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Gentiana Acaulis. Large-Flowered 
Gentian, or Gentianella. 
Clafs and Order. 
Pentandria Digynia. 
Generic Character. 
Corolla monopetala Capfula bivalvis, t-Iocularis. Receptaculss 
2-lunguudinalibus* 
Specific Char after and Synonyms . 
GEN 1 1 ANA acauhs corolla quinquefida campanulata caulem 
excedente. Linn . Syjl. Vegetab. p. 267. 
GF.NTIANA alpina latifolia magno Acre. Bauh. Pin. 187. 
Sm i Gentian of the Spring. Park. Par. p. 352. t. 351. j. 3. 
Plants growing in mountainous fituations, where they are 
conftantly expofed to ftrong-blowing winds, are always 
dwarfifh; in fuch fituations, the prefent plant has no (talk, 
whence its name acaulis , but cultivated in gardens it acquires 
onq. 
Moft of the plants of this family are beautiful, and, cultivated 
in gardens, in brilliancy of colour none exceed the prefent 
fpecies. 
As moft Alpine plants do, this loves a pure air, an elevated 
fituation, and a loamy foil, moderately moift ; it is however 
fomewhat capricious, thriving without the leaft care in lome 
gardens, and not fucceeding in others ; at any rate it will not 
profper very near London. 
It flowers tifually in May, and fometimes in the autumn. 
Is propagated by parting its roots at the clofe of fummer ; 
but Miller fays, the ftrongeft and beft plants are produced 
from feed. 
