338 94?. Erythraea. 27. GENTIANS. PL ex. cor. 
Root branched; stem 12 in. high, 4-angular, branched 
at bottom ; leaves 3-ribbed, smooth. 
0. quadrifida. Corolla 4-cut. 
y. alba. Corolla white. 
2. Erythrcea littoralis. Shore centory. 
Stem simple, stiff; leaves linear, obovate; lobes of the 
calyx subulate; flowers sessile, corymbose, capitate. 
Chironia littoralis, Eng. Bot. 33,2305. 
Erythra;a conferta, Persoon Syn. 1,283? 
Northern sea-shores ; annual ; June. 
Stem 3 in. high ; style scarcely declined. 
3. Erythrcea pulchella. Pretty centory , 
Stem short, much branched; leaves ovate; lobes of the 
calyx awlshape, little shorter than the tube of the corolla ; 
flowers erect, pedicelled. 
Gentiana Centaurium /3, Lin. S. P. 333. 
Chironia pulchella, Swart. Act. Hoi. 1783, 85. 
Erythraea ramosissima, Pers. Syn. 283. 
Sandy sea-shores ; annual ; August and September. 
Stem 2 in. high, forked ; leaves 3 or 5-ribbed. 
V. 95. FRANQUEVILLIA. R. A. Salisbury. MSS. 
Gentianella. 
Calyx cupshape, rather angular, 4-cut; corolla hypocra- 
teriform ; tube ovate ; limb 4-cut, regular ; stamens 4, short, 
upright ; anthers straight, distinct, slightly exserted ; style 1 ; 
stigma capitate; capsule 1 -celled, 2-valved, open at top; 
seeds angular, dotted. — Flowers upright, terminal, loosely 
panicled or solitary, yellow, persisting ; peduncles long. 
Franquevillia minima. Least gentianella. 
Stem rather forked ; radical leaves roundish ; stem leaves 
awlshape, connected at the base. 
Centaurium palustre luteurn minimum nostras, Rail Syn . 286,2. 
Gentiana filiformis, Lin. S. P.335. 
Exacum iili forme, Engl. Bot. 235. 
Hippion filiforme, Schmidt in Raemer Arch. 
Bogs; annual; July. 
Roots fibrous; stem forked or simple, roundish, 2 in. 
high; peduncles 4-sided, 1 -flowered. 
