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GENTIANEyE. XIV. PNEUMONAKTHE. 



Far. , guttdta (Sims, bot. mag. 1101. Pall. TOSS. 2. p. 211.) 

 stems decumbent ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; segments of 

 corolla dotted inside. 



Far. 77 ; corollas 4-cleft, with bluntish segments ; accessory 

 ones subclenticulated ; leaves linear, y. . H. 



Far. 3, ascendena (Schmidt, fl. boh. no. 115. exclusive of the 

 synonymies), corollas 5-cleft, 5-toothed, sessile; leaves connate ; 

 linear-lanceolate ; radical ones fasciculate. % . H. Native of 

 Bohemia. 



Common Calathian violet. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. Britain. PI. 



to 1 foot. 



2. Anthers free, incumbent or erect. The greater number of 

 the species contained in this section mill be found probably to 

 agree better rvith the genus Ericdla than with Pneumondnthe. 



3 P. BICUSPIDA'TA ; stems numerous, procumbent, terete, 

 leafy, 1-flowered ; leaves sessile, linear, obtuse ; calycine seg- 

 ments linear, lanceolate, mucronulate ; corolla turbinately 

 campanulate, 10-cleft; the 5 accessory segments small, bicus- 

 pidate, and the other 5 roundish, mucronate. 7. H. Native 

 of Mexico. Gentiana assurgens. Sesse, and Mocino. Habit of 

 P. vulgaris. Stem purplish, 1-3 flowered. Lower leaves 

 narrow-spatulate. Corolla blue. Filaments dilated. Anthers 

 oblong, incumbent ; cells loose at the base. Ovarium fusiform 

 Style very short ; stigmas semi-cylindrical, minutely papillose. 



Bicuspidate-fiovrered Calathian violet. PL procumbent. 



4 P. MICHAU'XII; stems terete ; leaves linear-lanceolate, blunt- 

 ish ; terminal flowers in fascicles, axillary ones solitary, pedun- 

 culate ; corolla campanulate, with roundish segments, the acces- 

 sory ones small, and acutely unidentate. If. . H. Native from 

 Canada to Pennsylvania, on high mountains, near the borders of 

 lakes and rivulets. Gentiana Pneumondnthe, Michx. fl. bor. 

 amer. 1. p. 176. Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 185. Gent. 

 pseudo-pneumonanthe, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 146. 

 Flowers large, dark blue. 



Michaux's Calathian violet. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. PL 

 | foot. 



5 P. ORNA'TA ; root composed of thick fleshy branches ; 

 stems terete, simple, numerous, ascending, 1-flowered; leaves 

 lanceolate, obtuse, short, crowded, coriaceous ; flowers solitary, 

 sessile ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft : segments obtuse, much like the 

 leaves, with wide recesses ; corolla funnel-shaped, with short, 

 triangular, acute segments, having as many small ones between 

 the larger ones. %. H. Native of Nipaul, at Gosainsthan. 

 Gentiana ornata, Wall. cat. no. 4386. Corollas blue. Plant 

 with the habit of Pneumondnthe vulgaris. 



Decked Calathian violet. PL \ foot. 



C P. TRIFLORA (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 10. no. 15.) 

 stem terete ; leaves linear, obtuse : floral ones alternate, drawn 

 out , flowers terminal, sessile, usually by threes ; corolla cam- 

 panulate, 10-cleft; the real segments sub-cordate, obtuse, slightly 

 serrulated: the accessary ones small. 1. H. Native of eastern 

 Siberia, in alpine meadows beyond the Baical. Gentiana triflora, 

 Pall. fl. ross. 1. p. 105. t. 93, f. 1. Froel. gent. p. 38. no. 12. 

 Dasystephana triflora, Borkh. in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 26. Superior 

 leaves nearly 3 inches long. Calyx subspathaceous, unequally 

 5-cleft ; segments linear, acute. Corollas pale blue. 



Three-flowered Calathian violet. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1807. 

 PL $ foot. 



7 P. ADSCE'NDENS (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. c.) stems 

 procumbent, tetragonal ; leaves linear ; radical ones elongated, 

 3-nerved ; terminal flowers usually by threes, sessile ; axillary ones 

 solitary, lower of these pedicellate ; calyx cleft on one side, 

 and 3-5-toothed on the other ; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft, with 



broad acute segments: the 5 accessory ones very small and obtuse; 

 stigmas acute. 1{. H. Native of Siberia, in dry, grassy, 

 mountainous places. Gentiana deciimbens, Lin. suppl. 174. 

 Pall. ross. 2. p. 106. t. 94. Sims, bot. mag. t. 705. Froel. 

 gent. p. 43. no. 14. Gent. Pneumonanthe, Gmel. sib. 4. p. 103. 

 t. 51. f. A. exclusive of the synonymes. Dasystephana adscen- 

 dens, Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 26. Radical leaves longer 

 than the plant ; ex Lin. Corollas large, blue. According to the 

 figure in Bot. mag. the flowers are all pedunculate. 



Far. a, Pallasii (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 281.) radical leaves nar- 

 rower, shorter ; stems ascending ; calyx 5-toothed, foliaceous. 



V.H. 



Far. /3, Gebleri (Ledeb. 1. c.) radical leaves broader, longer ; 

 stem erect ; calyx spathaceous, nearly entire, "U. . H. Gen- 

 tiana Gebleri, Led. act. soc. nat. mosc. 7. consp. gen. gent. nos. 

 9-10. 



Far. y, adscendens; stems simple, decumbent. y.. H. 

 Native of Siberia. Gentiana adscendens, Sims, bot. mag. t. 723. 

 Flowers blue. 



4scending-stemmed Calathian-violet. FL July. Clt. 1799. 

 PL decumbent. 



8 P. FRIGID A (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 10. no. 11. t. 2. 

 f. 2. Towns, trav. t. 13.) stems simple, tetragonal; leaves 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, nerveless ; flowers terminal, twin or tern, 

 sessile ; calyx tubular, 5-cleft, with linear-lanceolate, acutish 

 segments; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft; with lanceolate-ovate, 

 acute segments, which are rounded on one side ; the accessory 

 segments small and crenulated ? stigma orbicularly-capitate. 

 Tf.. H. Native of Styria, on the Alps, and the Carpathian 

 mountains. Gentiana frigida, Hsenke in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 13. 

 Wulf. in Room. arch. 3. p. 341. Willd. spec. l.p. 1337. Froel. 

 gent. p. 39.no. 13. with a figure. Wahl. carp. p. 72. Tratt. 

 fl. austr. fasc. 7. t. 1. Radical leaves crowded. Corolla white, 

 marked with fuscescent dots and stripes, or bluish. Stamens 

 blue. 



Frigid Calathian violet. Fl. June, July. PI. 5 foot. 



9 P. A'LGIDA (Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 10.) stems obsoletely 

 tetragonal, or nearly terete ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved ; 

 flowers terminal and lateral, pedicellate ; calyx tubular, with 

 linear segments ; corolla campanulate, 10-cleft, with trigonal 

 segments; the accessory ones small and serrated. If.. H. 

 Native of eastern Siberia, at the Jenessee, and the Baical, 

 &c. as well as of the islands of Kamtschatka, and St. Lawrence, 

 in humid places on the tops of mountains. Gentiana algida, Pall, 

 fl. ross. 2. p. 107. t. 95. Gent, frigida ft, Frcel. gent. p. 39. 

 no. 13. Dasystephana algida, Borkh. in Roem. arch. p. 26. 

 Gent, punctata var. Pall. itin. 3. append, p. 724. no. 82. t. L. 

 f. 2. which is Gent, punctata /3, Gmel. syst. 5. p. 460. Gent. 

 Romanzovii Led. in act. sol. mosc. 7 consp. gent. 1812. Gmel. 

 sib. 4. p. 106. no. 75. Calyx purplish, membranous, cleft on one 

 side, tetragonal, with unequal segments. Corolla large, milk 

 coloured, marked with bluish dots and stripes, and the limb of a 

 livid blue colour. This is said to be the same as Gentiana 

 frigida, by Cham, in Linnaea, 1. p. 174. 



Far. p, dwarfer ; corolla yellow, marked with blue spots. 

 2/.H. Frcel. gent. p. 39. 



Algid Calathian violet. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1808. PL i 

 to -| foot. 



10 P. GE'LIDA ; stems ascending, tetragonal ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, 3-nerved ; flowers axillary and terminal, aggregate : corolla 

 campanulate, with bluntish segments; the 5 accessory ones short, 

 and jagged. 1. H. Native of Caucasus, particularly on moun- 

 tains above Gandcha. Gentiana gelida, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 196. 

 suppl. p. 188. Gent, alpina, Adams, Hoffm. hort. mosc. 1808. 

 no. 1487. Habit of G. frigida, or P. seplemfida. Flowers size 

 of those of G. frigida; cream-colour, or bluish. 



