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GENTIANA SAPONARIA. BARREL- 
FLOWERED GexTiay. 
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Clafs and Order. % 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéfer. 
Cor. 1-petala. Cap/. 2-valvis, 1-locularis; Receptaculis 2, 
longitudinalibus, 3 B58 ; 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
GENTIANA Saponaria ; floribus verticillato-capitatis feffili- 
bus, corollis fubdecemfidis ventricofis claufis, 
Jaciniis alternis fimbriatis minoribus, foliis 
ovato-lanceolatis trinerviis glabris. 
GENTIANA Saponaria ; corollis quinquefidis campanulatis 
ventricofis verticillatis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis 
trinerviis. Frelich Gent. p. 32. n. 8. Willd, 
Sp. Pl. 1. 1338. ee 
GENTIANA Saponaria. Sp. Pl. 330. Hort. Kew. 1. 323. 
Mart. Mill. Di&. a.12. Michaux Flor. Bor. 
Amer. 1. p. 176. ee 
GENTIANA fimébriata ; corollis campanulatis decem-fidis : 
laciniis alternis fimbriatis minoribus, foliis Jan- 
ceolatis. Vahl Symb. 3. p. 46. Mart. Mill: 
Dié?. a. 50. | 
GENTIANA Cate/bai; corollis extus czruleis, foliis lan- 
ceolatis remotis. Walt. Carol. 109. 
GENTIANA floribus ventricofis campanulatis ere&is quin- 
quefidis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis. Grou. Virg. 29. 
GENTIANA major virginiana flore ceruleo longiore. Raii 
: Suppl. 369. 
GENTIANA virginiana, faponarie folio, flore ceruleo lon- 
giore. Morif. Hift. fed. 12. t. 5. f. 4. Cate. 
Car. 1. ts 70. 
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This very handfome fpecies of Gentian is a native of North- 
merica, where it js very common in grafly places in the 
: woods, 
