106 GENTIANJE. [CI. 8. 



tation of the Aster chinensis in 1743. But Sherard 

 cultivated that plant before 1732. 



Sect. 2. Capsule of 2 valves. Stem arboreous or 

 shrubby. Millingtonia, Jacaranda Juss., Catalpa, 

 Tecoma Juss. and Bignotiia, fig. 181, with Spathodea 

 of Palisot and Brown, and Cobcea of Cavanilles, Curt. 

 Mag. t. 851, whose capsule has from 3 to 5 valves 

 and cells, make up this Section, to which Mr. Brown 

 confines his idea of Bignoniacea, Prodr. Nov. Holl. 

 v. 1. 470; perhaps admitting also the above-men- 

 tioned Incarvillea. 



Sect. 3. Fruit between coriaceous and woody, 

 bursting at the top. Stem herbaceous. Tourretia 

 (Dombeya L'Herit.), Marty nia, Graniolaria, and Pe- 

 dalium. We know not whether Mr. Brown admits 

 all these, as well as Ventenat's Josephinia, Jard. de 

 la Malmais. t. 67, into his Pedalince, Prodr. N. Holl. 

 v. 1. 519. 



Ord. 46. Gentians. "Calyx of 1 leaf, divided, 

 permanent. Corolla regular, often withering, it's limb 

 in as many equal, sometimes oblique, lobes, as there 

 are segments in the Calyx, usually 5. Stamens as 

 many, inserted into the middle or top of the tube. 

 Anthers incumbent (sometimes combined). Style 1, 

 rarely splitting into 2. Stigma simple or lobed. Cap- 

 sule simple or twin, many-seeded, of 2 valves, and 

 1 or 2 cells, the edges of the valves inflexed, forming 

 the partition when there are 2 cells, rolled inward 

 when there is only 1. Seeds minute, their Recepta- 



