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4. E. linarifolia (Pers.); st. simple solitary or several from 
the crown of the root, 1. ohlonf'-liiicar ohtiise narrowed below, 
radical 1. crowded spathnlate,./!. ses.iile densely corymbose, 
as long as the tube of the opening corolla, lobes of the cor. oval 
obtuse. — E. littoralis Sm., E. B. 2.30.5. — St. 2 — (i in. high, soli- 
tary or several, simple, with scabrous angles. Inflorescence 
usually tricbotomons, dense, branches sometimes elongated. Ra- 
dical 1. only slightly larger than those of the stem, numerous. — 
Sandy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. 
3. CiCENDiA Adans. 
I. C. filiformis {Wc'\c\i.); c.al. half tubular adpressed to the 
snbglobose tube of the eorolla, lobes ovate acute, st. thread- 
shaped forked, fl. solitary on long stalks. — Eracum Sm., E. B. 
235. Microcala Griseb. — St. very slender, 1 — 4 in. high. Ra(b- 
cal 1. linear-lanceolate, stem 1. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yellow. 
Ca])s. with the edges of the valves not infle.xed. — Damp sandy 
places. A. VII. VIII. E. I. 
Tribe III. Swertiee. 
4. Gentiana Linn. 
1. G. Amarella (L.); cor. salversbapcd 5-cIeft bearded in the 
throat, cal. -segments 5 nearly equal linear-lanceolate, 1. sessile 
ovate-lanceolate ; radical 1. obovate. — E. B. 2B(i. — Very variable 
in size and in the number of the flowers, 3—12 in. high, erect. 
St. square, much branched. Fl. pale jnirple.- — Grisebach distin- 
guishes G. germanica from this by its acuminate calyx lobes, ob- 
conical tube of the corolla, and stalked capsules. G. Amarella 
possesses, according to that author, obtuse calyx lobes, a cylin- 
drical tube to the corolla, and sessile ea]5sules. He refers to both 
plants as being natives of Britain. Koch gives the former ovate 
st.-l. from a broad base ; and the latter lanceolate or linear-lan- 
ceolate st.-l. from a broad base and fl. of half the size. See Trans. 
Bot. Soc. Edin. i. 59. and Phut. i. 381. — Dry calcareous fields. 
A. VIII. IX. 
2. G. campestris (L.) ; cor. salvershaped 4-cleft bearded in the 
throat, cal.-segrnents 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate, 1. elliptic- 
oblong. — E. B. 237. — St. 3 — 10 in. high. Fl. blue, tube of the 
corolla slightly thicker njnvards. Caps, nearly sessile. Upj)er 1. 
and sepals pointed. — Dry limestone hills. A. VIII. IX. 
3. G. nivalis (L.); cor. salvershaped 5-cleft with minute in- 
termediate bifid segments, throat nuked, col. cylindrical with 5 
keeled angles, 1. ovate lowermost broadly elliptical. — E. B. 8,96. 
— St. erect, slightly branched, 2 or 3 in. high. Fl. bright blue. 
— Summits of highland mountains, very rare. A. VIII. S. 
