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LVI. GENTIAN ACE^E. 
[ Gentiana. 
3. E. latifolia Sm. ( broad-leaved tufted C .) ; stem 3-cleft at 
the top, flowers in dense forked tufts, calyx nearly as long as 
the tube of the opening corolla, segments of the corolla lanceo- 
late, lower leaves broadly elliptical with 5 or 7 ribs. E.B. S. 
t. 2719. 
Sea-shore. Sandy ground near the sea, to the north of Liverpool. 
Near Holyhead. County of Down, Ireland. Staffa. Q. 7, 8. 
— Some Irish specimens have the leaves an inch and a half long, and 
three quarters of an inch broad, not confined to the root, and rising 
one pair close above the other ; yet we can hardly persuade ourselves 
they are distinct from E. Centaurium. Mr. W. Wilson observes that 
the lobes of the corolla are sometimes oval. 
4. E. linarifulia Pers. ( dwarf tufted C.) ; stem simple or 
branched, radical leaves crowded spathulate, cauline ones oblong- 
linear obtuse, flowers sessile capitato-paniculate, calyx as long as 
the tube of the opening corolla deeply cleft. Chironia littoralis 
Sm. : E. B. t. 2305. Erythrma Hook. 
Sandy coasts of Northumberland, Lancashire, Wales, Scotland. 
Portmarnock sands, Ireland. ©. 6 — 8. — Varying in height from 
2 — 6 inches. Leaves all narrow. Ca/.-segments very long, equalling 
the tube of the corolla, in our specimens scarcely united by a mem- 
brane as in the 2 preceding species ; but most of the characters given 
for this species are said to vary in individuals ; and it has perhaps 
little right to be kept distinct from E. Centaurium. 
3. Gentiana Linn. Gentian. 
Cal. 4 — 5-cleft. Cor. subcampanulate, funnel- or salver- 
shaped, tubular at the base, destitute of nectariferous glands. 
Stam. 5. Styles persistent, often combined. Caps, of 1 cell, 
2-valved. — Named from Gentius king of Illyria, who, according 
to Pliny, brought into use the species so much valued in medi- 
cine, the bitter gentian , G. lutea. 
* Cor. subcampanulate, the throat naked. 
1. G. Pneumondnthe L. ( Marsh G ) ; leaves linear obtuse, 
flowers terminal and axillary nearly sessile, corolla 5-cleft. 
E. B. t. 20. 
Moist heathy places, in several parts of England. 5/. . 8, 9. — 
Stem upright, 4 to 10 or more inches high. Corolla large, deep blue 
within, having 5 broad greenish lines corresponding with the segments. 
[G. acaulis L. (E. B. t. 1594) is neither a native nor natu- 
ralized. This is the gentianella of our gardens.] 
** Cor. somewhat funnel- or salver-shaped, with 5 large and 5 smaller 
segments. 
2. G. verna L. ( Spring G.) ; stem cmspitose 1- flowered, leaves 
ovate lower ones crowded, calyx with sharp teeth and prominent 
