PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Gentiana. 359 
a white stripe in the tube of the blossom. Anthers shorter than the tube. 
Summits two, infundibuliform ; open on the inner side. 
This species and G. Bavarica are nearly allied; the most obvious difference 
consisting in the tuft of leaves at the base of the stem, which does not 
exist in the Bavarica. This plant cannot be the Gentianella fugax verna 
seuprcecox. Ray Syn. 275, if he has rightly quoted the figure of Col. 
Ecphr. t. 221. G. Bavarica. Jacq. Obs. 
Spring Gentian. Discovered by the Rev. J. Harriman and Mr. Oliver, 
growing in great abundance in Teesdale Forest, Durham, both on the low 
grounds and on the bordering mountains, where it is vulgarly called 
Spring Violet , or Blue Violet. It has since been found by the first-named 
gentleman in Birkdale, in the parish of Appleby; and also abundantly on 
Cronkley Fell, and other places in Teesdale. (On mountains between 
G.ort and Galloway. Mr. Heaton, in Eng. FI. E.) P. April—May. E.) 
G. niva'lis. Blossoms five-cleft, funnel-shaped: branches axillary, 
alternate, one-flowered: calyx with five slightly keeled angles. 
{E. Bot. 896. E.)— FI. Dan. 17— Lob. Adv. 131. and Ic. i. 3. 10. 3— Hall. 
Enum. 75. 
( Stem upright, quadrangular, a few inches in height, branched, leafy. 
Leaves oval; root-leaves sharp-pointed. Blossoms upright, elegant, of a 
beautiful blue colour, outside slightly tinged with green. Calyx tubular, 
quinquedentate, angles acute, scarcely keeled. FI. Brit. E.) Blossom 
tube greenish, border of a beautiful blue. Haller; (with small segments 
between the larger ones : angles of the calyx tinged with brown. Hook. 
<E0 
(Small Alpine Gentian. E.) On Ben Lawers, Scotland. Dickson. 
Linn. Tr. ii. 290.. A. Aug. 
G. amarel'la. Blossom five-cleft, salver-shaped : mouth bearded : 
calyx segments equal. 
{Hook. FI. Lond. — Dicks. H. S. E.)— E. Bot. 236— FI. Dan. 328— Kniph. 7 
— Wale. — Clus. i. 316. 1— Ger. Em. 437— Park. 406. 3— H. Ox. xii. 5. 3 
— Ger. 354. 1— Barr. 510. 1— J. B. iii. 526. 2 and 3. 
( Stems upright, quadrangular, leafy, of various heights, terminating in a 
branched panicle. Leaves egg-shaped, three-nerved, sessile. Blossom 
twice the length of the calyx: tube cylindrical, whitish. Stamens 
inclosed. Styles short, divided to the very bottom. Plant intensely bit¬ 
ter. FI. Brit. E.) Only distinguishable from G. campestris by the calyx. 
Linn. Lowerflowers often quadrifid, especially in plants which have been 
bitten off and have shot up afresh, in which case also it often produces 
very minute double flowers, the segments curling in, so as to form a kind 
of button. Woodw. {Stem from six to twelve inches high, often purplish. 
Bloss. purplish-blue, nearly and inch long. E.) 
Var. 2. Blossom four-cleft. 
Wale, named G. campestris. 
Dunstable Hills. Mr. Woodward. 
Var. 3. Early flowered. Ray Syn. 275. 
Col. Ecphr. 221. 
Near Kendal, on the back of Hells-fell-nab. Ray was misinformed of this 
being the Vernal Dwarf Gentian. Mr. Fitz-Roberts told Mr. Wilson 
