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topping primary tuft. Root-1. in rosette, with 3 long and often 

 2 short veins. Cor. -tube not narroiued at top, not lengthening 

 after flowering. Stam. from quite base of cor.-tube, otherwise 

 free, Downs at Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Northumb, 

 &c. A. or B. VII. VIII. E. 



3. CICEN'DIA Adans. 



1. C. filifor'mis (Delarb.) ; cal. bellshaped with 4 ovate acute 

 lobes, st. threadshaped forked. Exacum Sm. E. B. 235. Mi- 

 crocala HofFm. & Link. St. 1 4. in. high. Radical 1. linear- 

 lanceolate, steni.-l. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yellow, solitary, 

 on long stalks. Stigma capitate. Damp sandy places. A. 

 VII. VIII. E. 1. 



\_C. pusil'la (Griseb.) ; cal. ^-parted with linear segments, st. 

 slender branching from its base. E. B. S. 2994. St. much 

 branched throughout, 1 4 in. high. L. all narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate. Fl. pink. Stigma 2-lobed. On spots sometimes 

 Hooded. Paradis, Guernsey. Capt. Gosselin. A. VI. VII.] 



Tribe III. Swertieae. 

 4. GENTIA'NA Linn. Gentian. 



* Cor. funnel- or somewhat salver-shaped. 



1. G. Amarel'la (L.) : cor. 5-cleft hairy in the throat, cal.- 

 lobes 5 nearly equal lanceolate, 1. sessile ovate-lanceolate, radical 

 1. oval-spathulate. E. B. 236. Sy. E. B. 917. Very variable 

 in size and in the number of the flowers, 312 in. high, erect. 

 St. square, much branched, sometimes from the base. Fl. 

 rarely 4-cleft. Caps, stalked or sessile. Cor.-tube obconical 

 or subcylindrical. a. G. Amarella (Sm.); branches of st. erect, 

 cal.-segm. nearly equal, cor.-tube cylindrical a little exceeding 

 calyx, n. lurid purple. [A small annual form with basal 1. ovate- 

 lanceolate is G. uliginosa Willd.] /3. G. germanica (Willd.) ; st. 

 much branched ascending, cal.-segm. unequal, cor.-tube obconical 

 much exceeding calyx, fl. bluish-lilac. J. of B. ii. t. 15. Dry 

 calcareous fields. A. or B. VIII. IX. Felwort. E. S. 1. 



2. G. campes'tris (L.) ; cor. 4-c 1 eft hairy in the throat, cal.- 

 lobes 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate,], ovate-lanceolate. E. B. 

 237. St. 310 in. high. Fl. pale lilac; cor.-tube slightly 



