CICENDIA pusilla.
Dwarf Cicendia.
TETRANDRIA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Calyx of 4 -5 segments. Corolla funnel-
shaped ; tube ventricose ; limb of 4 -5 segments.
Stamens 4-5 ; anthers not twisted. Style distinct.
Capsule 1-celled or imperfectly 2-celled by the
introflexion of the edges. Seeds numerous, angular.
Spec. Char. Stem with spreading branches. Leaves
linear-lanceolate. Calyx divided to the base,
with linear segments. Corolla-tube equalling
the calyx ; limb connivent.
Syn. Cicendia pusilla. Griesb. Gent. 157. DeC.Pi'od.
v. 9.61. Boreau, FI. Centr. Fr. ed. 3. 448. Gren.
&S Godr. FI. Fr. v. 2. 487. Godet, FI. Jura, 462.
Woods, Tourist’s FI. 249. Bab. Man. ed. 5. 223.
C. Candollei. Griesb. Gent. 158. DeC. Prod. 1. c.
Woods, Tourist’s FI. 1. c. Bab. Man. ed. 3. 214.
Exacum pusillum. DeC. FI. Fr. ed. 3. 663. Duby,
Bot. Gall. 328. Lloyd, FI. Loire Inf. 169 ; FI.
Ouest. Fr. 297. Coss. 8f Germ. FI. Par. ed. 2.
315.
E. pusillum, (3. DeC. Ic. PI. Gall. rar. t. 16.
E. Vaillantii. “ Schmidt, FI. Brem. v. 1. 432.”
Loisel. FI,. Gall. 97.
E. Candollei. “ Bastard, Suppl. FI. Maine et Loire,
22.” Duby, 1. c. Loisel. FI. Gall. 1. c.
Gentiana pusilla. Lam. Encyc. Bot. v. 2. 645.
Centaurium palustre minimum, flore inaperto. Vaill.
Bot. Par. 32. t. 6. ƒ. 2.
G a t h e r e d , July 30, 1851, in spots where water occasionally
stands on the common at Paradis, in the north-east
corner of Guernsey, where it had previously been found by
Captain Gosselin. Mr. Lukis informed the writer that he
had himself seen the plant at Pleinmont, in the opposite
corner of the island. It is at once distinguished from
Erythrma pulchella by its divaricated growth and narrow
leaves.
Stem quadrangular, erect, rigid, with a few decussate, short,
linear-lanceolate, somewhat fleshy leaves. A branch, much
longer than the stem, issues nearly at right angles from the