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XXXIV. 
EUSTOMA SILENIFOLIUM. 
Silene-leaved Eustoma. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Gentiane. Juss. Gen. p. 141. 
aay 
Corolle Tubus infundibuliformis apice 
iis variegatus. Filament 
inferne lineari-lanceolata. 
acentis breviter stipitatis, 
Stigma amplum, profunde 2-lobum. * emina scro= 
biculata. Herbe annue, facie Pneumonanthium. Caulis perfoliatus. Folia glauca, oppo- 
sita, oblonga, levia. Flores cwrulei ; corymbis raris dichotomis terminalibus. Nomen @ voce 
Grech evorouos, ob os corolle pulchrum. 
Calyx profunde 5-fidus laciniis dorso plus minus alatis. 
contractiusculo: Limbus tubo longior, profunde 5-fidus, intus fasc 
E. caule teretiusculo: foliis obovato-lanceolatis : calycis laciniis dorso vix alatis. 
Lisianthus glaucifolius. Jacq. Ic. Collect. 2. 1. p. 64. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Providence, legit M. Catesby. 
Floret apud nos Augusto. 
Three very distinct genera, which agree in nothing but having a persistent corolla roe 1-louc- 
lar fruit, are confounded under Lisianthus in Willdenow’s Species FJantarnm © 1* the tr 
y 2-lobed stigma : 3°” the species 
which I am preparing for the Linnean Society. I only know bape ‘ 
which is the Gentiana Evaltata of Linné referred by him to that genus, solely from Plumier’s 
i t of the two, but differs, as far as can be 
lated stem, longer leaves, a greater number of TT : 
i i i re bo! aucous leaves 
filaments inserted a little higher. They have both § : tg few vaiiical leaves. Flowers 
rated, which character is still more conspi 
ago, in the collection of W. Manning, Esq. To 
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7 REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. 
1. Filament and Anther seen in front and behind magnified. 
Q. Pistillum magnified. — 
