GENTIANA SAPONARIA. 



SOAPWORT GENTIAN. 



Pentandria Digynia, Linn. Gcntianx, Juss. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix half 5-cleft, or half 5-parted. Corolla tubulous at the base, campanulate ; bor- 

 der 4 or 5 cleft; divisions ciliate or entire, spreading, erect or connivent, 

 sometimes furnished with intermediate plaits. Stamina 4 or 5, distinct or 

 connate. Capsule 2-valved, 1 -celled ; receptacles 2, longitudinal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem terete, smooth ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, three-nerved ; flowers sessile, fasci- 

 culated, terminal and axillary ; corolla 2-cleft, campanulate, ventricose ; di- 

 visions obtuse. 



SYNONYMS. 



Gentiana fimbriata, Vahl. 3. p. 47. 

 G. Catesbei, Walt. 



