GENTIANE.E. XXXVII. ERYTHR^A. 



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oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved ; flowers subsecund ; calyxes and 

 bracteas about equal in length to the tube of the corolla. 

 Q. H. Native of Italy, Greece, and France, in humid places. 

 Gentiana spicata, Lin. spec. p. 333. Chironia spicata, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1069. Barrel, icon. t. 1242. Flowers alternate, 

 spicate ; segments of corolla ovate-lanceolate. Corollas red or 

 pink. 



J'ar. p, fore-albo; flowers white. Matin, comm. p. 488. f. 2. 

 C. Bauh. prod. 130. 



S/jiA-e-flowered Lesser Centaury. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL J to 1 foot. 



10 E. ALOPECUROIDES ; stems somewhat tetragonal, dicho- 

 tomously branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1 -nerved ; lower 

 ones spatulate : upper ones narrower, acute ; flowers sessile, 

 secund, crow ded, subspicate ; corolla funnel-shaped, with an 

 acute, spreading-limb. O- H. Native country unknown. 

 Gentiana alopecuroides, Lam. diet. 2. p. 643. Calyx angular 

 at the base, with linear-subulate, erect segments, length of tube 

 of the corolla. Very like E. spicata. 



Fox-tail-like Lesser Centaury. PI. ^ foot. 



11 E. AUSTRA'LIS (R. Br. prod. p. 451.) leaves oval-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, 3-nerved ; flowers subsecund, almost sessile ; su- 

 perior bracteas shorter than the calyx. O- H. Native of Van 

 Diemen's Land. Very nearly allied to E. spicata. 



Southern Lesser Centaury. PI. 3 foot. 



1-2 E. CLIGINOSA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. t. 258.) 

 stem simple, tetragonal, compressed, dichotomously corymbose 

 at top, scabrous from pubescence, as well as the leaves and 

 calyxes ; leaves 3-nerved ; radical ones obovate-spatulate : 

 cauline ones linear, acute ; calyx length of the tube of the co- 

 rolla. 0. H. Native of Pannonia, and several other parts of 

 the south of Europe, in humid meadows. E. paludosa, Schrad. 

 E. compressa, Hayne. E. angustifolia, Wallr. Hippocen- 

 tauria uliginosa, Schultes, oestr. fl. 1 . p. 389. Stem simple and 

 branched. Calyx sometimes shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 The roughness all over the plant from short hairs is perfectly 

 manifest under a microscope. 



Bog Lesser Centaury. Fl. Ju. July. PI. to 1 foot, 



2. Flowers pedicellate. 



13 E. ZMARGINA'TA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 3. t. 275.) 

 stem tetragonal, dichotomous at top ; angles diaphanous ; leaves 

 oblong-ovate, obsoletely 5-nerved ; flowers pedicellate ; seg- 

 ments of corolla oblong, emarginate at the apex. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Pannonia, about Pesth. Hippocentauria emarginata, 

 Schultes, oestr. fl. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 390. Leaves shorter than the 

 internodes, with diaphanous edges. Calycine segments subu- 

 late. Corolla with a white or pale purple limb. 



.Emarginafe-petalled Lesser Centaury. Fl. PI. 3 foot. 



14 E. PULCHE'LLA (Fries, nov. fl. suec. p. 30.) dwarf, much 

 branched ; branches tetragonal ; leaves short, ovate or oval, 

 3-nerved : cauline ones equal in length to the internodes ; 

 flowers in loose panicles, destitute of scales at the base ; 

 calyx nearly as long as the tube of the corolla ; style simple. 

 O- H. Native throughout Europe, in the sand by the sea- 

 side, and in moist meadows ; as well as of Caucasus. In 

 Britain, on the sandy sea-coast of England and Scotland. 

 E. ramosissima, Pers. ench. 1. p. 283. E. palustris, Schrad. 

 new- journ. 4. p. 78. E. pulchella a and /3 inaperta, Link et 

 Hoffmans. fl. port. 1. p. 253. Chironia pulchella, Smith, fl. 

 brit. 258. engl. bot. t. 458. Chironia pulchella /3, D. C. fl. fr. 

 no. 2781. Gentiana ramosissima, Vill. delph. 2. p. 530. Chi- 

 ronia Gerardi, Schmidt, fl. bohem. 2. no. 131. Chironium 

 centaurium of many authors. Gentiana Centaurium /3, 

 Lin. spec. p. 333. Chironia Centaurium p, Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1068. Chironia inaperta of many authors. Hippocentauria 

 pulchella, Schultes, oestr. fl. ed. 2d, 1. p. 389. Vaill. bot. par. 



32. t. 6. f. 1. Corollas slender, rose-coloured. From the 

 flowers closing at 1 1 o'clock in the evening, it has been con- 

 fused with Chironia inaperta, or E'xacum pusillum. 



Var.fi; stem simple, few-flowered. G- H. Native along 

 with the species. Chironia pulchella, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1067. 

 Gentiana pulchella, Swartz, act. holm. 1783. p. 84. t. 3. f. 8-9. 

 Willd. spec. 1 . p. 1067. Erythrse'a pumila, Dietr. gart. lex. 

 suppl. 2. p. 249.? Gentiana palustris, Lam. ill. no. 2221. 

 Chironia pulchella y, D. C. 1. c. Flowers rose coloured. 



Neat Lesser Centaury. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. PI. to 

 \ foot. 



15 E. TENUIFLORA (Link et Hoffmans. fl. port. 1. p. 354.) 

 stem erect, dichotomously branched at top, tetragonal ; leaves 

 oblong and lanceolate, 3-nerved, acute ; tube of corolla much 

 longer than the calyx ; segments of corolla very narrow, 

 acute. O- H. Native of Portugal, on the sea-shore, near 

 Acosta. Gentiana ramosissima, Brot. fl.lus. 1. p. 279. Flowers 

 in the forks hardly pedicellate. Calycine segments linear, 

 unequal. Corolla with a red limb, and whitish, filiform tube. 



Slender-flowered Lesser Centaury. PI. | foot. 



16 E. PYRENA'ICA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 285.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, erect ; segments of corolla lanceolate. Q.tt. Native 

 of the Pyrenees. Said by D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2781, to be a 

 variety of E. pulchella. 



Pyrenean Lesser Centaury. PI. -| to 5 foot. 



17 E. LINARLEFOLIA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 283.) stem simple or 

 branched ; leaves linear, obtuse, usually sub-one-nerved ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; calyx shorter than the tube ; style very long, 

 simple ; flowers sub-corymbose. $ . H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, on the banks of the Durance, near Avignon. D. C. 

 fl. fr. suppl. no. 2781, a. Lois, not. 155. E. linearifolia, Dietr. 

 gart. lex. suppl. 2. p. 248. Gentiana linariaefblia, Lam. diet. 2. 

 p. 641. Bocc. mus. 2. t. 43. Barrel, icon. 423. Nearly 

 allied to E. pulchella. Corolla purplish or rose-coloured. Ca- 

 lycine segments linear. 



Toad-flax-leaved Lesser Centaury. PI. \ foot. 



18 E. OCCIDENTALS (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 171.) 

 stem branched from the base : branches short ; leaves ovate or 

 oblong ; flowers longer than the branches ; segments of calyx 

 acute. . H. Native on the sea-shore, about Bayonne. 

 Chironia occidentals, D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2782. Gentiana 

 maritima, Thore, chlor. land. p. 94. Habit of E. pulchella, but 

 dwarfer. Corollas yellow. 



Western Lesser Centaury. PI. ^ to | foot. 



19 E. MARITIMA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 283.) stem branched at 

 top, dichotomous, corymbose, tetragonal ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, 3-nerved ; flowers pedicellate ; segments of corolla ovate- 

 bluntish ; calyx length of the tube of the corolla ; style 

 bipartite. O- H. Native of Italy, France, Greece, and 

 Spain, by the sea-side. Chir6nia maritima, Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 1069, exclusive of the syn. Barrel, icon. t. 468. Smith, 

 fl. grace, t. 237. Chironia maritima angustifolia, D. C. fl. 

 fr. no. 2782. suppl. p. 428. Gentiana maritima, Lin. main. 

 p. 55. Lam. diet. 2. p. 642. Cav. icon. 3. p. 49. t. 296. 

 f. 1. Bocc. mus. 2. p. 83. t. 76. Barrel, icon. t. 467, not 469. 

 Column, ecphr. 78. t. 77. Calycine segments linear. Very 

 like E. Centaurium, but differs in the flowers being pedicellate 

 and yellow. It differs from E. littca, in the flowers being twice 

 the size, in the segments being lanceolate-linear, acuminated. 



Var. /3; Tingitana (Schousb. mar. p. 85.) stem a little com- 

 pressed ; leaves 3-nerved. . H. Native of Tangiers, by the 

 sea-side. 



Sea-tide Lesser Centaury. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1777. PI. 

 | to \ foot. 



20 E. MEYE'RI (Bunge, in Led. fl. alt. ill. t. 159. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 220.) stems erect, 2-edged, dichotomous at top ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, somewhat 3-nerved ; flowers bractless ; peduncles about 



