GENTIANEiE. 



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oblong. Caps, almost B-celleil. a. G-8. O-pen 

 ivoods and pashires. 



2. latifolia. Stem erect, simple, very short. 

 Pan. crowded. Fl. of forks sessile. Cal. nearly 

 as long as tube of opening flower. Lobes of 

 Cor. lanceolate, somewhat obtuse. L. oval, 

 5-7-nerved. a. 6-8. Coasts, n. Eur. 



3. linariifolia {littoralis, Sm.). Stem 

 simple. Corymb dense. El. of forks sessile. 

 Cal. as long as tube of opening corolla. Lobes 

 of Cor. oval, obtuse. Caps, nearly 1-ceUed. 

 Lower L. in rosettes, oblong, a. 6, 7. Coasts. 

 Scotl. Livei-pool. n. G. 



4. tenuifolia. Stem branched. Div. of 

 Cal. linear, somewhat obtuse, as long as tube 

 of opening corolla. Div. of Cor. oval. AU L. 

 linear, l-nerved: lower very long. a. 7, 8. 

 Sands of the Durance, Fr. 



5. difFusa. Diffuse, ascending, few-flow- 

 ered. Fl. sessile. Cal. nearly as long as tube 

 of opening coroUa. Div. of Cor. as long as tube, 

 eUiptic. Lower L. elliptic, subrotund, approx- 

 imate, a. Among ftirze . Morlaix. 



6. pulchella. Stem much branched (sim- 

 ple in starved specimens). Fl. of forks stalked. 

 Cal. nearly as long as tube. Segm. of Cor. 

 lanceolate. L. ovate. Caps. l-ceUed. a. 7-9. 

 Barren pastures. 



7. spicata. Stem quadi-angular. Branches 

 simple, each ending in a long spike ! L. ob- 

 long, 5 -nerved. Cal. Teeth unequal. Div. of 

 Cor, lanceolate, a. 7, 8. Sandy coasts, s. 

 Fr. Trieste, Italy. 



8. maritima. Stem simple. Pan. coiym- 

 bose, few-flowcrcd. L. ovato-lanceolate. Div. 

 of Cal. lineari-subulatc. Lower L. ovate ; up- 

 per oblongo-lanceolate. Fl. yellovi. a. 6, 

 sometimes 9. Shores of Mdt. 



Not well known. 



9. ESlodes. " Stem erect, nearly simple, 

 hirsute. L. round. Cymes 6-10-flowered, on 

 axillary -staUis. Cal. as long as tube of corolla. 

 Lobes obtuse, connected into a tube. Cor. 

 yelloio. Lobes acute, p. Boggy meadovjs. 

 Valle d'Ossam, lower Pyr." — Griseb. 



555. CICENDIA. 



1. CandoUei. Stem branched, somewhat 

 dichotomous, slender. L. Hneari-lanceolate, 3- 

 nerved. Fl. -stalks very long. M.pink. a. 6, 7- 

 Places sometimes zmder water. Domiront. 

 Anjou. Plelan. Nantes. Montp. Lmigo Sardo 

 in Sardinia. 



2. pusilla. Stem much branched, dicho- 

 tomous. L. oblongo-lanceolate, 8-nerved. FL- 

 stalks short. Border of Cor. connivent, rose- 

 colotired, white, or yellow. Perhaps not dif- 

 ferent from Sp.l. a. 7, 8. Places overflowed 

 in winter. Fontainebleau. Alen9on. Aurillac. 



3. filiformis. Stem slender, dichotomous. 

 Root-L. lineai'i-laneeolate ; upper subulate, 1- 

 nerved. Fl. -stalks veiy long, naked. Cal. 

 campanulate, with 4 teeth. Style undivided. 

 Fl. yellow, a. 7. Moist sandy or, peaty, occ. 

 throughout Europe. 



LXVI. POLEMONIACEJl. 



CoroUa inferior. iEstivation imbricate. Stamens 5. Germen of 3 cells, with central placenta. 

 Style 1. Stigma 3-cleft. 



556. POLEMONITJM. 

 1. cseruleuin. L. pinnate. Fl. erect. Cal. 



divided to middle. Segm. somewhat obtuse. 

 p. 6. Moist bushy. Eng. Pyr. Jura. Ger. 

 occasionally. 



LXYII. CONVOLVULACE^. 



Corolla inferior, regular, bngitudinally plaited 



557. CONVOLYULDS 



Flowers sessile, with 2 opposite bracts 



close to flower, 

 celled. 



. Soldanella. 



Capsule im'peifectly 2- 

 Bracts broadly ovate. L. 



Germen 4-ceIled, on an hypogynous disc. 



reniform. Stalks 1-flowered, 4-edged, Avinged. 

 Stems procumbent, p. 6, 7. Sandy shores. 



2. sylvestris. L. cordate: basal lobes 

 sometiraes truncate. Bracts concave, one em- 

 bracing the other. Stem -climbing. Fl. vjhite. 



