362 10. VIBUKNUM OrULUS, [CI.. Y. 



Gentiana angustifolia autuninalis major, C. Bank. Phi. 188. 



Moris, sect. 12. t. 5. Tournof* Inst. 31. G. palustris 



angustifolia, C. Bank. I. c. 

 Ky^v/j" Rcncalm. spec. (^S. 



Gentiana alis floriferis, Hall. Hist. Stir p. n. 641. 

 Gentiana Pncumonanthe, Linn. Flor. Siiec. n. 288. Flor. 



Dan. 269. Engl. Bot. 20. Bot. Mag. 1101. Lam. Ill, 



t. 109. 



Affinity. 



The Gentians constitute, along with Chirania, Erythrcea^ 

 Swertia^ Chlora, Exacum, and Mcnyanthes, a peculiar fa- 

 mily, which is distinguished by the numerical proportion of 

 the essential parts, by the situation of the fruit, by the inser- 

 tion of the seed, — and which stands between the Jasmineae and 

 Contortae. (Anleit. 2. 471.) 



Uses. 



As the composition of the juices corresponds with the fa- 

 mily character, we may suspect that those ingredients, which 

 arc found in one genus, or species of gentians, will also be 

 found in the others, (170.) Bitter extractive matter is that 

 by which Gentiana lutea, Erythrtra Ce7ita2irium, and Meny- 

 anthes trifoliata, are distinguished. The same bitter ex- 

 tractive matter exists in our species. Formerly the root was 

 used as a tonic for the stomach. It has also a powerful ef- 

 fect upon the urine, and hence the Mccklenburghers call the 

 plant, Sta up unn gah wcg-, ([Vredozifs okwi. Flor. von 

 McHenb. 1. 456.) It used to be employed in France as a 

 cure for sprains; (Commerce. Lit. Nor. 1743, helxl. 7) 



10. 



\^ibiirniim opiiliis, L. 



Schneeball, Wasserholdcr, Hirschholder, Schwclken-liaum, 

 Kalinen, Drossclbeercn, Wasserahorn, Schlingcn-bauni, in 

 PoincraniUy Goosflcdcr. — ^Frcnch, Viornc obicr, Hose ilc 



