222 51. GENTIAN ACE^E. 



of the cor. oval obtuse.— E. B. 2305. E. chhodes Gren., not 

 E. linariifoUa. See Fr. Sum. 654.— St. 2—6 in. high. In- 

 florescence usually trichotoraous, dense; branches sometimes 

 elongated. Radical 1. narrow, many. — Sandy sea-shores. A. 

 VII. VIII. 



3. CiCENDiA Adans. 



1. C.fiUformis (Reich.) ; cal. beU-shaped with 4 ovate acute 

 lobes, St. thread-shaped forked.— feocam Sm., E. B. 235. Mi- 

 crocala Griseb. — St. 1—4 in. high. Radical 1. linear-lanceolate, 

 stem-1. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yellow, solitary, on long stalks. 

 — Damp sandy places. A. VII. VlII. E. I. 



[2. C. Candollii (Griseb.) ; cal. 4-parted with hnear adpressed 

 segments, st. slender branching from its base. — DC. Icon. Gall. 

 t. 16.— St. much branched throughout, 1 — 4 in. high. L. all 

 narrowly linear-lanceolate. Fl. pink. — On spots sometimes 

 flooded. Paradis, Guernsey. Capt. Gosselin. A. VI. VII.] 



Tribe III. Swertiece. 



4. Gentiana Linn. Gentian. 



1. G. Amarella (L.); cor. salvershaped 4 — 6-cleft bearded in 

 the throat, cal.-lobes 5 nearly equal lanceolate, 1. sessile ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, radical 1. obovate. — E.B.2'i(i. — -Very variable in size and 

 in the number of the flowers, 3 — 12 in. high, erect. St. square, 

 much branched. Fl. pale purple. Caps, stalked or sessile. Cor.- 

 tube ohconical or subcylindrical. — There are two forms, the G. 

 Amarella and G. germanica of authors. The latter has usually 

 stalked caps, and larger and ohconical flowers. — Di-y calcareous 

 fields. A. VIII. IX; 



2. G. campestris (L.) ; cor. salvershaped 4-cleft bearded in the 

 throat, cal.-lobes 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate, 1. elUptic-ob- 

 \o-ag.—E. B. 237.— St. 3—10 in. high. Fl. blue, tube of the co- 

 rolla slightly thicker upwards. Caps, nearly sessile. Upper 1. 

 and sepals pointed. — Dry limestone hills. A. VIII. IX. 



3. G. nivalis (L.) ; cor. salvershaped 5-cleft with minute inter- 

 mediate bifid lobes, throat tiaked, cal. cylindrical with 5 keeled 

 angles, 1. ovate lowermost broadly elliptical. — E. B. 896. — St. 

 erect, slightly branched, 2 — 6 in. high. Fl. bright blue. — Sum- 

 mits of Highland mountains, very rare. A. Vlll. S. 



4. G. verna (L.) ; cor. salvershaped 5-cleft with small inter- 

 mediate bifid segments, throat naked, cal. with prominent angles 

 and sharp teeth, 1. ovate lower ones crowded, St. cmspitose single- 

 flowered with 1 or 2 pairs of leaves.— £. B. 493. St. 40. 12.— 



