PLATE CXVII. 



GE 



ANA 



U 



UREA. 



Purple flowered Gentian. 



CLASS 



y. 



ORDER 



IL 



PENTJNDRIA BIGYNIJ. Five Chives. Two Pointals. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Calyx, Penanthium quinquepartitum, acu- 



tum, perliftensj laciniis oblongis. 

 Corolla. Petalum unicum, inferne tubula- 



.um 



planum, marcescensj figura varia. 



Stamina. Filamenta quinque, fubulata^ corolla 

 brevlora. Antherae fimplices. 



PisTiLLA. Germen oblongum, cylindraceum, 

 longitudine ftaminum. Styli nuUi. Stig- 

 mata duo, ovata. 



Pericarpium. Capfula oblonga, teres acumi- 

 nata^ apice leviter bifida^ unilocularis, bi- 

 valvis, _ 



Semi N A numerofa, parva. Receptacula duo^ 

 fingula valvulae longitudinaliter adnatae. 



Empalement. Cup five divifionSj fharp and 

 permanent; fegments oblong. 



Blossom. Petal only one, lower part tubular, 

 and close; upper part five-cleftj flat, wi- 

 thering, and vanoufly fliaped. 



Chives. Five threads, avi^l fhaped, fliorterthan 



the bloflbm. Tips fimple. 

 PoiNTALs. Seed "bud oblong, cylindrical; as 

 Ions: as the chives. Shafts none. SuramltB 



twOj egg-lhaped. 



Seed-vessel. Capfule oblong, cylindrical, ta- 

 pering, flightly cleft at the end, one-celled, 

 and two valves. 



Seeds numerous and fmall. Receptacles two, 

 joined to each valve longitudinally. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Geutiana corollis campanulatis, 6-7 fidis, atro- 

 purpureis, punftatls, verticillatisj calycibus 

 inembranaceis, fub-fpathaceis, truncatis. 



I 



Gentian with bell-fliaped bloflbms, 6-7 deft, 

 deep purple, dotted and whorled; empale- 

 ment fklnny, alraofl flieathed, and appear- 

 ing cut off at the ends. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement. 



2. A BlolTora, complete. 



3. 



4. 



The fame cut open, to Ihew the fituation of the Chives. 



fb"U(51:u 



S. A Seed-veffel, nearly ripe. 



As a native of thq Helvetian Alps, the Purple flowered Gentian is confequently, a hardy plant m^ 

 OS, requiring only to be planted In a light foil 5 may be Increafed from the feeds, virhich are produced 

 m abundance, or by parting the root in autumn. The feeds are perfefted, within a fortnight after 

 the flower is decayed: and ibnnW K*. r^,Trr, ^« i:„i.. r— j . • _ .-u .,^«, fliVlitlv. as fooo 



m aounaance, or by parting the root in autumn. The feeds are perfefted, within a fortnis 

 the flower is decayed j and fhould be fown on light fandy peat, covering them very flightly, 

 as poflible after they have been dn^rl 



ariety 



fpe- 



caufe 



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 ^rmmg was made at the Nurfery, Hammerfmith. 



year i/uo yjy *•- 

 why it fliould not 



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