232 51. GENTIANiCE-i:. 



stalked axillary and terminal, cal. rather shorter than the tube of 

 the opening corolla, cor. -lobes elliptic-oblong blunt. — St. quite 

 simple, 1 in. high and 1 -flowered; or very muck branched, 6 — 8 

 in. high, with very many flowers. Radical 1. very few. Panicle 

 forked, a fl. in the fork ; lateral Jl. distant from the floral leaves. 

 n. rose-coloured. The length of the tube must be observed 

 exactly at the time when the flower is about to expand.— Sandy 

 ground. A. VII.— IX. E. S. I. 



2. E. Centaurium (Pera.) ; St. branched above quadrangular, 

 1. elliptic-oblong the upper ones acute,_^. nearly sessile corym- 

 bosely panicled, cal. not half as long as the tube of the opening 

 corolla, cor. -lobes oval. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, usually simple be- 

 low. Panicles of fl. lax. Lateral fl. apparently stalked but 

 sessile between the small floral leaves. Radical 1. many. — Drv 

 pastures. A. VII. Vni. E. S. I. 



3. JE. latifuKa (Sm.) ; st. short branched from the base qua- 

 drangular, 1. broadly oval blunt,7?. in dense forhed tufts sessile, 

 cal. rather shorter than the tube of the opening corolla, cor. -lobes 

 lanceolate. — St. thick, 2 — 3 in. high, sometimes taller and 

 branched, usually dividing into 3 main branches, ending in tufts 

 of flowers. Fl. densely croioded, pink. Radical 1. very large, 

 5 — 7-ribbed, many. — Sands near the sea. A. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



4. -E littordlis (Fries) ; st. simple solitary or several from the 

 crown of the root, 1. oblong-linear blunt naiTowed below, radical 

 1. crowded spathulate,,;?. sessile between the floral 1. densely 

 corymbose, calyx as long as the tube of the opening corolla, cor.- 

 lobes oval blunt. — E. chloodes Gren.,notE. linariifolia. (Sum. Fr. 

 554.) — St. 2 — 6 in. high. Corymb usually trichotomous, dense ; 

 branches sometimes long. Fl. rose-coloured. Radical 1. nar- 

 row, many. — Sandy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. B. S. 



3. Cicbk'bia Adans. 



1. C. fllifor'mis (Reich.) ; cal. bellshaped with 4 ovate acute 

 lobes, st. threadshaped forked. — Exacum Sm. Microcala Griseb. 

 — St. 1^-4 in. high. Radical 1. linear-lanceolate, stem-1. subu- 

 late, all sessile. Fl. yellow, solitarj^, on long stalks. — Damp 

 sandy places. A. VII. VIII. E. I 



[ C. pusil'la (Griseb.) ; cal. ^-parted with linear segments, st, 

 slender branching from its base. — E. B. S. 2904. — St. much 

 branched throughout, 1 — 4 in, high. L. all narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate. Fl. pink. — On spots sometimes flooded. Paradis, 

 Guernsey. Capt. Oosselin. A. VI. VII.] 



