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CL. v.] 9. GENTIANA PNKUMONANTHE. 361 



parate from one another, but always stand lower than the 

 margin of the corolla. The stigma is two-lobed. The fruit 

 is a superior, simple, two lobed capsule, the valves of which 

 being bent inwards, form, with their inner margins, the apart- 

 ment for the numerous seeds. These contain the erect 

 embryon, with its evolved cotyledons, in the middle of the 

 albuminous substance. 



Diag7iosis. 



The most nearly related to this species is the Gentiana iri- 

 Jiora Pall. ; but, in this last species, the linear leaves are about 

 two inches long, and pointed. The flowers, though of the 

 same size, are properly without stalks, and are placed by 

 threes on the uppermost axillae. This species grows in east- 

 ern Siberia. G. algida Pall, has much broader, longer, lan- 

 ceolate, three-nerved leaves. G. asclepiadea is much larger, 

 more branchy, and has ovate-lanceolate leaves. The other 

 species are still more unlike. 



Geographical Distributimi. 

 In Europe this species seems to grow from 45° to 64® 

 N. Lat., for it is not found more southerly than Greece, nor 

 more northerly than Lapland. In North America it seems 

 to be confined to the space between the 40° and 50° North 

 Lat. 



Synonymes and Figures. 

 Campanula autumnalis, Dodon. 168. 



Pneumonanthe Cordi, Lohel Adv. 130. Hist. 166. Ic. 309. 



Tabern. 1176. Gerard. Emac, 438. Parkins. Theatr. 



406. Barrel. Ic. 52. 122. 

 Gentianae iv Species, Clus. Hist. 313 



Gentiana minima, MattJi. ed. C. Bauh. p. 481. Barrel. 

 Ic. 51. 



Calathiana viola et Campanula pratensis, Dalech. 484. Bar- 

 rel. Ic. 54. 



Gentianae species, calathiana quibusdam, J. Bauh. Hist. 3, 

 527. 



