26 Gentiana saponaria. 



cultivation, inviting to this by its hardiness. The roots, like most ape- 

 cies of this genus, are very bitter, and might be substituted for those of 

 foreign gentian. They are, however, so much smaller than those of 

 Gentiana lutea, that the latter would always be preferred. 



The figure represents the top of a plant of the size of nature. 



