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tube swelling. Stem. 4. Anthers opening longitudinally. Style 
1, deciduous. Stigma entire. Caps. 1 -celled, 2-valved. Seeds 
attached to 2 sutural receptacles, which at length separate by 
the opening of the 2-valved capsule. — A name of Adanson’s, the 
etymology of which is no where explained ; perhaps derived 
from KitcivvoQ curled hair , on account of the slender entangled 
stems and branches. 
1. C. Jilifdrmis Reich, (least C.) ; leaves linear-lanceolate 
sessile, stem dichotomous slender, peduncles elongated, calyx 
campanulate with ovate acute lobes. Exacum Sin.: E. B. t. 
235. Gentiana L. Microcala Griseb. 
Sandy turf-bogs, in the extreme south and south-west of England ; 
also in Pembrokeshire. In Ireland, is found near Cork, upon Dursey 
Island, and at Glengariff. 0. 7 — 10. — A small, slender, and 
graceful plant, with yellow flowers, differing from Gentiana in the 
number of stamens and divisions of the cat. and corolla. 
[C. Candollei Griseb., distinguished by the calyx 4-partite, the seg- 
ments linear and adpressed, is said to have been found at Paradis in 
Guernsey ; Mr. Bentham however refers the Guernsey plant to 
C pusilta Griseb.; which chiefly differs by the cal.-segments patulous: 
but we have seen no specimens.] 
2. Erythr.e'a Reiiealm. Centaury. 
Cal. 5-cleft. Cor. funnel-shaped, withering, its limb short. 
Anthers at length spirally twisted. Style 1, deciduous. Stigmas 
2. Caps, linear, 2-celled. — Named from tpvOpnc, red; the colour 
of the flowers in most of the species. 
1. E. Centaurium Pers. (common C.) : stem nearly simple, 
leaves ovate-oblong, flowers nearly sessile fasciculato-panicu- 
late, calyx half as long as the tube of the opening corolla. 
Chironia Schmidt: E. B. t. 417. 
Dry pastures, frequent. 0. 6 — 9. — Stem 8 — 10 inches to a 
foot high. Root-leaves spreading, three-nerved, broader than those of 
the stem, which are in distant pairs. Panicles of flowers fascicled 
near the top of the stem, and forming a sort of corymb. Corolla hand- 
some, rose-coloured. 
2. E. pulchella Fries (dwarf branched C.) ; stem much 
branched, leaves ovate-oblong, flowers pedicellate in lax pani- 
cles, calyx nearly as long as the tube of the opening corolla. 
Chironia Willd. : E. B. t. 458. 
Sandy sea-shores, England and Scotland. Cape Clear Island, 
Ireland. 0. 7 — 10. — Stems 2 — 4 or 6 inches high, slender and 
much branched from near the base. Panicle spreading, leafy, dicho- 
tomous, with a single flower-stalk between the branches Perhaps 
only a var. of the preceding. 
