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Cla/s and Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéfer. 4 
Cor. 1-petala. Capf. 2-valvis, 1-locularis: Receptaculis 2 
longitudinalibus, 5s : 
= - ; Specific Character. a 
GENTIANA caucafea ; corollis quinquefidis hypocrateri- 
formibus fauce barbatis, foliis ovatis acutis, 
caule tetragono afcendente, pedunculis axillari- 
bus calyce longioribus, 
Descr. Root biennial? Stem fquare, afcending. Leaves 
Oppofite, feffile, ovate-acuminate, three-nerved, fmooth, quite 
entire. Peduncles axillary, one-flowered, as long as the leaf, 
folitary: at the extremity of the main ftem there are frequently 
four flowers, but there’are four leaves growing together crofl- 
wife, fo that the peduncles iffue fingly from the axil of each 
leaf. Calyx tubular 5-cornered, fplitting with age, 5-toothed : 
teeth fubulate the length of the tube of the corolla. Corolla 
tubular-faucer-fhaped, ‘ube longer than limb, greemifh: /iméd 
Violet-coloured, 4-cleft, fegments obtufe: ¢hroat bearded. 
Stamens 5» enclofed ; filaments inferted at the bafe of the tube: 
Anthers white: Germen linear: Stigmas 2, divaricate. Cap/ule 
nine-pin-fhaped, clothed with the perfiftent calyx and corolla, 
One-celled, 
We received this fpecies laft year, under the name we have 
adopted, from Mr. Loppices, who raifed it from feeds he 
received from Mount Caucafus. Flowers in July. Propagated 
by feeds only. Hardy. 
