278 



LVI. GENTIANACE^. 



{^Chlora. 



pointed calyx lobes and sessile capsules, and to the latter blunt calyx 

 lobes and stalked capsules, G. Germanica is said to have been found 

 at Ripon in Yorkshire, and at Tring, Herts; to flower later than our 



G, Amarella, and to have larger and blue flowers. Mr. Luxford, in 

 the Phyt. i. p. 381, has shown that, so far at least as regards British 

 specimens, there are many intermediate states. Our Swiss ones of 



G, Germanica have certainly a conspicuous stalk (about an eighth 

 of an inch long) to the capsule, and constantly large and obconical 

 flowers, while G, Amarella of the north of Europe has a sessile cap. 

 sule; but these, the southern and northern forms, seem to be united 

 by those of this country. 



5. G. campestins L. (Field G,) ; stem very much branclied 

 many-flowered, leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2 outer segments of 

 the calyx very large ovate, corolla 4-cleft. jE. B. t. 237. 



Hilly pastures, frequent on a limestone or chalky soil In England 

 and Ireland, Abundant in Scotland, especially near the sea. 0, 

 8 — 10. — J^/oz6'er.s' larger than in the preceding, and so numerous in 

 specimens gathered on the Isle of Skye, that we have counted 86 on 



one plant. 



\_Swertla perennis 



L. : E. B. t. 1441, is said by Hudson to have 



been found in Wales by Dr. Richardson ; but it is supposed that 

 Gentiana Pnemnonanthe had been mistaken for it.] 



■ 



+ 



4. Chlora Linn. Yellow-wort. 



1 



Cal. of 8 deep segments. Cor, nearly rotate. Stam. 8. Style 

 1, deciduous. Stigmas 2, bifid. Caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved, many- 

 seeded. — Name derived from x^^P^(^^ P^^^ ov yellowish green^ 

 in allusion to the colour of its flowers. 



1. C. perfolidta L. (perfoliate Y.) ; leaves connate-perfoliate 

 ovate glaucous. E. B> t. 60. 



Chalky and hilly pastures, chiefly in the middle and southern parts 

 of England. In Ireland, on gravelly soil about Dublin, frequent. 

 ©. 6^, — Plant very glaucous, with remote JeaveSy panicled above, 

 and bearing many bright }'q\\o\y flowers , very bitter. 



Leaves 



B. Segments of the corolla indupUcate in aestivation, 



alternate. (Gen. 5, 6.) 



5. Menyanthes Linn. Buckbean. 



Cal. 5-partite. Cor. funnel-shaped, fleshy, the seo-ments 

 hairy within. Stam. 5. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ] -"celled, 

 2-valved ; valves bearing the seeds along their middle ; seeds 

 parietal. — Name : fA7]v, a month, and avOot:, a flower: some say 

 from the duration of the flower. 



--1. M. trifolidta L. (BucTtbean^ or Marsh Trefoil) E. B. 

 t. 495. -^ -^ 



« 



tstei ■ 



ars in ^' 

 lilfr 



rejiilar 



Tte 



y 



dor. 



fee tl 

 IP, 





