3SS 94. Erythrsea. 27. GENTIANS. PI. ex. cor. 



Root branched; stem 12 in. high, 4-angular, branched 

 at bottom ; leaves 3-ribbed, smooth. 



0. quadj'ifida. Corolla 4-cut. 



y. alba. Corolla white. 



2. Erythrcea littoralis. Shore centory. 



Stem simple, stiff; Zeawe^ linear, obovate; lobes of the 

 calyx subulate: flowers sessile, corymbose, capitate. 



Chirouia littoralis, Eng. Bo^ 33, 2S05. 

 Erythrae.i conferta, Persoon Si/n, 1 , 283 ? 



Northern sea-shores ; annual ; June. 

 Stem 3 in. high; style scarcely declined. 



S. Erythrcea pulchella. Pretty centory. 



Stem short, much branched; leaves ovate; lobes of the 

 calyx avvlshape, little shorter than the tube of the corolla; 

 flowers erect, pedicelled. 



Gentiana Cenlaurium /3, Lin. S. P. 333. 

 Chironia pulchella, Swart. Act. Hoi. 1783, 85. 

 Erythraea ramosissima, Pers, Syn. 283. 



Sandy sea-shores ; annual ; August and September. 

 Stem 2 in. high, forked ; leaves 3 or 5-ribbed. 



V. 95. FRANQUEVILLIA. R. A. Salisbury. MSS. 



Gentianella. 

 Calyx cupshape, rather angular, 4<-cut ; corolla hypocra- 

 teriform ; tube ovate ; limb 4-cut, regular ; stamens 4, short, 

 upright; anthers straight, distinct, slightlj'^ exserted; style 1; 

 stigma capitate; capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, open at top; 

 seeds angular, dotted. — Flowers upright, terminal, loosely 

 panicled or solitary, yellow, persisting ; peduncles long. 



, Framjuevillia minima. Least gentianella. 



Stem rather forked ; radical leaves roundish ; stem leaves 

 awlshape, connected at the base. 



Centaurium palostre luteurn minimum nostras. Rati Syn. 286,2, 

 Gentiana filiforniis, Lin. S. P. 335. 

 Exacum til i forme, Erigl. But. 233. 

 Hippion filiforme, Schmidt in Rosmer Arch. 



Bogs; annual; July. 



Roots fibrous; stem forked or simple, roundish, 2 in. 

 high; peiM7icZw 4-sided, 1-flowered. 



