GENTIANE. IV. Opuetia. 
Cordate-leaved Ophelia. Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
* * Segments of corolla furnished each with 2 oblong, distinct 
glands. 
9 O. rv'cipa (D. Don, mss.) flowers 4-cleft; superior leaves 
cordate, acute, stem-clasping; calycine segments linear-lanceo- 
late, mucronulate ; segments of corolla ovate, acuminated, longer 
than the calyx. (2. H. Native of Nipaul. Swértia lücida, 
Royle, herb. Flowers purple. 
Shining Ophelia. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
Cult. The seeds of the species of Ophèlia should be reared 
on a hot-bed in spring, as other tender annuals ; and the plants 
afterwards planted out in the open ground, about the end of 
May, in a warm situation. 
V. GENTIANE'LLA (a dim. of Gentiàna). 
Roem. arch. 1. p. 29.  Gentiàna species of authors. 
species, Schmidt. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 11. 
Crossopétale, Freel. gent. 109. 
Tin. syst. Tetrdndria, Digynia. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla 
salver-shaped, 4-cleft, without any accessory segments; fur- 
nished with 4 nectariferous scrobicles at bottom, as in Smértia. 
Stamens 4; anthers incumbent. Ovarium subpedicellate, ob- 
soletely tetragonal. Style hardly any. Stigmas broadish, re- 
volute. Capsule fusiform, 1-celled, 2-valved, with obtuse an- 
gles. Seeds small, scobiform.—Perennial, herbaceous, glabrous 
plants; stems tetragonal. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, with 
scabrous edges, sessile. Flowers terminal, pedicellate. Segments 
of corolla serrated, deeply ciliated in the middle. 
1 G. crtta‘ra (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 29. Mayrhoff. fl. 
mon. t. 189.) stem flexuous, tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate and 
linear; segments of corolla serrated, deeply ciliated at the 
base. 2%.H. Native from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, 
on hills. Gentiàna ciliata, Lin. spec. 334. Lam. dict. 2. p. 
644. exclusive of the synonymes of Oeder and Gunner. Jacq. 
fl.austr. t. 113. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 92. f. 2. b. Híppion ciliàtum, 
Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 11. Lower leaves spatulate. 
Corolla deep or pale blue, having the nectariferous glands 
yellow. Filaments ciliated with white hairs. Anthers purple. 
Segments of corolla lanceolate, acuminate: alternate ones 
larger. 
Var. D; stem dwarfer, few-flowered ; leaves for the most 
part lanceolate. 4. H. Froel. gent. p. 109.— Barrel, icon. 121. 
exclusive of 97. f. 1. 
Var. y; stem many-flowered, branched. 
gent. p. 109. 
Var. ò; stem humble, 1-flowered ; leaves all ovate-lanceo- 
late Oat: roel]. c. 
Var. £; segments of corolla toothed, not ciliated. ^21. H. 
Hippion dentósum, Schmidt, boh. 24. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes. 
Ciliated-flowered Gentianella. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
2 G. FIMBRIATA; stem simple, 1-flowered, naked under the 
flower ; leaves lanceolate ; segments of corolla serrated at top, 
and ciliately fringed in the middle. Y.H. Native of Cauca- 
sus, in valleys. — Gentiàna fimbriàta, Willd. mss. ex Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 175.  Gentiàna ciliata, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. 
p. 99. exclusive of the definition and synonymes.—Column. 
ecphr. p. 222. 221. f. 1. Flowers blue. Segments of corolla 
oblong. This plant is said to occur in Germany with larger 
flowers, and with the stem leafy even to the calyx. 
Fringed-flowered Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
Borkh. in 
Híppion 
à. H. Froel. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1759. 
Clt. 1818. 
Gentiàna, sect. 
V. GENTIANELLA. VI. FRASERA. 179 
3 G. macra’ntHa (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, branched ; 
branches tetragonal; lower leaves spatulate : upper ones linear; 
peduncles tetragonal, 1-flowered; corolla turbinately campa- 
nulate; segments fringed; calycine segments unequal. 2%. H. 
Native of Mexico. Gentidna ciliata, Moc. et Sesse, mss. in 
herb. Lamb. Radical leaves petiolate: cauline ones sessile. 
Corollas large, showy, pale blue: segments oblong, mucro- 
nulate, erosely serrated at top, and fringed at the base. 
Filaments dilated, keeled. Anthers oblong. Ovarium fusiform, 
stipitate. Stigmas large, cucullate, with plicate fringed edges. 
Large-flowered Gentianella. Pl. 1 foot. 
4 G. cnrNiTA ; stem terete; branches elongated, 1-flowered ; 
leaves lanceolate, acute ; segments of corolla obovate, deeply 
ciliated. 2t. H. Native from New York to Carolina, in dry 
pastures and woods. Gentiana crinita, Freel. gent. p. 112. 
Pursh 1. p. 185. Curt. bot. mag. t. 2031. Sweet, fl. gard. 
139.  Gentiàna fimbriàta, Andr. bot. rep. 509. ^ Gentiàna 
ciliata (3, Americana, Lin. syst. 1. p. 645. Flowers azure blue, 
elegantly fringed on their edges. Accessory segments of corolla 
or inner plicee simple, ex Pursh. Seeds cylindrical, hispid. 
Long-haired Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1804. 
i foot. 
i 5 G. BARBA'TA ; stem acutely tetragonal ; branches elongated ; 
leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; segments of corolla oblong, rounded 
at the apex, serrulated, deeply ciliated in the middle. 2. H. 
Native of Siberia and Caucasus, in grassy, saltish alpine meadows. 
Gentiàna barbata, Freel. gent. p. 114. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1352. 
Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 282. Gentiàna ciliata, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 101. t. 
92. f. 9. a. Sims, bot. mag. t. 639. exclusive of the synonymes.— 
Gmel. sib. 4. p. 105. no. 73. exclusive of thesynonymes. Flowers 
smaller than those of G. ciliata. Corolla with a greenish tetra- 
gonal tube ; and green nectariferous glands ; segments pale blue. 
Var. D, simplex (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 282.) stems quite simple. 
Bearded-flowered Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1764. 
PI. 4 foot. 
6 G. DETÓNSA ; stem tetragonal, erect ; leaves linear, acute ; 
segments of corolla crenulated at top, bidentate on both margins, 
acute or obtuse.? - 2t. H. Native of Norland, Iceland, Nor- 
way, &c, Gentiàna detónsa, Rottl. in act. hafn. 10. p. 435. 
t. 1. . 3. Retz, obs. I. no. 25. . Froel. gent. p. 116. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1352.  Gentiána ciliata 2, Gmel. syst. p. 462. no. 
43. Retz, scan. ed. 2. p. 64. no. 220. G. ciliata, Gunn. norv. 
2. p. 88. t. 2. f. 3-5. — Gentiàna serrata (9, Wahl. lapp. p. 71. 
Very like G. barbàta, and probably only a variety of it. Co- 
rolla blue. 
Shaven-flowered Gentianella. Pl. 4 foot. 
7 G. sekRA' TA (Borkh. in Reem. arch. 1. p. 29.) stem tetra- 
gonal; branches 1-flowered ; leaves linear-lanceolate; corolla 
5-cleft ; segments oblong, obtuse, serrated, or ciliated on the 
edges. X. H. Native of Norland and Iceland, in pastures near 
the sea. Gentiana serrata, Gunn. norv. 2. p. 101. no. 819. 
Freel. gent. p. 117. Gentiana ciliata, Oed. fl. dan. t. 317. Gen- 
tiana Bavárica, Zoega island. p. 235. Peduncles 2-leaved. Co- 
rolla blue. Stigmas capitate. 
Serrated-flowered Gentianella. Pl. 3 foot. 
Cult. The species of Gentianélla are extremely elegant when 
in blossom, and are therefore well fitted for decorating peat 
borders, in which soil they always succeed best. As most of 
the species are difficult to preserve in the open ground during 
winter, reserve plants of each should be kept in pots that they 
may be easily sheltered by a frame in winter. The species are 
best increased by seed, which should be sown as soon as ripe, 
for if kept till spring they seldom vegetate. 
PI; 
VI. FRASERA (named after John Fraser, a collector of 
North American plants). Walt. fl. car. p. 88. Michx. fl. bor. 
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