S62 10. VlBUllNUM OPULUS. [CL. V. 



Gentiana angustifolia autumnalis major, C. Bauh. Pin. 188. 



Moris, sect. 12. t. 5. Touriief', Inst. SI. G. palustris 



angustifolia, C. Bauh. 1. c. 

 Kufltvjj' Reiieahn. spec. 68. 



Gentiana alis floriferis, HalL Hist. Stirp. n. 641. 



Gentiana Pneumonanthe, Linn. Flor. Suec. n. 288. Flor. 



Dan. 269. Engl. Bot. 20. Bot. Mag. 1101. Lam. Ill 



t. 109. 



Affinity. 



The Gentians constitute, along with Chironia, ErythrtEa^ 

 Swertia, Chlora^ Exacum^ and Menyanthes, a peculiar fa- 

 mily, which is distinguished by the numerical proportion of 

 the essential parts, by the situation of the fruit, by the inser- 

 tion of the seed, — and which stands between the Jasmineae and 

 Contortse. (Anleit. 2. 471.) 



Uses. 



As the composition of the juices corresponds with the fa- 

 mily character, we may suspect that those ingredients, which 

 are found in one genus, or species of gentians, will also be 

 found in the others, (170.) Bitter extractive matter is that 

 by which Gentiana lutea^ ErythrcEa Centaurium, and Meny- 

 antlies trifoliata, are distinguished. The same bitter ex- 

 tractive matter exists in our species. Formerly the root was 

 used as a tonic for the stomach. It has also a powerful ef- 

 fect upon the urine, and hence the Mecklenburghers call the 

 plant, Sta wp unn gah weg\ (IVredow's okon. Flor. von 

 MeMenh. 1. 456.) It used to be employed in France as a 

 cure for sprains ; (Commerce. Lit. Nor. 1743, hebd. 7.) 



10, 



Viburnum opulus, L, 



Schneeball, Wasserholder, Hirschholdcr, Schwelken-baum, 

 Kalinen, Drosselbeercn, Wasserahorn, Schlingen-baum, in 

 Po7nera7iia^ Gooslleder. — French, Vlorne ohier^ Rose de 



