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6. Menvanthes. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. funnelshaped ; limb 
5-parted, bearded internally. Stam. 5. Stigma capitate. 
Caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved, " valves bearing the seeds in their 
axis." 
Suborder I. True Gentianece. Tribe E. Chlorece. 
1. Chlora Linn. 
1. C.perfoliata (L.) ; lowermost 1. elliptic-oblong narrowed 
below, stem 1. broadly perfoliate — E. B. 60. — St. 12 — 18 in. 
high, simple. Stem 1. triangular-ovate, connected by their whole 
breadth in rather distant pairs, glaucous. Panicle forked, many- 
flowered. Cal. divided to its base into linear-subulate segments. 
Cor. bright yellow. Stigmas scarlet. — Dry calcareous hills. 
A. VII.— IX. Yellow-wort. E. I. 
Tribe II. Erythreece. 
2. Erythr;ea Renealm. 
1. E. pulchella (Fries) ; st. erect much branched acutely qua- 
drangular, 1. ovate the uppermost oblong-lanceolate, fl. all 
stalked axillary and terminal, cal. a quarter shorter than the tube of 
the opening corolla, lobes of the cor. elliptic-oblong obtuse. — 
E. B. 458. E. ramosissima Pers., Griseb. — St. sometimes quite 
simple, 1 in. high and single-flowered ; at other times very much 
branched, even from the base, 6 — 8 in. high, with very nume- 
rous flowers. Radical I. very few. Inflorescence dichotomously 
divided, the lateral ft. distant from the floral leaves. The length 
of the tube must be observed exactly at the time when the flower 
is about to expand. — Sandy ground. A. VII. — IX. 
2. E. Centaur turn (Pers.) ; St. erect branched above quadrangu- 
lar, 1. elliptic-oblong the upper ones acute, ft. nearly sessile corym- 
bosely panicled, cal. about half as long as the tube of the opening 
corolla, lobes of the cor. oval. — E. B. 417. — St. 6 — 18 in. high, 
usually simple below. Panicles of fl. lax. Lateral fl. apparently 
stalked but sessile between the small floral leaves. Radical 1. nu- 
merous. — Dry pastures. A. VII. VIII. Common Centaury. 
3. E. latifolia (Sm.) ; st. short branched from the base qua- 
drangular, L broadly elliptical obtuse, fl. in dense forked tufts 
sessile, cal. about a quarter shorter than the tube of the opening co- 
rolla, lobes of the cor. lanceolate. — E. B. S. 2719. — St. thick, 
2 — 3 in. high, sometimes taller and branched, usually dividing 
into 3 main branches. Fl. densely aggregated. Radical 1. very 
large, with 5 — 7 ribs, numerous. — Near the sea-shore. A. 
VI.— VIII. E. I. 
