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from st to ;.n 1 . T'*' '*^'^' ^'^^^ ""^ unbranched, usually 



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 rather thick, the lower ones broader than the upper. The flowers 



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The Eyebright. 

 which Woom during August and September, are represented on 



In the same order [Gentianacece) is the Autumn or Small-flowered 

 Gentian [Gentiana Aniarella)~a little erect plant, from thi-ee to 

 twelve inches liigh, common on dry heaths and stony pastures. 

 Its stem IS square, very leafy, simple or branched, often of a blue- 

 green or purple colour ; and the leaves are sessile, opposite, ovate 

 or lanceolate. The flowers are of a pale purple colour, from half to 

 tliree-quarters of an inch long, arranged in an oblong, leafy cluster. 

 Ihe calyx is divided quite half way down into five unequal, narrow 

 segments ; and the corolla has a broad tube with four or five ovate 



