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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
GENTIANA. Syns. Asterias, Ciminalis, Coelantha, 
Dasystephana, Lricala, Ericoila, Budowia, Purythalia, 
Gentianella, Glyphospermum (of G. Don), Hippion, Pneu- 
monanthe, Ulostoma. To the species described on pp. 59-61, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
G. acaulis alba cceruleo-striata (blue-striped). A variety 
with dark blue stripes upon the white petals. 
G. a. albida (white). A white-flowered variety. 
G. a. alpina (alpine). A variety with obovate, obtuse leaves. 
G. a. azurea (blue). A variety with intense blue flowers. 
G. a. Clusii (Clusius’), jl. dark blue, with spreading lobes, 
solitary, large; peduncle lin. to 2in. high. J. rosulate, lanceo- 
late, acute. Alps, 1888. 
G. a. coerulea albo-marginata (white-margined). 
and light blue, with dark blue streaks. 
G. a. Kochiana (Koch's). fl. dark blue, large, solitary, with 
five blackish-green spots; lobes short, scarcely purendink 
peduncle short. J. radical, elliptic, obtuse. Alps, 1888. 
G. adscendens is a form of G. decumbens. 
G. alpina (alpine). A form of G. acaulis. 
G. arvernensis (Auvergne).* A beautiful little alpine Gentian, 
allied to G. Pneumonanthe, but more robust and tufted in habit, 
with much deeper blue flowers, and firmer and broader leaves. 
It lasts many weeks in blossom. 1882. Probably a form of 
G. Pneumonanthe. (F. & P. 1882, p. 75.) 
G. asclepiadea alba (white).* A beautiful white variety of 
this well-known type. 
G. barbata (bearded). A synonym of G. detonsa. 
G. Bigelovii (Bigelow’s). 1. violet, sessile, axillary, arranged in 
a leafy spike; calyx tube purplish, cylindric, with long-linear, 
green teeth; corolla about lin. long, two subulate teeth alter- 
nating with the ovate, sub-acute lobes. August. J. linear or 
linear-oblong, 2in. long. h. 1ft. to 14ft. ew Mexico, 1886. 
(B. M. 6874.) 
G. calycosa (having a prominent calyx).* jl. often solitary or 
three to five in a cluster; calyx lobes as long as the tube; 
corolla deep blue, about 14in. long, dotted white at the base 
of the spreading lobes. J. opposite, partly connate, ovate, 4in. 
to ljin. long. Stems erect, Sin. to 12in. high, unbranched. 
North America, 1888. (R. G. 1888, t. 1270, f. a-c.) 
G. carpathica (Carpathian). A form of G. nivalis. 
G. Catesbzxi (of A. B. R.) is synonymous with G. Andrewsii. 
G. Catesbezei (of B. M.) is identical with G. Saponaria. 
G. Charpentieri (Charpentier’s). /f., calyx five-toothed ; corolla 
yellow, dotted with red. Swiss Alps, 1888. This is supposed 
to be a hybrid between G. lutea and G. punctata; it closely 
resembles the former. 
G. ciliata. The correct name is G. detonsa. 
G. Clusii (Clusius’). A form of G. acaulis. 
G. decumbens (decumbent).* jl. blue, in a racemiform cyme; 
corolla narrow, obconical, with five short, ovate lobes. /. linear- 
lanceolate, scabrous on the margins. Stems ascending. 
layas. (R. G. 1087, f. 1-2.) 
G. d. Olivieri glomerata (Olivier's compact). fl. deep blue, 
usually very numerous, sessile or nearly so, densely cymose-sub- 
capitate or in an uninterruptedly glomerate raceme. July. 7. 
ae a ‘a Fetisowi, but narrower. Turkestan, 1883. (R. G. 1069, 
G. detonsa (clipped). 
Syn. G. barbata. 
G. Fetisowi (Fetisow’s). jl. deep blue, sessile, in terminal, 
compact clusters, and solitary or clustered in the axils ; corolla 
tubular-campanulate, the segments slightly acute. July and 
August. Jl. narrow-lanceolate, five-nerved, entire; cauline ones 
connate; radical ones rosulate. Stem solitary, tall, erect. 
Turkestan, 1883. Plant highly glabrous. (R. G. 1069, f. 1-5.) 
G. Fortunei. The correct name is G. scabra. 
G. Freelichii (Frelich’s). 7. solitary, on peduncles jin. to din. 
long, with a pair of leaf-like bracts at the base of the acutely 
five-toothed calyx; corolla blue, 1sin. long. 7. rosulate, rather 
thick, linear-oblong or linear-oblanceolate, sub-acute, channelled. 
Stems short, somewhat tufted. Carinthia, 1888. 
G. Gaudiniana (Gaudin's). j., calyx entire, with about one 
lobe, not spathaceous; corolla of a lurid purple, with more 
pointed lobes than in G@. purpurea. Swiss Alps, 1888. A 
hybrid, closely resembling G. purpuvea, but more robust. SYN. 
G. spuria. 
G. Haengsti (Haengst’s). A» synonym of G. Kummeriana. 
G. Kesselringi (Kesselring’s). jl. whitish, dotted outside with 
violet, sub-sessile in glomerate, terminal racemes; corolla 
tubular-ventricose, the limb of five ovate, spreading lobes, 
shortly apiculate at apex. July and August. /., radical ones 
numerous, linear-lanceolate, acute; cauline ones opposite, 
oblong-lanceolate. Stems about 8in. high. Turkestan, 1883. 
(R. G. 1087, f. 3-4.) 
G. Kochiana (Koch's). A variety of @ acaulis. : 
fl. white 
Hima- 
The correct name of G. ciliata (of B. M.). 
Gentiana—continued. 
G. Kummeriana (Kimmer’s). A hybrid between G. lutea 
and G. pannonica. Syn. G. Haengsti. 
G. Kurroo brevidens (short-toothed). 
prostrate stems 3in. to Sin. long. Himalayas, 1 
of spreading habit. 
G. montana (mountain-loving). . terminal or in the upper 
axils, paniculate or corymbose ; corolla white or blue, striped, or 
passing into pink or purplish, and yellowish at base, Zin. to 14in. 
in diameter. JU., radical ones rosulate; lower ones petiolate, 
obovate, or spathulate ; upper ones more sessile, oblong-lanceo- 
late or rarely almost ovate. h. 6in. to 18in. Australia and New 
Zealand. Hardy annual. 
G. m. saxosa (rock-loving). jl. large, in compact corymbs. 1895. 
G. Moorcroftiana (Moorcroft’s). jl. solitary at the ends of the 
branches or in leafy cymes; calyx tube tin. long; corolla pale 
blue, Zin. to 1lfin. long, funnel-shaped, the throat naked and 
without folds, the lobes ovate, Jin. long. Summer. J. lin. to 
1hin. long, sessile, linear-oblong or elliptic, obtuse or sub-acute, 
nerveless. Stem simple or branched from the root. h. 4in. to 
10in. Western Himalayas, Annual. (B. M. 6727.) 
G. nivalis (snow-loving). l. blue, solitary, like those of G. verna, 
but much smaller. Summer. A. lin. to 4in. Europe (very rare 
on a few of the higher Scotch mountains), &e. A slender, erect. 
leafy annual, more or less branched. 
fl. blue, produced on 
A variety 
Fic. 406. GENTIANA THIBETICA, 
G. n. carpathica (Carpathian). fl. sessile, with a transparent, 
veiny calyx, and a funnel-shaped, five-cleft corolla. 1. obovate, 
sessile, the upper ones distant. Carpathian Alps, 1888. 
G. Olivieri (Olivier’s). A form of G. decumbens. 
G. oregana (Oregon). 1. few at the summit of the stem or 
occasionally scattered-racemose; corolla deep blue, over lin. 
long, broadly funnel-shaped. September. J. ovate or ovate- 
oblong, lin. to l4in. long. Stem erect or ascending, lft. to 2ft. 
high. North America, 1892. . 
G. prostrata (prostrate). jf. solitary, terminal; corolla azure- 
blue, about din. across. J. ovate, small, with white, cartilaginous 
or scarious margins. Stems often procumbent. h. lft. to 3ft. 
Europe, North America, &c., 1888. Hardy annual or biennial. 
G. rubra (reddish). This closely resembles G, Jutea, but the 
corolla is purplish outside, has no folds, and the tube is about 
equal to the lobes. Swiss Alps, 1888. Syn. G. Thomasii. 
G. Saponaria (Saponaria). 1. usually several to a stem, sessile, 
clustered at the summit and often in the upper axils; corolla 
light blue, lin. or more in length, with short and broad, erect 
lobes. August. Jd. varying from oyate-lanceolate to oblong or 
