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Gentiana—continued. 
involucrate cluster ; corolla lin. or more long ; calyx lobes shorter 
than the tube. Summer. Z. linear or narrowly lanceolate. Stem 
slender, lft. to 2ft. high. North America. SYN. G. Pseudo- 
pneumonanthe. 
G. lutea (yellow).* A. verticillate, sub-cymose ; corolla yellow, 
veiny, and spotted, rotate, five or six-cleft. July. l. broad, 
ovate ; radical leaves ovate-oblong; cauline ones sessile, ovate, 
acute. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Europe, 1596. This species furnishes the 
Gentian root of commerce. 
G. macrophylla (large-leaved). /l. terminal, verticillately ag- 
gregate, involucrated by usually four floral leaves ; corolla 
pale blue, small, tubularly campanulate, four or five-cleft, with 
short acutish segments. July. Z., radical ones lanceolate, length 
of stem. Stems nearly terete, almost naked in the middle. R, 
6in. to 12in. Siberia, 1796. (B. M. 1414.) 
G. ochroleuca (yellowish-white). A. blue, terminal, aggregate ; 
calyx foliaceous, unequal; corolla ventricose, five-fid.  /. obovate- 
oblong, three-nerved. A. 6in. United States, 1820. Syn. G. inter- 
media, (B. M. 2303.) 
G. ornata (adorned).* fl. solitary and sessile at the ends of the 
branches ; corolla tube whitish, striped with blue, sub-cylindric, 
a little inflated; lobes intensely blue, five, small, triangular- 
ovate, acute. May. J. ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
acute, acuminate or obtuse, deep green, with a pale midrib. 
Himalayas. (B. M. 6514.) 
* mica (Pannonian). fl. verticillate, axillary, and ter- 
minal ; corolla purple, beset with dots, campanulate, six or seven- 
cleft, rather membranous ; tube yellowish. July. l., radical ones 
ovate, apiculate; cauline ones ovate, lanceolate; fi ones 
acuminated. Stem obsoletely tetragonal. A. lft. to 2ft. Alps 
` of Europe. 
FG. 94. GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE, showing Habit and detached 
Single Flower. 
G. Pneumonanthe.* Wind Flower. fl. terminal and axillary, 
pedunculate ; corolla deep blue, having the accessory segments 
small and green, funnel-shaped, five-cleft. August. J. linear- 
spathulate, obtuse. Stems simple, tetragonal. h. 6in. to 12in. 
Northern hemisphere —— See Fig. 94. There are white 
and other varieties of this species. i, 
G. Pseudo-pneumonanthe (bastard Wind Flower). A synonym 
of G. linearis. 
G. punctata (dotted).* fl. verticillate; corolla yellow, dotted 
with numerous irregular purple spots, campanulate, six to eight- 
cleft, large. June. l. ovate, acutish; lower ones petiolate, 
superior ones acuminated. Stem sub-tetragonal. h. lft. to 2ft. 
European Alps, 1775. — i 
. purpurea (purple). . from three to eig gether, terminal, 
>p axillary Aname Egied corolla purplish, marked with 
dots in lines inside, coriaceous, campanulate ; tube striated with 
greenish-yellow. June, July. /., radical ones ovate ; cauline ones 
ovate-lanceolate ; upper ones broad-lanceolate, combined and 
sheathing at the base. Stem obsoletely tetragonal. h. lft. to 
2ft. Europe, 1768. —— ees 
. pyrenai Pyrenean).* fl. terminating ranches, solitary ; 
— — sale ie outside, oth the limb deep blue above, funnel- 
G. s. cordifolia — 
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Gentiana— continued. 
shaped, ten-cleft; the —— segments oblong, obtuse, and 
crenulated at the apex. April. l lanceolate-linear; radical 
ones crowded, imbricate; cauline connatel sheathing, acute. 
Stem procumbent, branched at bottom. k. Zin. Pyrenees, 1825. 
(B. M. 5742.) ; 
G. quinquefiora (five-flowered). f. lilac, clustered at ends of 
stem and branches, three to five together ; corolla clavate, five- 
fid ; calyx very short, acute. October. l. amplexicaul, deltoid- 
cordate, three to five-nerved.. h. lift. North America, 183%. 
(B. M. 3496.) 
Er j — 
Fic, 95, GENTIANA SEPTEMFIDA. 
‘seven-fid).* jl. terminal, one to sevenin acluster ; 
——— Paiak the tube almost cylindrical, widening 
upwards, ten-cleft ; five accessory segments ja, June, y. 
l. ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, approximate. Stems tet onal, eres 
simple. h. 6in. to 18in, Persia, 1804. See Fig. 95. : B. M. i 
-leaved), fl. ay policed ao ia — 
te head, sessile, or very shortly pedicellate ; 
Pear rnent ae "lobes five, small, ovate, sub-acute. June, 
July. i, all ovate-cordate, sub-acute, five-nerved, dark green 
above, spreading or deflexed, coriaceous, the upper often formi 
a sort of involucre. Asia Minor, This plant is often cultiva 
under the name of G. gelida. (B. M. 6497.) ; 
(green).* fl. solitary ; corolla azure-blue, salver-shaped, 
‘Stem 
exstipulate, usually ribbed. Thi 
genera, and 520 species, broadly dispersed pc alge 
all parts of the world; some are found at high elevations, 
and others in hot tropical plains. Bitterness characterises 
the whole order. [Illustrative genera are: Chironia, 
Chlora, Erythrea, Gentiana, Limnanthemum, Lisianthus, 
Menyanthes, and Villarsia. — 
G See Gentiana acaulis, 
UM (from ge, the earth, and doron, a gift). 
—— 3 small genus of stove terrestrial 
“chides natives of East India. Scapes terminating in 
if oddi spike of flowers, which in some are of a pale 
n i ft the lip white, veined with purple or 
—— lines 1 and in others blush, with a yellow spot 
phe the lip. Leaves radical, lance-shaped or elliptical. 
Roots tuberous. ‘The species thrive in fibrous peat, in 
a hot, damp stove, but require to be rested after the 
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leaves have * ge tna 2 
on-coloured), ; = pe; |! ; 
— lous ; lip — spurred at base, blunt and entire at end ; 
“ Se shorter than leaves. October to December. l. lanceolate. 
scare. Bast Indies, 1800. (B. M. a o RE e 
p ` . whitish flesh-colour, ; 
G. dilatatum (swollen). fl. w —— 
piato-ca ulate, nodding; racemes many-f , Sparsel 
ete. Sameer. i. 6in. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, erect, 
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