 3.) stem- 

 less ; calyx short, pentagonal ; accessory segments of corolla 

 semibifid ; stigma funnel-shaped, ciliated. If.. H. Native of 

 Terglove, near the ice. 



Summer Ericala. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL i foot. 



16 E. CARPA'THICA; leaves obovate, all sessile : cauline ones 

 remote; flowers sessile ; corolla 10-cleft, funnel-shaped ; acces- 

 sory segments unknown. If.. H. Native of the Carpathian 

 mountains. Gentiana Carpathica, Kit. in Schultes, fl. austr. 

 ed. 2. no. 1008. Said to be nearly allied to E. verna. 



Carpathian Ericala. PL 5 foot. 



17 E. IMBRICA V TA; stems tufted, shorter than the flowers; 

 flowers solitary ; leaves ovate, acute, imbricated, with scabrous 

 edges; corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft: having the accessory 

 segments bifid. 1. H. Native of Switzerland and Carinthia, 

 on the tops of the alps. Gentiana imbricata, Froel. gent. p. 74. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 1344. Gent. Bavarica, Lam. diet. 2. p. 640. 

 Cam. hort. t. 15. f. 2. Barrel, icon. t. 101. f. 2. ex Cam. 

 Schmidel, op. gesn. 2. p. 43. t. 22. f. 84. This species appears 

 to be intermediate between E. Bavarica and E. prostrdla, but 

 is very distinct from both. The tufts are more dense ; lower 

 leaves roundish. Limb of corolla broader than in E. Bavarica, 

 deep blue ; with ovate-lanceolate acute segments : the accessory 

 one pale blue and rather large. 



Imbricated- leaved Ericala. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PL 

 | foot. 



18 E. PROSTRA'TA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 41.) stem 

 prostrate, filiform, leafy, about equal in length to the flower ; 

 leaves obtuse, crowded; corolla funnel-shaped, 10-cleft; the 

 5 accessory segments small and bifid, if.. H. Native of 

 Salzburgh, on the tops of the alps, Carniola, Unalaschka, Beh- 

 ring's Straits, Bay of St. Laurence, Aleutian Islands, &c. Gen- 



