GENTIANACEA. 
The Gentian Tribe. 
No 87. 
FRASERA CAROLINENSIS. 
America Conumso, Indian Lettuce, &§c. 
Place—United States. 
Quality—Bitter. 
Power—(when fresh) Emetic, cathartic, token dry) 
Tonic, antiseptic, febrifuge. 
Use—Consumption, dyspepsia, jaundice, scurvy, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. | 
Natural Order. Stellate.—L. Gentianacer.—J. 
Criass IV. Tetrandria. Orprr Monogynia. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 735. Woodv. Med. Bot. 116. Raf. Med Flor. i.196. U.S. Dis. 
336. Griff.. Med. Bot. 462. Per. El. Mat. Med. li. 354. Beach. Fam. Ph. 662. 
Kosts. Mat. Med. 452. Barton. Veg. Mat. Med. ii. 103. Wood. C. B. 205. Lind. 
Flor. Med. 120. 
| Genus FRASERA. 
In honor of John eae an -Kenaticen aitlerutor of exotics, ‘i whose exertions die 
gardens, particularly of London, are indebted for many rare American plants. 
Sxyronrues.—Frasera Colombo, [F.] Colombo Wurzel [Ger.] 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
CGatyx. Sepals, four—five—ten, united at base, persistent. 
Corotiua. Usually regular. Limb divided into as many lobes 
as there are sepals, mostly twisted in estivation. 
Sramens. Issuing from the tube of the corolla, as many as its 
lobes, and alternate with them. 
Ovary. One celled, sometimes rendered apparently two-celled 
by the introflexed placentee. Style, united into one, or 
wanting Stigmas one—two, 
Fruit. Capsule many-seeded. 
Seeps Small. Embryo straight, with fleshly albumen, 
