GENTIANA CRINITA. 



FRINGED-PETALLED GENTIAN. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Corolla 4-cle ft; segments fimbriate; leaves lanceolate, acute; stem erect, terete. 

 Sp. PL 



SYNONYM. 

 Gentiana fimbriate, Botanical Repository, 509. 



Root biennial, smaller than that of the preceding species, but like- 

 wise bitter. Stems very numerous from the same root, about ten or 

 twelve inches high, round and smooth. Leaves short, lanceolate, 

 broad at base, acute, sessile, glabrous, same colour on either side. 

 Flowers terminal, solitary, large, of a rich bluish-purple; the segments 

 of the corolla being beautifully fringed. Calix segments lanceolate. 

 Inhabits damp woods and meadows near trees ; flowering from Sep- 

 tember till November. 



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