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A ee 
ORD. XV. Rotacce. 975 
posita, ph. L. and the infusum amarum, vinum amarum, tinctura 
amara, sive elixir stomachicum,* ph. E. and by both pharmacopeeias 
the extract is directed. . 
* Dr. Cullen observes, that this is the same as Stoughton’s elixir. 
' About forty-five years ago, a poisonous root was discovered in some of the par- 
«els of Gentian brought to London, not however before its fatal effects had been 
experienced. (See Dr. Brockleskyis accouut, Phil. Trans. vol. 45. p. 240.) This 
root was probably that of the Aconitum Thora, which is known to grow along 
with the Gentian. The former is to be distinguished from the latter by having a 
strong. smell, and being without bitterness, and of a whitish colour. 
CHIRONIA CENTAURIUM. _ CENTAURY. 
SYNONYMA. Centaurium minus. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. 
Raii Hist. p. 1092. Synop. p. 286. Bauh. Pin. p. 278. Cen- 
taurium minus vulgare. Park. Theat. p. 272. Centaurium par- 
vum. Gerard Emac. p. 547. Gentiana caule dichotomo} flori- 
bus infundibuliformibus, striatis, quinquefidis. Hall. Stirp. Helv. 
n. 648. Gentiana Centaurium. Lin. Sp. Plant. p. 332. Huds. 
Flor. Ang. p. 102. Lightf. Flor. Scot. p. 152. Flor. Dan. Icon. 
617. Chironia Centaurium. Withering Bot. Arrang. p 237. 
Curtis Flor. Lond. Ic. 247. 
Class Pentandria. Ord. Monogynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 255. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cor. rotata. Pistillum declinatum. Stam. tubo 
corollz insidentia. Anthere demum spirales. 
Pericarp. 2-loculare. 
Sp. Ch. Gentiana corollis quinquefidis infundibuliformibus, caule 
dichotomo, pistillo simplici. LZ. Syst. Veg. 268. 
