Gentianaceae. Gentian Family, 
Annual or perennial glabrous herbs with opposite simple entire leaves, 
Flowers perfect, regular, in racemes or cymose panicles, Calyx persistent, 
4-5-lobed. Corolla 4-5-lobed, usually persistent after anthesis, its lobes 
convolute in the bud. tamens as many as the corolla lobes, adherent to 
the tube. Ovary superior, l-chambered, with 2 parietal placentae, Fruit a 
septicidal capsule. Seeds often winged or with a loose wrinkled envelope, 
© Corolla rotate, the lobes each with 1 or 2 conspicuous 
\ glands which are surrounded by a fringe 
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‘leaves 
Corolla 4-parted, blue or lavender- each 
,y lobe bearing a single gland; flowers 
numerous, in usually dense panicles SwELYASELA 
© Corolla funnelform, without glands, the lobes separated 
by membranous folds which are prolonged into 
lacerate appendages in the sinuses 2 Gentiana 
