THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Gentiana continued. 



five-cleft, toothed between the segments ; calyx three-toothed, 

 opening on one side. June and July. I. lanceolate, h. 9in. 

 Siberia, 1799. (B. M. 705.) There is a form of this species, minor 

 (B. M. 723). 



Fio. 92. FLOWERING BRANCHES OF GENTIANA AFFINIS. 



G. offlnls (related).* ^.blue ; corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, lin 

 or less lone ; calyx lobes linear or subulate, unequal. Summer 

 12inT h 3* or lanceolate to linear. Stems clustered, 4in. to 

 l*fln. high. North America. See Fig. 92. 



G. alglda (cold).* /.milk-coloured, marked with bluish dots and 



G. Andrews!! (Andrews's).* A. blue, crowded, in axillary and 

 terminal fascicles, sessile ; corolla campanulately ventricose, with 

 five obtuse entire segments, and five smaller accessory fringed 

 ones. August. I. oblong-lanceolate. Stems terete, h. lit. to 

 2ft. North America, 1776. (B. M. 6421.) 



G. asclepiadea (Swallow-wort-like).* fl., terminal ones crowded, 

 axillary ones solitary, all nearly sessile ; corolla large, campanu! 

 late three times longer than the calyx, five-cleft ; segments 

 ovate, acute. July. 1. ovate-lanceolate, stern-clasping? with 



Q-entiana continued. 



repand edges. Stems obsoletely tetragonal, h. 6in. to 18in. 

 Southern and Eastern Europe, 1629. (B. M. 1078.) 



G. bavarica (Bavarian).* fl. deep blue ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 ten-cleft; segments entire, or slightly serrated, the accessory 

 ones small, horn-formed. July. I. ovate, obtuse ; radical ones 

 crowded, imbricated, longer than the cauline ones. Stems one- 

 flowered. h. Sin. Central Europe, 1775. 



G. Burseri (Burser's). fl. yellow, verticillate ; corolla usually 

 five-cleft, campanulate, dotted ; segments lanceolate, with a small 

 accessory tooth between each. July. I. opposite, ovate, apicu- 

 lated, sheathing at the base. h. 2ft. Pyrenees, 1820. 



G. Catesbzei (Catesby's). fl. pale blue, terminal, fasciculate; 

 corolla ten-cleft, campanulate, somewhat ventricose or barrel- 

 shaped ; the five regular segments acutish, the five accessory 

 ones jagged. August. I. short, elliptic-ovate, acute, with 

 scabrous edges. Stem terete, minutely downy, h. 6in. to 12in. 

 Carolina, 1803. 



G. ciliata (fringed), fl. light blue ; corolla four-cleft ; segments 

 serrated, finely cut in the middle. August and September. I. 

 lanceolate and linear. Stem flexuose, angular, h. 9in. Germany, 

 1759. (B. M. 639.) 



G. crinita (hairy), fl. light blue ; corolla four-cleft ; segments 

 finely cut. June and July. I. lanceolate, acute. Stem erect, 

 rounded, h. 6in. North America, 1804. (B. M. 2031.) 



G. cruclata (crossed).* /. terminal and axillary, crowded, nearly 

 sessile ; corolla tubularly campanul ' 



n^ate, eight-cleft (regula 

 ments acute, four accessory ones small, acutely bifid or ja; 



jagged), 

 , dotted 



with a pale tube, widened upwards, and a pale blue limb, 

 with green in the throat. June and July. I. broad-lanceolate, 

 connate at the base. Stems ascending, terete, h. 6in. Europe, 

 1596. 



G. Fortune! (Fortune's).* fl. axillary, solitary, sessile ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped, slightly ventricose ; limb of five spreading cordate- 

 ovate lobes, deep blue, and equally spotted with white. Decem- 

 ber. I. opposite, the lowest small and ovate, the rest lanceolate, 

 glabrous, three-nerved. North China, 1853. A very handsome 

 greenhouse species. (B. M. 4776.) 



G. gelida (ice-cold), fl. axillary and terminal, aggregate ; corolla 

 campanulate, with bluntish segments, the five accessory ones 

 short and jagged. June and July. I. lanceolate. Stems ascend- 

 big, tetragonal, h. 6in. Caucasus, 1807. 



G. intermedia (intermediate). A synonym of G. ochroleuca. 



G. Kurroo (native name).* /. erect or inclined, pedicellate ; 

 corolla tube narrowly campanulate ; lobes five, broadly ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, azure-blue, sprinkled towards the throat 

 with white. October. I. elongate-linear or oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or acute, concave, very coriaceous, bright green. Himalaya 

 Mountains, 1879. A very handsome plant for the rock garden. 

 SYN. Pneumonanthe Kurroo. (B. M. 6470.) 



G. linearis (linear-leaved). ft. blue, one to five, in a terminal 



Fro. 93. GEMIA.NA ALGIDA, showi 

 of Inflorescence 



ng Habit, and detached Portion 

 s (enlarged). 



