THE FLORIST 
AND 
HORTICULTUEAL JOURNAL. 
GENTIANA FORTUNEI. 
GentianacGse § Gentianese. — Pentandria-Monogynia. 
Charact. Gener. Calyx 5-4-partitus v. 5-4 fidus, huic dimidiato-spa~ 
thaceus, valvaris. Corolla marescens, aut infundibuliformis v. hypocrateri- 
morpha v. rotata, aut clavata v. campanulata, rarius glandulifera, nuda 
V. corona v. j??2'czs soepius exsertis aucta, foveis epipetalis destituta, limbo 
5-4-partito (huic flore 6-8 mero) aut plicis spurie 10-partito. Stamina 5 v. 4, 
corollas tubo inserta, filamentis basi sequalibus. Antherce incumbentes 
V. erectse, huic in tubum connatse et extrorsum dehiscentes. Ovarium disco 
spurio interrupto basilar! plerumque cinctum uiiiloculare, ovulis juxta sutu- 
ram senatis. Stigmata 2, terminalia revoluta, aut si contigua infundibularia, 
st;i/lo nullo aut cum infundibulo stigmatico stigmatibusve persistente. Capsula 
bivalvis septicida, unilocularis, placentis membranaceis arese juxta saturam 
extensse insertis. Semina placentis immersa. 
Herbse scepius perennes, Jiahitu varice, caule recto v. ahhreviato, foliis oppo- 
sitis, cyma racemiforma aut florihus terminalihus. Ludent huic floribus 
4-7 meris. 
Griseb. in DC. Prodromus IX, p. 85 (ubi species sub sectionibus 14 dis- 
tributee.) 
Charact. Specif. — " G. (§ Pneumonanthe), caulibus subcgespitosis erectis 
V. adscendentibus, foliis lato-lanceolatis (infimis ovatis) 3-nerviis margine 
scabris, floribus in axillis solitariis terminalihus glomeratis sessilibus, calycis 
tubo campanulato laciniis 5 linearibus recurvis, corollse intense caerulese albo 
maculatse apertge pentamerse lobis cordato-ovatis plicis brevibus insequaliter 
3-dentatis vix exsertis, antheris liberis." Hook. 
Gentiana Fortuni, Eooh, Bot. Mag. t. 4776 (hie iterata.) 
Mr. Fortune's name is again given to a plant destined to become an 
ornament to our gardens. This Gentian was introduced by this indefati- 
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