286 51. GEXTIANACE.E. 



the opening corolla, cor.-lobes elliptic-oblong blunt. E. B. 458. 

 Sy. E. J5/910 b. E. pulchella (Fr.) ed. viii. St. quite simple, 

 1 in. high and 1-flowered ; or very much branched, 68 in. 

 high, with very many flowers. .Radical 1. very few. Panicles 

 forked, a fl. in the fork ; lateral fl. distant from the floral leaves. 

 Fl. rose-coloured. "/3. E. tenuiflora (Link); branches erect 

 forming a term, fastigiate lengthened corymb." Towns. MS. 

 In each species the length of the tube must be observed exactly 

 when the flower is opening. Sandy ground. /3. Low ground 

 between Cowes and Newport. Isle of Wight. Townsend. A. 

 VII. IX. E. S. I. 



2. E. Centaurium (Pers.) ; st. branched above quadrangular, 

 1. elliptic- oblong, the upper ones acute, fl. nearly 'sessile corym- 

 bosely panicled, cal. not half as long as the tube of the opening 

 corolla, cor.-lobes oval Sy. E. B. 909. St. 618 in. high, 

 usually simple below. Panicles of fl. lax. Lateral ft. apparently 

 stalked, but sessile between the two small floral leaves. Radical 1. 

 many. . capitata (Koch) ; pan. compact, plant dwarf. E. 

 latifolia, E. B. S. 2719. Dry pastures. A. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 



3. E. latifolia (Sm.) ; st. short simple 3-cleft at the top, I. 

 broadly oval blunt 5 7 '-veined, fl. in compact round dense forked 

 term, tufts subsessile, cal. about equalling cor.-tube, cor.-lobes 

 lanceolate. Sy. E. B. 907. St. about 3 in. high. Fl. as 

 large as in Sp. 2. Lowest 1. sometimes almost orbicular. Sands 

 by sea near Liverpool, very rare. A. VII. E. 



4. E. littordlis (Fries) ; st. simple solitary or several from the 

 crown of the root, 1. oblong-linear blunt narrowed below, radical 

 1. crowded spathulate, fl. sessile between the floral 1. densely 

 corymbose, calyx as long as the tube of the opening corolla, cor.- 

 lobes oval blunt. Sy. E. B. 908. 'E. chloodes Gren., not E. 

 linariifolia. St. 2 6 in. high. Corymb usually trichoto- 

 mous, dense ; branches sometimes long. Fl. rose-coloured. 

 Radical 1. narrow, many. Sandy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. 



E.S. 



** Stamens from base of cor. -tube. Ripe caps. protruded, 

 unripe slightly so. 



5. E. capitata (W.); st. short simple, st.-i. ovate or subspathu- 

 late blunt 3-veined, fl. sessile in compact term, tufts, cal. about 

 equalling cylindrical cor. -tube, cor.-lobes oval blunt. Linn. 

 Journ. xviii. t. 15. St. less than 3 in. high. Fl.-tufts sessile ; 

 there are often from outer bracts a few long-stalked tufts over- 



