Gentidna.'] 



LVI. GENTIANACEiE. 



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given for this species are said to vary in individuals ; and it has 

 perhaps little right to be kept distinct from E, Centaurium. 



3. Gentiana Linn. 



Gentian. 



Cal. 4 — 5-cleft. Cor, subcampannlate, funnel- or salver- 

 shaped, tubular at the base, destitute of nectariferous glands. 

 Stanh 5. Styles persistent, often combined. Caps, of 1 cell, 

 2-valved. — Named from Gentius king of Illvria, who, according 

 to Pliny, brought into use the species so much valued in medi- 

 cine, the hitter Gentian^ G. lutea, 



* Cor. suhcampanulate, the throat naked, 



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1. G. Pneumondnthe L. {Marsh G.) ; leaves linear obtuse; 

 flowers terminal and axillary nearly sessile, corolla 5-cleft. 

 JE. B. t. 20. 



Moist heathy places, in several parts of England, %. 8,9, — 

 Stem upright, 4 to G or 8 inches tall. Corolla large, deep blue 

 within, having 5 broad greenish lines corresponding wiih the segments. 



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* Cor. somewhat funneU or salver^shaped^ with 5 large and 5 smaller 



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seg7ue7its, 



2. G. verna L. (Spring G.) ; stem csespitose 1 -flowered, leaves 

 ovate lower ones crowded, calyx with sharp teeth and prominent 

 angles, corolla salver-shaped with 5 large and 5 small alternate 

 bilid segments. E. B. t. 493. 



Alpine pastures, rare. Middleton in Teesdale, Durham. Between 

 Gort and Galway, Ireland ; and on limestone rocks in the Barony of 

 Barren in the same country. 1^. 4. 



3. G. nivdlis L. {sjhall alpine G.) ; branches single-flowered, 

 leaves elliptical, corolla salver-shaped 5-cleft with intermediate 

 small bifid segments, calyx cylindrical its andes keeled (brown). 

 B. B. t. 896. o V ; 



Mountains of Scotland, exceedingly rare ; Craigalleach ; Ben 

 Lawers ;^ and Glen Isla. Clova. 0. 8. — This rare and beautiful 

 little alpine plant varies in height from 1 to 6 inches. 



Lor. 4 — 5-cIeft, somewhat salver-shaped, fringed at the throat. 



4. G. Amarella L. (small-flowered G.) ; stem mucli branclied, 

 root-leaves oval spathulate upper ones ovate- lanceolate sessile, 

 cal. lobes lanceolate nearly equal shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla which is cylindrical or obconical its limb 5-cleft, germen 

 linear- oblong and as well as the capsule sessile or shortly stipi- 

 tate, E. B. t. 236. ^ 



Dryjpastuves in England and Scotland, but not very common. 

 jT ■ ^ ^' — ^^ ^^^^ Flora Londinensis an opinion is expressed that 

 r • 1 , ^T*''^" ^"^ ^- Germanica are not specifically distinct. 



nsebach, Koch, and others, think they are, ascribing to the former 



