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GENTIANA MACROPHYLLA. LONG+ 
LEAVED GENTIAN,. 
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Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA DiGyNtA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. 1-petala. Cap/.2-valvis, »—6-locularis. Recepiaculis 2, 
longitudinalibus. 
Specific Charatter and Synonyms. 
GENTIANA macrophylla; corollis quinquefidis (f. quadri- 
fidis) feffilibus verticillatis, foliis radicalibus 
caulem inferne fubnudum zquantibus. Pallas 
Fi. Rofs. 2. p. 108. t.96. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 
p- 1335- Fralich. Gent. p. 31. 2.7. ‘Hort. 
Kew. edit Il. v. 2. p. 110. 
GENTIANA floribus_ confertis terminatricibus, corollis 
quadrifidis et quinquefidis, foliis lanceolatis, 
caule procumbente media parte nudo. Gmel. 
Sib, 4. Po 104+ te 52. , 
Desc. Stalk affurgent, rounded, moftly naked in the 
middle part, but often having a pair of fmall imperfeé& leaves 
near the bottom, and another pair, fomewhat larger, towards 
the upper part. Radical leaves lanceolate, five-nerved, pale 
underneath, quite entire, fome of them equalling the ftalk in 
length. Flowers verticillate, crowded together at the fummit 
of the ftalk, feffile. Floral leaves feveral, four long growing 
crofswife, others fmaller intermingled with the flowers; one 
or two flowers fometimes grow in the axils of the upper pair 
of cauline leaves. Calyx truncate, fplitting on one fide. Corolla 
fomewhat inflated upwards: /imé divided into four or five 
fegments, foon becoming ere€t and more acute. The corolla 
is 
