GENTIANACEA., 
The Gentian Tribe. 
No. 60. 
GENTIANA LUTEA. 
YeL_tow GeEnNTIAN. 
Geog. Position. Europe. 
Quality. Bitter. 
Power. Tonic, stomachic, anthelmintic. 
Use. Rheumatism, gout, jaundice, wastings, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Classification. 
Orver GENTIANACE. 
Linnean Classification. 
Crass V. Pentandria. Orver Digynia. 
AutuHoritiges.— Lin. Sp. Pl. 335. Willd. Sp. Pl. I. 1331. Woody. Med. Bot 
273. Lind. Flor. Med. 319° Raf. Med. Flor. II. 206. Whitlaw, Med. Disc. 43. 
Lond. Disp. 355. U.S. Disp. 358. Ee. Disp. U. 8.188. Loud. Encye. Pl. 202. 
Ballard and Garrod, Mat. Med. 334. Thomson, Mat. Med. 567. Pereira, Mat. 
Med. II. 347. Griff. Med. Bot. 460. Carson, Illust. Med. Bot. II. 12. Gray, Bot. 
Text-Book, 850. Beach, Fam. Peer ae _ Med. 449. Henry, Med. 
Herb. 140. Wood, Class-Book, 453 
Genus GENTIANA. 
From Gentivs, king of Illyria, who, according to Pliny, first atiaested the 
tonic virtues of plants of this genus. 
Synonymes. — La gentiane (Fr.), Der Enzian meet ), La genziana (It.), La 
cana (Sp) my Omen _——— (Swed.), Genciana Amarella (Pon), 
Tue Essentia, Cuaracters. : 
Catyx. Sepals four —- five —ten, united at base, persistent. 
Corotta. Usually regular. Limb divided into as many 
lobes as there are sepals, mostly twisted in wstivation. _ ; 
Stamens. Issuing from the tube of the corolla, as meas os ee 
its lobes, and alternate with them. — oe 
Ovary. Ontodied, sometimes ‘Tendered | apparently two 
; 1 
