GENTIANA. 
single bloom at the tip, or a cluster of several, with others springing 
from the axils of the upper foliage. The flowers are bells of green 
and blue, while the leaves are greyish-green in tone. (Northern Asia, 
Arctic America.) 
G. grandiflora=G. vulgaris. See under G. “ acaulis.” 
G. heaaphylla, a very lovely species from the high Alps up the 
Szechwan-Kansu march of Tibet, for which see Appendix. 
G. imbricata, Schleich, is the beautiful tiny development of G. 
bavarica which replaces its larger original in the topmost granite 
shingles, as G. brachyphylla replaces G. verna; not always, however, 
so common, as G. bavarica is on the whole itself less universal than 
G. verna. G. imbricata repeats all its parent’s effect in a tight dense 
tuft of wee glossy yellow-green foliage like the smallest box-tuffets 
that were ever squashed together and then re-varnished. The 
flowers are no less darkly deeply beautifully blue; while in the 
garden, as G. brachyphylla follows the comparatively unexacting 
nature of G. verna, so does G. imbricata pursue the uncertain courses 
of G. bavarica, and must be very courteously entreated in the damper 
choice spots of the special bed: with a good top-dressing of sand in 
spring. 
G. imbricata (Froel), rather unfortunately promoted by Mr. Stuart 
Thompson in his admirable book, is in reality only an invalid later 
synonym for G. tergloviensis, q.v. 
G. Kesselringiiz.—Yet another Siberian leafage with bluey white 
poor blossom in late summer, on stems of some 10 inches. 
G. Kochiana=G. latifolia, for which see under G. “ acaulis.” 
G. Kurroo came down from the Roof of the Worid by happy chance, 
some unsuspecting passer-by in those parts having a friend at home 
who pestered him persistently for seeds. Accordingly, remembering 
this, and desiring peace, he clutched the nearest pod he could perceive 
and despatched it to England: where, in due course, it revealed a 
Gentian beautiful among all other beautiful Gentians. G.Kurroo forms 
a single and unmultiplying tuft of a few very long, very narrow, 
grooved and glossy leaves of dark-green. From this, in late summer, 
proceed one or two smooth mahogany stems, set here and there with a 
pair of leaves, and once or twice (or yet again) emitting a separate 
flower-stalk. These dark and shining stems, although so solid, do not 
stand erect, but lie along the ground for 4 or 5 inches and then rise up 
with the grace of a swan’s neck, to show off at respectful distances 
from each other, those three or four magnificent great flowers, widely 
gaping cups of pure rich blue, with folded lobes, and flecked with 
interior pallors, and altogether lovely. The only reason why a good 
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