GENTIAN OF THE DESART. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the se- 
cond se6lion of LinncEUs's hfth class, ^vhich 
includes the plants whose flowers have five 
stamina and two stigmas. Tournefort places 
the Gentian in the third secrtion of his first 
class, which includes the herbs with a bell- 
shaped flower of one leaf, whose pointal be- 
comes a dry capsule, which in some have but 
one, and in others have many cells. 
Of the species, which are numerous, twelve 
are described bv Miller. Their medical vir- 
tues, which may, perhaps^ be considered as 
nearly similar, are very great. 
The Gentian of the Desart, from America, 
^vhere it is said to be rare, though it approxi- 
mates several species, and particularly those 
produced among the Alps and Appenines, 
seems to have escaped the notice of niost na- 
turalists. 
The drawing of this plant was sent to Kng- 
land, by Mr. Bartram of Pennsvlvania ; who 
calls it, the Autumnal Perennial Gentian of the 
Desart, and descril>cs it as follows — 
It 
