_ GENTIANALS. 195 GENTIANWORTS, 
2. G. punctata Linneeus. é 
Corolla plaited, campanulate ; stigmas naked ; capsule sessile ; plaits of 
the corolla triangular ; calyx entire ; leaves acute. 
_ Habitat. Alps of Europe. 
Quality and Uses. Quite like the last. 
3 G. purpurea Linneus. ; : ; 
Corolla plaited, campanulate ; stigmas naked ; capsule sessile ; plaits of 
the corolla truncate ; leaves smooth at the edge. 
_ Habitat, Alps of Europe. 
Quality and Uses. As the last. All yield “Gentian-root.” 
4. G. Amarella Linneus, } 
are other European substitutes for Gentiana 
- G. campestris Linnaeus, iiss 
6. G. pannonica Murray, 
AgatHotes. Don. 
Astivation of corolla left-handed. Style 0. Corolla naked at base, with 
glandular pits, covered in by a fringed scale. Stamens monadelphous. 
l. A. Chirayita Don.—(Cumeeta Pian.) 
Flowers ¢/ ; corolla longer than the calyx; leaves ovate and cordate, 
smooth. 
Habitat. ag of India, 
Quality. f Gentiana lute 
Uses, Hligidpais ti pouty odbject * Strengthens the stomach, obviates flatulency 
and diminishes the tendency 
to acidity.”"_Pereira, The 
Whole plant is pulled up at the 
time the flowers begin to de- 
_ Cay, and is dried for use. Its 
febrifugal properties are in 
estimation with Euro 
_ Practitioners in India, who use 
It instead of Cinchona when 
the latter is not to be procured. 
—Erymrza. Renealm. 
Alstivation of corolla _left- 
handed. Style distinct, 
deciduous. Anthers having 
a spiral and projecting con- 
nective. Inflorescence cen- 
trifugal. Corolla regular, 
hypocrateriform. 
1. E. Centawrium Persoon.— 
(Centavry.) Fig. 265. 
’ymes dichotomous ; flowers 
_ Rumerous, pink ; stigma 
double; tube of corolla twice 
a8 long as the calyx ; stem 
erect, 
Fig. nega = Centaurium. 
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