BLUE GENTIAN. 444 
the appetite, prevent the acidification of the food, 
and to enable the stomach to bear and digest ar- 
ticles of diet, which before produced oppression 
and dejection of spirits. . 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. 
Gentiana Catesbeei, Watrter, Flora Carol. p. 109,—Ex11- 
orT, Botany of the Southern States, i. $40. 
MEDICAL REFEREN CE. 
ee loc. cit. — 
‘PLATE XXXIV. setae! 
"Fig. 1. Gentiana Catesbei. 
Fig. 2. 4 flower with the corolla drawn open to show the 
_ inner plice, 
Fig. 3. Stamens and pistil in hain natural situation, 
| Fig. 4. Stamens sepurate. 
“Fig. 5. Pistil. “ 
