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chotomous, dense ; branches sometimes long. Fl. vose-coloured. 
Eadical L narrow, many. — Saudy sea-shores. A. VII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
3. Cicen'dia Adans. 
1. C. Jilifor'mis (Reich.) ; cal. hellshaped with 4 ovate acute 
lobes, St. threadshaped forked. — Exaeiim Sm., E. B. 235. Mi- 
crocala Griseb. — St. 1—4 in. hig-h. Radical 1. linear-lanceolate, 
stem-1. subulate, all sessile. Fl. yellow, solitary, on long stalks. 
— Damp sandy places. A. VTI. VIII. E. I. 
\_C. pusil'la (Griseb.); cal. 4-parted with linear adpressed 
segments, st. slender branching from its base. — DC. Icon. Gall. 
t. 16.— St. much branched throughout, 1 — 4 in. high. L. all 
narrowly linear-lanceolate. FL pink. — On spots sometimes 
flooded. Paradis, Guernsey. Capt. Gosselin. A. VI. VII.] 
Tribe III. Swertiece. 
4. Gentia'na Linn. Gentian. 
• Cor. funnel- or somewhat saher-shaped. 
1. G. Amarel'la (L.) ; cor. 4 — 5-cleft hairy in the throat, cal.- 
lobes 5 nearly equal lanceolate, 1. sessile ovate-lanceolate, radical 
1. oval-spathulate. — E. B. 236. — Very variable in size and in 
the number of the flowers, 3—12 in. liigh, erect. St. square, 
much branched. Fl. pale purple. Caps, stalked or sessile. Cor.- 
tube obconical or subcylindrical. — There are two fonns, the G. 
Amarella and G. germanica of authors. The latter has usually 
stalked caps, and larger and obconic flowers. — Dry calcareous 
fields. A. Vni. IX. Felwort. E. S. I. 
. 2. G. camjies'tris (L.) ; cor. 4-cleft haiiy in the throat, cal.- 
lohes 4, 2 outer ones very large ovate, 1. ovate-lanceolate. — E. B. 
237.— St. 3—10 in. high. Fl. blue ; cor. -tube slightly thicker 
upwards. Caps, nearly sassile. Upper 1. and sepals pointed. — 
Dry Umestone hills. A. VIH. IX. E. S. I. 
3. G. nivcUis (L.) ; cor. 5-cleft with minute intermediate bifid 
lobes, throat naked, cal. cylindrical with 5 keeled angles, 1. ovate 
lowermost broadly elliptic. — E. B. 896. — St. erect, slightly 
branched, 1 — 6 in. high. Fl. bright blue. — Summits 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. ccesjntose single-Jlotoered with 1 
or 2 pairs of leaves.— J?. B. 493. -Si!. 40. 12.— St. prostrate, 
rooting, each ending in a roselike tuft of 1. and a single short 
