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GENTIANA viscosa. CiLAMMY GENTIAN, 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 1-petala. Caps. 2-valvis, 1-locularis: receptaculis 
2, longitudinalibus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Secr. I. Corollis 5—9-fidis subcampanulatis. 
Gentiana viscosa ; corollis quinquefidis monog'ynis, paniculis 
trichotomis, bracteis perfoliatis, foliis oblongis trinerviis. 
Hort. Kew. ed L. v. 1. p. 321.—ed alt. v. 2. p. 109. 
Exacom viscosum ; foliis oblongis nervosis amplexicaulibus, 
floribus quinquefidis, bracteis cordato-pertoliatis calyce 
Jongioribus. Sith ic. pict. t. 18. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 
p. 634. Persoon Syn. 1. p. 136. 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect: branches opposite, 
crossed. Leavesovate-lanceolate, quite entire, usually 3-nerved, 
sometimes 5-nerved, but with the outer nerves less strongly 
marked, stem-embracing : upper ones frequently connate. 
Bractes ovate, perfoliate, persistent, close to and longer than — 
calyx, which is inferior, 5-toothed, upright. Corolla salver- 
shaped: tube twice the length of the calyx, white: limb 
5-cleft : lacinie lanceolate-ovate, spreading. Stamens five, 
on short filaments inserted into the tube of the corolla, and 
alternating with the lacinie. Anthers oblong, 2-lobed : lobes 
finally diverging at the base. Style equal to the stamens, 
curved at the point to bring the e two-lobed stigma in 
contact with the connivent anthers. Capsule oblong-elliptical, 
one-celled, but in the germen apparently two celled, 2-valved: 
valves rolled in at their margins, — four receptacles. 
eds very many, minute, rugose, angular. ‘Taste of the 
herb extremely bitter. “ 
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