236 51. SENTIANACE^. 



Tribe III. Swertiea. 

 4. Gentia'na Linn. Gentian. 



* Cor. funnel- or somewhat salver-shaped. 



1. G. AmareVla (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft hairy in tlie throat, cal.- 

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

 1. oval-spathulate.— ^. B. 236. Sy. E. B. 917.— -Very variable 

 in size and in the number of the flowers, 3 — 12 in. high, erect. 

 St. square, much branched. Fl. rarely 4-cleft. Caps, stalked 

 or sessile. Cor. -tube obconical or subcylindrical. — a. G. Ama- 

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

 tube cylindrical a little exceeding calyx, fl. lurid-purple. — fi. 

 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. Vtll. 

 IX. FelwoH. E. S. 1. 



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

 lohes 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate, 1. ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 

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

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

 pointed.— Dry limestone hills. A. VIII. IX E. S. I. 



3. G. nivdlis (L.) ; cor. 5-oleft with minute inteimediate 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, 

 1. ovate lower ones crowded, st. ceespitose single-lowered with 1 

 or 2 pairs of leaves.— if. B. 493. St. 40. 12.— St. prostrate, 

 rooting, each ending in a roselike tuft of 1. and a single short 

 flowering shoot. Fl. rather large, vivid blue. — Barren lime- 

 stone districts. Teesdale, Durham. Burria, Co. Clare ; Gort, 

 Galway, Tuam, &c. P. IV.— VI. E. I. 



** Cor. bellsJiaped, its throat naked. 



6. G. Pneumonan'the (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft, cal. entire with linear 

 blunt lobes, /l. mostly solitary slightly stalked, I linear blunt. — 

 E. B. 20. — St. 4 — 10 in. high, leafy, simple, erect or ascending. 

 Fl. very large, deep blue within and with a broad greenish band 

 down the middle of each segment. — Moist turfy heaths. A. 

 VIII. IX. E. 



[(?. acaulis (L.) E. B. 1594 is not a native.] 



