GENTIANE/E. VII. GENTIANA. 
31 G. coxcx'srA (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. 
p. 184.) leaves linear-spatulate; flowers umbellate, crowded. 
Y.F. Nativeof South America. Humb., et Bonpl. 
Crowded-flowered Gentian.  Pl.? 
32 G. rixrrür1A (Willd, 1. c.) corollas campanulate, 5-parted 
solitary, terminal; leaves.narrow-linear, acute ; stems branched 
at the base, ascending. Y%. F. Native of South America. 
Humb. et Bonpl. i 
Flax-leaved Gentian. Pl. ? 
33 G, cowna’ra (Willd. 1. c.) corollas campanulate, 5-cleft ; 
calycine teeth ovate-filiform; leaves oblong, connate; stem a 
little branched, erect. )). F. Native of South America, Humb. 
et Bonpl. 
Connate-leaved Gentian.  Pl.? 
34 G. cuEtonoives (Willd. 1. c.) corollas campanulate, 5- 
cleft ; leaves linear-lanceolate, spreading; stem simple, erect. 
2t. F. Native of South America, Humb. et Bonpl. 
Chelone-like Gentian. Pl. ? 
35 G. stricta (Willd. l. c.) corollas campanulate, 5-cleft ; 
leaves oblong ; peduncles opposite, 1-flowered ; stems: simple, 
erect. 24. F. Native of South America, Humb. et Bonpl. 
Straight Gentian. Pl? 
36 G. nAPUNCULolÓpEs (Willd. l. c.) corollas campanulate, 5- 
cleft; leaves oblong-lanceolate ; flowers opposite : stem simple, 
ascending. 2J.F.  Nativeof South America, Humb. et Bonpl. 
Peduncles an inch long, umbellate. 
Rampion-like Gentian. | Pl. 4 foot. 
37 G. rronrBuU'NpA (Willd. l. c.) corollas campanulate, 5- 
cleft; leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish ; peduncles 1-flowered : 
lower ones opposite: superior ones subverticillate; stem simple. 
Y. F. Native of South America, Humb. et Bonpl. 
Bundle-flomered Gentian. Pl. ? : 
38 G. pepuncuta Ris (Willd. I. c.) corollas campanulate, 5- 
cleft; radical leaves spatulate: cauline ones lanceolate; pe- 
duncles elongated, 1-flowered, solitary, terminal; stem ascend- 
ing at the base. 2%.H. Native of South America, Humb. et 
onpl. 
Peduncular-flowered Gentian. | Pl.? 
39 G. Curusonacz' sis (Willd. 1. c.) corollas funnel-shaped, 
10-cleft; leaves linear-lanceolate, spreading ; flowers terminal, 
solitary, sessile; stem erect, branched a little. 1. F. Native 
of South America, on mount Chimborazo, Humb. et Bonpl. 
A species of Ericàla. 
Chimborazo Gentian. 
Pl. dwarf. 
T f The following plants have been described as species of 
Gentiàna by various authors; but none of them are legitimate 
species of that genus. 
40 G.? pusia (Thunb. prod. 1. p. 48. fl. cap. 2. p. 174.) 
fructiferous stem terete, leafless, or the leaves fall off early, they 
are therefore unknown ; panicles terminal, trichotomous, supra- 
decompound; corolla 4-cleft.—Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stem simple, erect. Calyx 4-parted; with small, acute 
segments. Corolla 4-parted, purple; segments acute. Cap- 
sule oblong, ending in 4 points. Styles 2, divisible. 
Doubtful Gentian. Pl. 4 foot. 
41 G,? wicricans (Lam. dict. 2. p. 645.) a small plant, with 
very narrow linear leaves, and slender branched stems ; flowers 
terminal, eymose ; corolla funnel-shaped, 4-cleft; limb rather 
downy.—Native country unknown.— Ray. hist. 3. append. 253. 
no. 5l. Plant becoming black on drying. Stem dichotomously 
branched at top. Leaves capillary : lower ones nearly an inch 
long. Flowers small, purplish or blue, numerous. Perhaps a 
species of Houstónia. 
Blackish Gentian. Pl. 4 foot. 
VIII. CENTAURELLA. 188 
49 G.? catycina (Lam. dict. 2. p. 639.) stem articulated, di- 
chotomously panicled, and rather angular at top ; leaves ovate- 
oblong: lower ones obtuse: the rest acute; flowers solitary, 
terminal, on long peduncles; corolla deeply 5-6-cleft, hardly 
exceeding the calyx, which is large and 5-6-parted.—Native of 
Louisiana, ex herb. Juss. Flowers yellowish. Calycine seg- 
ments linear, acute, rather unequal. Corolla rotate, with oblong 
obtuse segments. Stamens free. Stigmas oblong, large; style 
short. Capsule size of a pea, 2-valved, 1-celled. 
Large-calyxed Gentian. Pl. 
43 G.? Mirznora‘na (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 180.) 
stem erect, terete, simple; leaves sessile, cordate-ovate, acute, 
7-nerved: floral ones the narrowest; flowers terminal, twin, 
erect ; calycine segments acute, length of the tube of the corolla. 
— Native of Japan, in boggy places. Planta Japanénsis, Mitz- 
nofàna, i. e. flos aquaticus, Cleyer, in misc. nat. cur. dec. 2. 
ann. 8. p. 489. f. 51. 2 icones. Froel. gent. p. 119. Habit 
altogether different from Gentiàna. Root fibry. Corolla with 
a grey tube, blue limb, and obtuse segments. 
Mitznofana Gentian. Pl. 3 foot. 
44 G.? scinroipgs (Lin. suppl. 1. p. 175.) stem 1-flowered, 
prostrate ; leaves obovate, obtuse, 3-nerved ; corolla funnel- 
shaped, 5-cleft ; bracteas twin.—Native of the Azores, Masson, 
Hippion scilloides, Schmidt. Leaves on short petioles: the 
upper ones more remote. Peduncles long, naked, terminal, 1- 
flowered. Bracteas opposite, subulate, erect, beneath the flowers. 
Calycine segments linear. Tube of corolla funnel-shaped, 
longer than the calyx ; limb 5-cleft, flat, beardless, yellow. This 
plant does not probably belong to the genus, from the form of 
the calyx and corolla; but nothing is said of the style by 
Linnzus. Perhaps a genus of Campanulàcec. 
Scilla-like Gentian. P1. 1 foot, prostrate. 
t tt What are the following species ? 
1 Gentiana major Mariana, angustiori folio Gentianélle 
verna, floribus cceruleis plurimis in summitate congéstis. Pluk. 
mant. 89. Perhaps Gentiàna cruciáta. 
2 Gentiàna angustifólia Americana, flore ex ochro cyaneo 
mixto in fastigio caulis unico. Plukn. mant. 89. Ray. suppl. 
p- 370. no. 4. 
3 Gentiàna orientalis, amplissimo et acutissimo asclepiadis 
folio. Tourn. cor. 2. Said by Cham. in Linnea. 1. p. 175. to 
be the same as Gentiàna septemfída. 
4 Gentiàna orientàlis, foliis venosis, flore magno candidissimo, 
Tourn. cor. 2. var. flore exalbo-virescente. Tourn. l.c. Said 
by Cham. in Linnza. 1. p. 174. to be the same as Gentiàna 
gélida. 
5 Gentiàna orientàlis, minor autumnalis myrtifolia flore mag- 
no coruleo, Tourn. cor. 2. Said by Cham. in Linnea. 1. p. 
175. to be Gentiàna septemfída. 
6 Gentiana rivulàris and Gentiàna pallens, Thunb. mus. 
nat. acad. ups. 11. p. 180. are probably a species of Sebe‘a. 
Cult. The South American and New Zealand species of 
Gentian should be grown in pots, well drained with sherds, in a 
mixture of peat and sand, and placed among other alpine 
plants. "They will require protection in winter. The seeds of 
annual kinds may be sown in pots, in the same kind of soil, or 
even in the open border. Gentiana macrophilla, the only 
hardy perennial, is well ftted for a border flower, but grows 
best in a peat soil. All the perennial species are either to be 
increased by dividing at the root, or by seed. 
VIII. CENTAURE'LLA (a dim. of Centaárium, so called 
from the affinity of the genera). Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 
