242 51. GENTIAKACE^. 



3. Cicek'dia Adans. 



1. C.f.Ufor'mis (Reich.) ; cal. tellsltaped witli 4 ovate acute 

 lotes, St. threadshaped forked. — Exacum Sm. E. B. 235. Mi- 

 crocala Griseb. — St. 1 — 4 in. higli. Radical 1. lineai'-lanceolate, 

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

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



[C.pusil'la (Griseb.) ; cal. 4-parted with linear segments, st. 

 slender branching from its base. — E. B. S. 2994. — 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. Gentia's-a Linn. Gentian. 



* Cor. funnel- or somewhat salver-shaped. 



1. O. Amarel'la (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft hairy in the throat, cal- 

 lohes 5 nearly equal lanceolate, 1. sessile ovate-lanceolate, radical 

 1. oval-spathulate.— .B. B. 286. iSy. E. B. 917.— Very variable 

 in size and in the number of the flowers, S — 12 in. high, erect. 

 St. sc^uare, much branched. Fl. rarely 4-cleft. Caps, stalked 

 or sessile. Oor.-tube obconical or subcylindrical. — a. O. Ama- 

 rella (Sm.) ; branches of st. erect, cal.-segm. nearly equal, cor.- 

 tube cylindrical a little exceeding calyx, fl. lurid-purple. An early 

 flowering form has 4-cleft cor. and unequal sep. — (3. G. germanica 

 (Willd.) ; st. much branched ascending, cal.-segm. unequal, cor.- 

 tube obconical much exceeding calyx, fl. bluish-lilac. J. of B. 

 ii. 1. 15. — Dry calcareous fields. A. VIII. IX. Felwort. 'E.B.l. 



2. 6. campes'tris (L.) ; cor. 4-cleft hairy in the throat, cal.- 

 lobes 4, 2 outer ones veiy large ovate, 1. ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 

 237.— St. 3—10 in. high. Fl. pale lilac; cor.-tube slightly 

 thicker upwards. Caps, nearly sessile. Upper 1. and sepals 

 pointed.— Dry limestone hiUs. A. VIII. IX. E. 8. I. 



3. O. nivdlis (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft with minute intermediate bifid 

 lobes, throat naked, cal. cylindrical with 5 equal lobes and keeled 

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

 erect, slightly branched, 1 — 6 in. high. Fl. bright blue. — Top 

 of Highland mountains, very rare. A. VIII. S. 



4. G. ver'na (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft with small intermediate bifid 

 lobes, throat naked, cal. with prominent angles and sharp teeth, 



