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topping primary tuft. Eoot-1. in rosette, with 3 long and often 
2 short veins. Cor.-tuhe Twt narrowed at top, not lengthening 
after flowering. Stam. from quite base of cor.-tube, otherwise 
free. — -Downs at Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Sussex, Northumb., 
&c. A. or B. VII. VIII. E. 
3. Cicen'dia Delarb. em., Griseb. 
1. C./^i/o)'Ws (Delarb.) ; cal. beUshaped with 4 ovate acute 
lobes, st. threadshaped forked. — Ejaciim Sm. E. B. 235. Mi- 
crocala Hoffm. & Link. — St. 1 — 4 in. high. Radical 1. lineai-- 
lanceolate, stem.-l. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yeUow, solitary, 
on long stalks. Stigma capitate. 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. Stigma 2-lobed. — On spots sometimes 
flooded. Paradis, Guernsey. Capt. Gosselin. A. VI. VII.] 
Tribe III. Swertiece. 
4. Gentia'na Linn, em., Griseh. Gentian. 
* Cor. funnel- or someivhat sali'er-shaped. 
1. G. Amarel'la (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft hairy in the throat, cal.- 
lohes 5 nearly equal lanceolate, I. sessile ovate-lanceolate, radical 
1. oyal-spatliulate.— ^. B. 236. Sy. E. B. 917.— Veiy variable 
in size and in the number of the flowers, 3 — 12 in. high, erect. 
St. square, much branched, sometimes from the base. Fl. 
rarely 4-cleft. Caps, stalked or sessile. Cor.-tube obconical 
or subcyHndrical. — a. G. Amarella (L. em. Willd.) ; branches 
of St. erect, cal.-segm. nearly equal, cor.-tiibe cylindrical a little 
exceeding calyx, fl. lurid purple, [a small annual fqrm with basal 1. 
ovate-lanoeolate is G. i/iifiinosa (Willd.).] — /3. G. greJ'Wtdm'ca (Willd.) ; St. 
much branched ascending, cal.-segm. unequal, cor.-tube obconi- 
cal much exceeding calyx, fl. bluish-ldac. ./. of B. ii. t. 15. — 
Dry calcareous fields. A. or B. VIII. IX. Fehmrt. E. S. I. 
2. G. campes'tris (L.) ; cor. 4-cleft hairy in the throat, ca/.- 
lobes 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate, 1. ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 
237.— St. 3—10 in. high. Fl. pale lilac; cor.-tube slightly 
