Tab. 5742. 

 GENTIANA Pyrenaica. 



Pyrenean Gentian. 



Nat. Ord. Gentiane^:. — Pentandrta Monogtnia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 4-10-fidus v. partitus, rarissime spathaceus et fissus. 

 Corolla infundibuliformis, campanulata v. rotata, fauce nuda v. barbato- 

 fimbriata, limbo 4-5-fido rarius 10-fido, lobis alternis nanis. Stamina 4-5, 

 corolla? tubo inserta, filamentis basi aequalibus ; anthera? erectse, immutatae, 

 rimis dehiscentes. Ovarium 1-loculare ; stylus brevis, stigmate 2-partito 

 obtuso ; ovula numerosa, placentis 2 parietalibus affixa. Capsula 2-valvis, 

 polysperma. Semina minima, compressa. — Herbae perennes, regionum tem- 

 peratarum imprimis hemispharii horealis incolce. 



Gektiana (Chondropbyllum) Pyrenaica ; caulibus csespitosis brevibus 

 florem subrcquantibus, foliis anguste lauceolatis mucronatis margine 

 scaberulis calycis 5-fidi appressi lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis corolla? 

 tubum dimidi'um aequantibus, corollse hypocraterimorphee cyanese tubo 

 sensim ampliato lobos 10 ovales dupio superante, capsula elliptical 

 stipitata. 



GrENTiANA Pyrenaica. Linn. Mant. p. 55. Gouan, Obs. p. 7. t. 2. / 2. 

 Kitaibel, Plant. Hung. t. 207. Griseb. in DC. Prodr. vol. 9. p. 105. 

 Reich. Fl. Germ. t. 1050./. 2. 



Thanks, especially to the exertions of the Messrs. Back- 

 house, the horticultural-loving public begin to understand 

 the ease and effectiveness with which many alpine plants can 

 be cultivated, and the beautiful appearance they make. 

 Amongst these the Gentians are proverbial for their 

 beauty, and, with the single exception of G. acauh's, have 

 been hitherto equally so for their difficulty of culture, being, 

 in fact, one of the opprobria of horticulturists. Of the 

 success that attends care and judgment we may judge by 

 the fact that Messrs. Backhouse and Sons cultivate many 

 species in the open air, and are constantly adding to the 

 number. Of these, G. Pyrenaica is one of the rarest and 

 most beautiful ; it is a native of the Pyrenees and Alps of 

 Hungary, Caucasus, and Armenia, at elevations of 5-8000 

 feet above the sea level. Like its congeners, it is an early 

 fiowerer, and the specimens from which the accompanying 



NOVEMBER 1ST, 1868. 



