GENTIANE.E. IV. OPHELIA. V. GENTIANELI.A. VI. FRASERA. 



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Cordate-leaved Ophelia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



* ' Segments of corolla furnished each with 2 oblong, distinct 

 glands. 



9 O. LO'CIDA (D. Don, mss.) flowers 4-cleft ; superior leaves 

 cordate, acute, stem-clasping; ralycine segments linear-lanceo- 

 late, mucronulate ; segments of corolla ovate, acuminated, longer 

 than the calyx. . H. Native of Nipaul. Swertia lucida, 

 Royle, herb. Flowers purple. 



Shining Ophelia. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



Cull. The seeds of the species of Ophelia should be reared 

 on a hot-bed in spring, as other tender annuals ; and the plants 

 afterwards planted out in the open ground, about the end of 

 May, in a warm situation. 



V. GENTIANE LLA (a dim. of Gentiana). Borkh. in 

 Roam. arch. 1 . p. 29. Gentiana species of authors. Hippion 

 species, Schmidt, in Roem. arch. 1. p. 11. Gentiana, sect. 

 Crossopetalae, Froel. gent. 109. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Digynia. Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla 

 salver-shaped, 4-cleft, without any accessory segments ; fur- 

 nished with 4 nectariferous scrobicles at bottom, as in Sirfrtia. 

 Stamens 4 ; anthers incumbent. Ovarium subpedicellate, ob- 

 soletely tetragonal. Style hardly any. Stigmas broadish, re- 

 volute. Capsule fusiform, 1 -celled, 2-valved, with obtuse an- 

 gles. Seeds small, scobifonn. Perennial, herbaceous, glabrous 

 plants ; stems tetragonal. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, with 

 scabrous edges, sessile. Flowers terminal, pedicellate. Segments 

 of corolla serrated, deeply ciliated in the middle. 



1 G. CILIA'TA (Borkh. 'in Ro-m. arch. 1. p. 29. Mayrhoff. fl. 

 mon. t. 189.) stem flexuous, tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate and 

 linear; segments of corolla serrated, deeply ciliated at the 

 base. 'Ji. H. Native from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, 

 on hills. Gentiana ciliata, Lin. spec. S34. Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 644. exclusive of the synonymes of Oeder and Gunner. Jacq. 

 fl.austr. t. 113. Pall, fl! ross. 1. t. 92. f. 2. b. Hippion ciliatum, 

 Schmidt, in Rcem. arch. 1. p. 11. Lower leaves spatulate. 

 Corolla deep or pale blue, having the nectariferous glands 

 yellow. Filaments ciliated with white hairs. Anthers purple. 

 Segments of corolla lanceolate, acuminate: alternate ones 

 larger. 



Var. /3 ; stem dwarfer, few-flowered ; leaves for the most 

 part lanceolate. I/. H. Froel. gent. p. 109. Barrel, icon. 121. 

 exclusive of 97. f. 1. 



Var. f; stem many-flowered, branched. y.. H. Froel. 

 gent. p. 109. 



Var. c ; stem humble, 1-flowered ; leaves all ovate-lanceo- 

 late. I/ . H. Froel. 1. c. 



J'ar. c ; segments of corolla toothed, not ciliated. If. H. 

 Hippion dentosum, Schmidt, boh. 24. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes. 



Ci/wfed-flowered Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt, 1759. 

 PI. A foot. 



2 G. FIMBEIA'TA ; stem simple, 1-flowered, naked under the 

 flower ; leaves lanceolate ; segments of corolla serrated at top, 

 and ciliately fringed in the middle. }/ . H. Native of Cauca- 

 sus, in valleys. Gentiana fimbriata, Willd. mss. ex Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 175. Gentiana ciliata, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. 

 p. 99. exclusive of the definition and synonymes. Column, 

 ecphr. p. 222. 221. f. 1. Flowers blue. Segments of corolla 

 oblong. This plant is said to occur in Germany with larger 

 flowers, and with the stem leafy even to the calyx. 



Fringed- flowered Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. i foot. 



3 G. MACRA'NTHA (D. Don, mss.) stem erect, branched ; 

 branches tetragonal ; lower leaves spatulate : upper ones linear ; 

 peduncles tetragonal, 1-flowered ; corolla turbinately campa- 

 nulate; segments fringed; calycine segments unequal. 1. H. 

 Native of Mexico. Gentiana ciliata, Moc. et Sesse, mss. in 

 herb. Lamb. Radical leaves petiolate : cauline ones sessile. 

 Corollas large, showy, pale blue : segments oblong, mucro- 

 nulate, erosely serrated at top, and fringed at the base. 

 Filaments dilated, keeled. Anthers oblong. Ovarium fusiform, 

 stipitate. Stigmas large, cucullate, with plicate fringed edges. 



Large-flowered Gentianella. PI. 1 foot. 



4 G. CRIMTA; stem terete; branches elongated, 1-flowered: 

 leaves lanceolate, acute ; segments of corolla obovate, deeply 

 ciliated. If.. H. Native from New York to Carolina, in dry 

 pastures and woods. Gentiana crinita, Froel. gent. p. 112. 

 Pursh 1. p. 185. Curt. bot. mag. t. 2031. Sweet, fl. gard. 

 139. Gentiana fimbriata, Andr. bot. rep. 509. Gentiana 

 ciliata /3, Americana, Lin. syst. 1. p. 645. Flowers azure blue, 

 elegantly fringed on their edges. Accessory segments of corolla 

 or inner plicae simple, ex Pursh. Seeds cylindrical, hispid. 



Long-haired Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1804. PI. 

 foot. 



5 G. BARBARA ; stem acutely tetragonal ; branches elongated ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated ; segments of corolla oblong, rounded 

 at the apex, serrulated, deeply ciliated in the middle. If. . H. 

 Native of Siberia and Caucasus, in grassy, saltish alpine meadows. 

 Gentiana barbata, Fnel. gent. p. 114. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1352. 

 Led. fl. alt. 1 . p. 282. Gentiana ciliata, Pall. fl. ross. 2. p. 101. t. 

 92. f. 2. a. Sims, bot. mag. t. 639. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Gmel. sib. 4. p. 105. no. 73. exclusive of the synonymes. Flowers 

 smaller than those of G. ciliata. Corolla with a greenish tetra- 

 gonal tube ; and green nectariferous glands ; segments pale blue. 



Far. j3, simplex (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 282.) stems quite simple. 

 Bearded-flowered Gentianella. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1764. 

 PI. | foot. 



6 G. DETOXSA ; stem tetragonal, erect ; leaves linear, acute ; 

 segments of corolla crenulated at top, bidentate on both margins, 

 acute or obtuse. ? If. H. Native of Norland, Iceland, Nor- 

 way, &c. Gentiana detonsa, Rottl. in act. hafn. 10. p. 435. 

 t. 1. f. 3. Retz, obs. 1. no. 25. Frosl. gent. p. 116. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1352. Gentiana ciliata P, Gmel. syst. p. 462. no. 

 43. Retz, scan. ed. 2. p. 64. no. 220. G. ciliata, Gunn. norv. 

 2. p. 88. t. 2. f. 3-5. Gentiana serrata 0, Wahl. lapp. p. 71. 

 Very like G. barbata, and probably only a variety of it. Co- 

 rolla blue. 



5/wicen-flowered Gentianella. PI. \ foot. 



7 G. SERRA'TA (Borkh. in Roem. arch. 1 . p. 29.) stem tetra- 

 gonal ; branches 1-flowered; leaves linear-lanceolate; corolla 

 5-cleft ; segments oblong, obtuse, serrated, or ciliated on the 

 edges, y.. H. Native of Norland and Iceland, in pastures near 

 the sea. Gentiana serrata, Gunn. norv. 2. p. 101. no. 819. 

 Fro;l. gent. p. 1 1 7. Gentiana ciliata, Oed. fl. dan. t. 317. Gen- 

 tiana Bavarica, Zoega island, p. 235. Peduncles 2-leaved. Co- 

 rolla blue. Stigmas capitate. 



Serrated-flowered Gentianella. PL foot. 



Cult, The species of Gentianella are extremely elegant when 

 in blossom, and are therefore well fitted for decorating peat 

 borders, in which soil they always succeed best. As most of 

 the species are difficult to preserve in the open ground during 

 winter, reserve plants of each should be kept in pots that they 

 may be easily sheltered by a frame in winter. The species are 

 best increased by seed, which should be sown as soon as ripe, 

 for if kept till spring they seldom vegetate. 



VI. FRASE'RA (named after John Fraser, a collector of 

 North American plants). Walt. fl. car. p. 88. Michx. fl. bor. 

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