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ERYTHK^A CENTAURIUM. 



Common Centaury. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 

 Nat. Orel. Gentiane^. 



Gen. Char. Calt/x five-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 mavcescent, with a short limb. Anthers after bursting, 

 spiral. Stigmas two. Capsule linear, two-celled. 



Spec. Char. Stem nearl}^ simple. Leaves ovate-oblong. 

 Flowers in dichotomous panicles. Calyx half as long 

 as the tube of the corolla. 



SYNONYMES. 



Centaurium minus. Bauh. Pin. 278. Raii Syn, 28G. 



Centaurium parvum. Ger. Em. 547. 



Gentiana Centaurium. Lin. Sp. PL 332. 



Chironia Centaurium. Curt. Lond. fuse. 4. t. 22. Fl. Britt. 



257. 



.Erythraea Centaurium. Reneahn. 



French .... Petit Centauree. 



Italian .... Centaurea minore. 



Spanish and ) ^„„. ^ 



^ > Lentaura menor. 



Portuguese * 



German,. .. Tausengiildenkraut. 



Dutch Deusendguldenskruid ; Kleine Santojy. 



Danish . .. Tusindgilden. 

 Polish . . . ." Centurzye mnieysza. 

 Swedish ... Tusengyllen. 



Latin 



Description. — The root is annual, woody, branching, fibrous, 

 and of a yellowish colour. The stem is erect, slender, angular, 

 leafy and smooth, sometimes l)ranchedj rising from eight to 

 twelve inches in height. The root leaves are tufted, spreading, 



