( 1856 ) 

 Gentiana incarnata. Lyons's Gentian. 



C/ass *mtZ Order. 

 Pentandria Digynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. 1-petala. Caps. 2-valvis, 1-locularis : receptaculis 2, 



longitudinalibus 



Specific Character. 



Gentiana incarnata ; corollis aggregatis terminalibus dolii- 

 formibus : ore lacero ineequali, foliis ovalibus, pctiolis 

 decurrentibus. 



This hitherto undescribed species of Gentian is a native 

 of Carolina, from whence it was brought, by Mr. Lyons, 

 about three years since. It has a near affinity with G. 

 Saponaria and ochroleuca, before published, especially with 

 the latter ; but the flowers are smaller and blush -coloured, 

 the segments of the calyx longer, and the limb of the corolla 

 is more unequally divided. 



The leaves, in a vigorous plant, before the time of flower- 

 ing, are of a deep green ; the yellow and purple tinge of the 

 leaves in the plant from which our drawing was taken, waB 

 probably owing to having been kept too dry. 



A hardy perennial. Flowers in October. Communicated 

 by Mr. William Kent, from his collection at Clapton. 



