SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR. 171 



a. a, tiuctoria L. (including G. pubescens L, and G. lucida Kit- 

 tel). Europe and northern Asia, nat. in U, iS. Dyer's Broom, 

 Dj'e-weed, Green-Aveed, Alleluia, Base Broom, (heen Broom, 

 Dyer's Furze, Dyer's Whin, Groonwood, Woad-waxen, Wood- 

 Avax, Wood- waxen, Waxen-woad, Widow- wisse, AVudwise; Ger. 

 Farberginster, Gilbkraut, Glosen. Herb , H. genistw ( tincto- 

 rise), H. cytisogenistse; diuretic, cathartic, formerly used to 

 produce the famous Kendal green. 



882. GENTIANA, L. - Gentian. - (ieutiaiiaceae. 



Named for King Gentius of Illyria. Bitter herbs with showy 

 blue, purple, yellow or white flowers. About 800 species, 

 north temperate and Arctic zones and 8. America; 43 in U. S.; 

 Ger, Enzian; Fr. Gentiane; Sp. Genciana, 



a. G. crinita Froel. Ontario to Georgia and west to Iowa and 



Minnesota. Fringed Gentian, Larger Fringed Gentian. 



b. G. liitea L. Southern and central Europe. Yellow (ientian, 



Pale Gentian, Bitter-root, Bitterwort, Felwort. Boot; Q-en- 

 tiana, U, S. P., Gentianae radix.. Br., K. gentiana? P. G., E. 

 gentians rubrae v. lutese v. majoris; Ger. Enzianwnrzel, 

 Bitterwurzel, Pother Enzian; Fr. Gentiane (Codex), Kacine 

 de gentiane jaune; bitter, tonic. [The smaller roots also of (c) 

 G. Paimonica Scopoli, Austria; (d) G. punctata L., Alps to 

 the Balkans, and (e) G. purpurea L., Alps, Carpathian Moun- 

 tains and Norway, are collected with those of (t. lutea, and are 

 recognized in some of the European pharmacopoeias.] 



f. G. quiuquefolia L. (G. quinqueflora Lam. ). Five flowered 



Gentian, Stift" Gentian, Ague-weed, Gall-weed, Blue < Gentian. 

 Plant bitter, tonic. 



g. G. Sapouaria L. (G. Catesbaei Walt., not of Elliott). Ontaria 



to Florida and west to Louisiana and ^Minnesota. SoapAvort 

 Gentian; Mai-sh or Eough Gentian, Calathian X'iolet, Harvest- 

 bells. (This and other species are used under various names 

 such as American Gentian, Blue or Southern Gentian, Samp- 

 son Snakeroot for the same uses as the European Gentian . ) 

 Other species of indigenous gentians are ( h) G. aciita Michx. 

 )erhaps only a variety of the Old World G. Amerella L. ), 

 (orthern (jentian, Baldmoney (Bawdmoney), Bastard Gentian: 

 (i) G. Audrewsii Griseb. (G. alba Muhl. ), Closed or Blind 

 Gentian, Cloistered-heart, Barrel Gentian, Bottle Gentian; (j) 

 G. detonsa Rottb. (G. serrata Gunner), Smaller Fringed 

 Gentian; (k) G. EUiottii Chapm. (G. Catesbyei Ell., not of 

 Walt, G. scaberrima Kusnezow), Elliott's G«-ntian; (1) G. 

 flavida A. Gray (G. alba A. Gray 1848 not Muhl. 1818), Yel- 

 lowish Gentian; (m) G. Porpliyrio J. F. Gmel. (G. purpurea 

 Walt, not L., G. angustifolia Michx.), One-flowered Gentian; 

 (n) G. villosa L. (G. ochroleuca Froel.), Striped (Jentian, 

 Straw Colored or Marsh Gentian. [There has been nmch con- 

 fusion in the nomenclature, scientific as well as popular of on v 

 gentians.] 



. GERANIUM, L. Geranium, Cranesbill. Geraiiiaceae. 



From Greek, "crane", alluding to beak of fruit, an ancient 

 plant name. Perennial herbs. About 17o species, temperate 

 regions; 21 in U. S. 



No 



