Genticna Toitrnef. 241 



torias unquam viderim nec geographicae rationes utriusque 

 speciei diversissimae negligendae esse videantur. 



Patria. Prata humida planitierum ! Europae occi- 

 dentali-borealis (50° — 69°), Europae orientalis (usque ad 

 Caucasurn) et Sibiria. H a b. «. in Scotia (Hook.!), per 

 totam Sueciam excepta Lappon. superiori (VVahlenb.), per 

 totam Rossiam (Bg.) e. c. in Livonia (de Montpereux!), pr. 

 Moskau (Fisch.!), ad Caucasum (Stev. !), in Gallicia (Bess.), 

 per Sibiriam australiorem e. c. frequens in declivitate m. 

 Altai (nec unquam in tractus alpinos adscendens!), ad lacum 

 Baicalensem (Fisch.!); (j. in Scotia (Hook. !); in Germania 

 boreali, hinc inde in #. transiens , e. c. pr. Paderborn (G. 

 W. F. Meyer!), in ins. Borkum, in duc. Liineburg (G. W. 

 F. Meyer!), in Franconia (Nees), pr. Halae, in Lusatia 

 (fichb. !), pr. BerJin!, in duc. Mecklenburg (Betcke!), in 

 Pomerania!, pr. Koenigsberg (E. Meyer!); in Curonia (de 

 Montpereux !) ; y. in Bohemia (Schm.) , in Dania (Rafn.), 

 in Anglia (Hook. !), in Sibiria (v. Ledeb. !); J. in Scotiae 

 Highlands (Hook. !) , in Scania (Fries !) , in Carpatorum 

 convallibus (Mauksch. !), in Hungaria boreali (Kit. !). — 

 Fl. Aug., Sept. 



44) G. livonica Eschh. ! caule gracili , foliis radi- 

 calibus ovalibus , superioribus cordato - lanceolatis sessi- 

 libus, calycis lobis subinaequalibus, binis lanceolatis tubum 

 corollae aequantibus, ceteris linearibus brevioribus, corollae 

 5fidae coronatae semiuncialis transverse rugulosae tubo cy- 

 lindrico, ovario oblongo-lineari, capsula stipitata. — v. s. 

 sp. in herb. Cham. et Montpereux. 



Synon. G. lancifolia Bess. gal. 1. p. 192. (nec Rafn.). — 

 Bg. I. c. p. 248 (bona descr.). — 

 G. Amarclla M. B. 1. p. 198. auct. Bg. — 

 G. sylvestris de Bray? — 

 G. livonica Eschholz ! in herb. Cliam. — 



A d u m b r. Habitus omnino G. Amarellae var. d. 

 Caulis strictus , pedalis , a basi erecto-ramosus , parce 

 foliatus, internodiis folia duplo excedentibus. Folia ima 

 obtusa nec spathulata, semiuncialia, caulina obtusata. Pa- 

 nicula composita ab ipsa radice incipiens , floribus longis- 

 sime pedicellatis arrectis totum caulem dense obtegentibus. 

 Calycis lobi tubum duplo superantes, longiores obtusiusculi. 

 Corolla livide coerulescens, sicca subscariosa et transversis 

 rugis striata!; lobi ovato-lanceolati acuminati extus vires- 

 centes, intus cum barba coerulei. Ovarium breviter stipi- 

 tatum. Semina pallida. 



Griskbach, Gentianearum Genera ot Spccies, \Q 



