﻿PLATE DJX. 



GENTIANA FIMBRIATA. 



Fringcd-jlo-wered Gentian. 



CLASS V. ORDER II. 

 PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



. Corolla monopetala. Cap- 11 Empaeemeht one-leafed. Blossom one petal. 

 ^ lllT 1 ^ ™^> dUO " <*«* *««-* one-celled, wiJL 



Gentiana corollis quadrifidis, 



briatis, colore caeruleo, in sole'tantum e 



11 longitudinal receptacles. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Gentian with blossoms four-cleft, and fringed 

 margins, of a blue colour, expanding only 

 in the sun, a span high, with ovate-pointed 

 leaves opposite and alternate. 

 Native of North America. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 

 1. The empalement. 



spread open. 



2L 7 H " nd ™ "*• ° f *■*» P— » ™an y attraction, Its flowers are of a fine 



7lt O r andremainal °" S *"" ^— -n^Epanfl WiU, 

 n rjTJ; T SUre " P ™- h 3 «"* * «**« *"* i- - - foond them growing 



