SS POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
may be done by cultivation, for the wild specimens compared 
to their cultivated relations of the garden look very puny 
and starved. ‘This pretty, modest, and unpretending flower 
has had many names, and has long been a favourite with 
the poet and the florist. Its earliest name seems to have 
been Pansy, but it is also called Variegated Violet, Forget- 
me-not, Butterfiy-flower, Three-faces-under-a-hood, Heart’s- 
ease, &c. It is used medicinally on the Continent. 
PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLOR. GENTIANACE. 
GENTIANA. (Genvtran.) 
Generic Character. Calyx of one leaf divided into five, 
sometimes four, acute, permanent parts. Corolla of one petal, 
tubular in its lower part ; upper, divided into four or five equal 
segments. 
GENTIANA VERNA. Spring Gentian. Leaves linear. Stems 
simple, short, each bearing a single blue flower. A rare 
plant ; but sometimes found in this month, in mountainous 
countries, and the young botanist may be considered fortu- 
nate who discovers it. This is the only spring species, the 
other four come into flower in August and September. 
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