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GENTIANEjfc. XXXIX. LISIANTHUS. 



3 L. ALA'TUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 95. t. 174.) stem tetragonal; 

 with the angles a little winged ; leaves sessile, ovate, obtuse, 

 marginate ; flowers racemose ; calycine segments ovate-roundish ; 

 corolla from a slender tube to ventricose : with ovate segments. 

 If. . S. Native of Brazil, in alpine pastures, near Villa Rica, 

 Sahara, and on the range of mountains called Serra de St. An- 

 tonio, in the mine provinces. L. specibsus, Schlecht, in Linnaea, 

 1. p. 198. Racemes sometimes simple, and sometimes crowded, 

 coarctate. Flowers drooping. Corolla 1^ to 2 inches long, 

 pale violet. 



Winged-stemmed Lisianthus. PI. 1| to 2 feet. 



4 L. AMPLISSIMUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 96. t. 175.) stem tetragonal ; 

 having the angles a little winged ; leaves sessile, ovate, acute, a 

 little margined ; flowers racemose ; calycine segments ovate ; 

 corollas very large, campanulate, with ovate-orbicular segments. 

 If.. S. Native of Brazil, in alpine pastures, near Villa Rica, 

 Villa do Principe, and elsewhere, in the mine provinces. Ra- 

 cemes twin, 2-flowered, with a flower in the fork. Corolla 

 large, purple or blue. The roots are very bitter, and are used 

 in decoction as a febrifuge, like those of L. pendulus, by the 

 inhabitants of the mine provinces of Brazil. 



Very large-fiowered Lisianthus. PI. 2 feet. 



5 L. COSRULE'SCENS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 207. t. 82. Mart. 1. 

 c. p. 100. t. 178. f. 2.) stem tetragonal, leafless a long 

 way at the top : leaves narrow-lanceolate : lower ones ovate, 

 acute, few ; flowers bifidly racemose or solitary, drooping ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acute ; corolla funnel-shaped ; with a 

 short, gibbous tube : and ovate, acute, erectish segments. Q. 

 S. Native of Brazil, in the province of St. Paul, in moist fields ; 

 and of Guiana, in humid meadows. Leaves small. Corolla 

 small, blue, a nail in length. 



Bluish-Rowered Lisianthus. PI. J to 1 foot. 



6 L. PRATE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 180.) 

 stem simple, tetragonal ; angles a little winged ; leaves linear, 

 obtuse, sessile, remote ; flowers few, terminal ; calycine seg- 

 ments ovate, obtuse ; corolla funnel-shaped, with ovate, acute 

 segments. Q. S. Native of grassy places, near Esmeraldo, on 

 the Orinoco. Flowers unequally pedicellate. Corolla blue. 

 Nearly allied to L. ccerulescens, Aubl. 



Meadow Lisianthus. Fl. May. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



7 L. PURPURA'SCENS (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 205. t. 81.) stem 

 branched, obsoletely tetragonal ; leaves sessile, ovate, acumi- 

 nated ; racemes terminal, dichotomous, on long peduncles ; 

 calycine segments roundish, obtuse ; corolla campanulately fun- 

 nel-shaped : with roundish -ovate, acutish segments. 0. S. 

 Native of the Missions of the Orinoco, in inundated places, between 

 St. Fernando de Atabapo, and the falls of Maypure ; and of Guiana. 

 Lam. ill. t. 107. f. 2. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 182. Flowers solitary, remote, secund, at length drooping. 

 Corolla purplish, 9 lines long. Stamens equal to the corolla in 

 length, or a little exserted. Leaves reticulately veined. 



Purplish-flowered Lisianthus. Fl. May. PI. 1 foot. 



2. Flowers scarlet, 



8 L. PULCHE'RRIMUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 97. t. 176.) stem sub- 

 tetragonal, finely winged ; leaves sessile, ovate, acuminated ; 

 or broad-elliptic, revolute, with membranous margins ; pani- 

 cles terminal, dichotomous ; calycine segments ovate, acute ; 

 corollas large, campanulately funnel-shaped, from a slender tube. 

 1J. . G. Native of Brazil, in the mine provinces, especially near 

 Villa Rica, Sabura, Tepanhoa, Villa do Principe, Tejuco, &c. 

 Corolla large, nearly 3 inches long, scarlet. Peduncles twin, 

 dichotomous ; with a flower in each fork. 



Very fair Lisianthus. PL 3 feet. 



9 L. E'LEGANS (Mart. 1. c. p. 98. t. 177.) stem sub-tetragonal; 

 leaves sessile, ovate, short-acuminated, with sub-revolute edges; 

 racemes on long peduncles ; flowers drooping ; calycine seg- 



ments ovate, acute ; corolla funnel-shaped, from an elongated 

 tube : witli ovate-acute segments, y, . G. Native of Brazil, in 

 the mine provinces, in alpine pastures, especially near Villa Rica, 

 Pires, Villa do Principe, and on mount Itambe, &c. Peduncles 

 2-3-flowered. Corolla lg inch long, fine scarlet. 



Var. a, robusta (Mart. 1. c.) stem 2-3-feet, branched, leafy; 

 flowers large, red, more remote. 



Var. ft, simplex (Mart. 1. c.) stem almost simple, leafy at 

 bottom, and elongated at top into an almost 1 -flowered pedicel ; 

 flowers smaller. Lis. pedunculatus, Schlecht, in Linnaea, 1. p. 

 199. 



Elegant Lisianthus. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



10 L. ANGUSTIFOLIUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 99. t. 178. f. 1.) stem 

 tetragonal ; angles slightly winged ; leaves sessile, narrow- 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, with revolute edges ; flowers drooping, 

 usually solitary ; calycine segments ovate, short-acuminated ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, with a slender tube, and narrow, ovate, 

 acute, erectish segments. 0. S. Native of Brazil, in the mine 

 provinces, in elevated fields, near St. Domingo, &c. Corolla 

 fine scarlet, an inch and more long. 



Narrow-leaved Lisianthus. PI. 1 to 1 J foot. 



3. Flowers yellow, or greenish yellow, or altogether green. 



11 L. INFLA^TUS (Mart. 1. c. p. 94. t. 173.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute, on short petioles ; stems terete ; racemes termi- 

 nal, few-flowered, sub-secund, drooping ; calycine segments 

 ovate, obtuse, apiculated ; corolla with a narrow base, and a 

 ventricosely campanulate top : with ovate, obtuse, spreading 

 segments. Q. S. Native of Brazil, in subalpine fields, near 

 Villa Rica, Sabura, and elsewhere, in the mine provinces. 

 Racemes twin, 2-4-flowered, with or without a flower in the 

 fork. Flowers pendulous. Corolla more than an inch long, 

 pale greenish. 



Inflated-Row ered Lisianthus. Fl. Feb. March. PI. 2 to 2^ 

 feet. 



12 L. KU'NTHII ; stem branched, terete; leaves lanceolate- 

 linear, nearly sessile ; racemes terminal, simple ; calycine seg- 

 ments roundish, obtuse, concave ; corolla funnel-shaped : with 

 ovate, acute segments. 0. S. Native of grassy places, at the 

 foot of mount Duida, near Esmeralda, in the missions of the 

 Orinoco. L. angustifolius, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 181. Leaves 1-nerved, obsoletely veined. Flowers solitary, 

 or twin, secund, lower ones remote. Calyx quadrifid. ? Co- 

 rolla green. 



Kunth's Lisianthus. Fl. May. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



13 L. BIFIDUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 181.) 

 stem simple, obsoletely tetragonal ; leaves nearly sessile, lanceo- 

 late, acute; racemes terminal, bifid ; calycine segments roundish- 

 elliptic, obtuse ; corolla funnel-shaped : with ovate-obtuse seg- 

 ments. . S. Native of New Granada, near the mine of 

 Santanna. L. racemosus, Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 788. Leaves remote. Flowers solitary, secund. 

 Corollas green. Stamens exserted. 



/?j/irf-racemed Lisianthus. Fl. June. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



14 L. MACROPHY'LLA (Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 788. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 183.) shrubby; 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles ; co- 

 rymbs terminal, paniculately disposed ; calycine segments 

 roundish ; corolla funnel-shaped : with ovate, obtuse segments. 



Ij . S. Native of New Granada, on the declivity of Panama de 

 Almaguer, between Pansitara and the river Ruiz. Stem arti- 

 culated, rather hairy, having 2 of the sides convex, and the other 

 2 furrowed. Floriferous branches sub-fastigiate. Leaves reti- 

 culately veined ; having the nerves and veins hairy on the under 

 side. Corollas yellow. Leaves 7-8 inches long. 

 Long-leaved Lisianthus. Fl. Nov. Shrub 6 feet. 



15 L. TRIFIDUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 182.) 



