PL ex. cor. 
27. GENTIANS. 93. Erythalia. 337 
Root fusiform, twisted; stem upright, branchy above; 
leaves ovate, 3 -ribbed ; peduncles 1 or 2-flowered ; tule of 
the corolla white, limb purple* 
jS. quadrifida. Corolla 4-cut. 
Gentiana campestris, Walcot, Brit. Flor . 
y. prcecox. Flowering in April or May. 
Geutiana fugax verna, seu praecox, Raii Syn. 275, 3. 
£ multiplicata. Flowers double ; lobes inflected. 
2. Erythalia campestris . Field erythalia « 
Calyx 4-lobed ; 2 outer lobes larger, ovate, spearshape, 
overlapping the other 2; edge of the lobes of the calyx 
and of the leaves cartilaginous and minutely serrated. 
Gentiana pratensis, flore lanuginoso, Raii Syn. 275, 1. 
Gentiana campestris, Lin. S. P. 334. 
Gentiana Amarella jS, Lamark FI. Fr. 
Gentiana Amarella, Allioni Pedem. 353. 
Erythalia campestris, Brockh. in Roem. Arch. 1,26. 
Hippion campestre, Schmidt in Roem. Arch. 1, 17. 
Gentianella tetandra, Moench Meth. 482. 
Chalky pastures and hills by the sea; ann. ; September. 
Stem 9 in. high, rather branchy; calyx appearing as if 
enclosed in 2 bractese. 
IV. 94. ERYTHRiE A. Renealm. Centory a 
Calyx 5-sided, 5-cut; corolla funnelshape; tube cylin- 
drical ; mouth denticulated ; limb 5-cut ; stamens 5, equal, 
exserted, declined ; anthers distinct, after the anthesis spi- 
rally twisted ; style 1 ; stigma capitate, 2-parted ; capsule 
linear, 1 -celled. — Flowers rose-coloured, in bundles, ter- 
minal or axillary. 
1. Erythrcea vulgaris . Common centory. 
Stem long, forked; leaves ovate, oblong; radical leaves 
crowded ; flowers sessile, panicled, girt at the base with J 
or 2 scales ; calyx shorter than the tube. 
Centaurium minus, Raii Syn. 287, 1. 
Centaur ium parvum, Ger. cm. 547, 1. 
Centaurium minus vulgare, Park. 272. 
Gentiana Centaurium, Lin. S. P. 332. 
Chtronia Centaurium, Curtis FI. Lond . 
Centaurium vulgare, Rajinesque. 
Chironia pulchella, Salisb. Prodr. 334. 
Erythrasa Centaurium, Pers . Syn. 1,283. 
Little centory. Small centory. Small purple centory. 
Dry pastures ; annual ; July and August 
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