336 9^. Erlcala. 27. GENTIANS. PL ex. cor. 



Barren mountains ; perennial; April. 



Root creeping; stem short, branched at bottom, 4-angular 

 above ; Jlowers terminal; corolla deep blue, tube whitish 

 green ; lobes crenate. 



2. Ericala Bavarica. Bavarian lastard-felivort. 

 Stems many, simple, 1-flowered; leaves ovate, blunt; 



radical leaves crowded, imbricate, smaller than the others. 



Gentiana Bavarica, Lin. S. P. 331. 



Hippion Bavaricum, Schmidt in Rosm. Arch. I, 17. 



Ericala Bavarica, iirocM. in TJcem.^rcA. 1,26. 



Barren mountains ; perennial ; April. 



3. Ericala nivalis. Snow lastard-felivort. 

 Stem branched; branches alternate, l-flowered; stem 



leaves lanceolate; corolla funnelshape, 5-cut. 



Gentianella fugax minor, Ger. em. 437, 3. 

 Gentiana nivalis, Lin. S. P, 332. 

 Hippion nivale, Schmidt in Ram. .Arch. 1, 17. 

 Ericala nivalis, Brockh. in Rcem. Arch. 1, 26. 

 Small alpine gentian. Dwarf felwort. 



Scotch alps; annual; August. 



Root fibrous; stem and branches upright; radical leaves 

 pointed; Jlowers deep blue, tube greenish. 



III. 93. ERYTHALIA. Renealm. Erythalia. 



Calyx bellshape, ^ or 5-cut; corolla hypocrateriform, 

 4 or 5-lobed, edge not cut, with a many-cut scale or para- 

 phyllum at the base of each lobe; stamens 4 or 5, distinct; 

 styles 2', stigmata clubshape; capsule 1-celled; seeds OYoie, 

 not margined. — Root annual ; leaves and lobes of the calyx 

 minutely cartilaginously serrated at the edge ; Jlowers 

 fascicled, rather umbelled. 



1. Erythalia pulchella. Pretty erythalia. 



Calyx 4 or 5-lobed ; lobes equal ; leaves ovate, lanceo- 

 late. 



Gentianella fugax aiitumnalis elatior, centaurii minor foliis, iJaiV Sj/n, 

 275,1. 



Gentiana Amarella, Lin. S. P. 334. 



Gent'ana Gcrmanica, Willd, Sp. P. 



Gentiana campestris, AlUoni Pedem. 



Gentiana Amarella a, Lamarlc Fl. Fr. 292. 



Genti.ma pulchella, Salisb. Prod. 137, 



Erythalia Amarella, Brockh. in Rcem. Arch. l,2fi, 



Hii)pion Amarcllis, Schmidt in Rcem. Arch. 1, 17. 



Chalky pastures; annual; August. 



