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the Spring. Gentianella minor Verna, Thefmal- 
ler Spring Gentian.' Of the Sumner Kind we have 
thefe, viz. 4. Gentiana minor Cruciata , alfo G*#- 
Crofswort, alfo the lefler Crofswort Gentian. 
5. Gentiana minor , feu Gentianella c £rule a fund at a 
P cnn&i, Pennys blew (potted Gentian. 6 . Gentiana 
Anglica pallida p unfits diftintfa , An Englijh Gentian. 
which we here place among the fmaller Gentians , 
tho* Clufws has enumerated it among the Greater 
Gentians , but according to its magnitude, it cannot 
be faid to be either a Great or a Small Gentian , but 
a medium between them both, as is that alfo of Pe- 
na , but being both Summer Gentians , we thought 
good to put them both in this Claffis. Of the Au- 
tumn Kinds we have thefe, viz. 7. Pneumonantbe , 
Gentiana Autumnalis, Calathian Violet, or Autumn 
Gentian. 8. Gentianella Autumnalis Centaurc£ mi- 
nor is folijs, Gentianella fug ax minor Gerardi , Au- 
tumn Gentian with Small Centory Leaves, Baftard 
or Dwarf Autumn Gentian of Gerard. 9. Gentiana 
jugax Clufij , Gentiana decima Clufij, Small Autumn 
Gentian, fimply fo called. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The fir ft, or Broad Leav’d 
Gentian of the Spring, has a Jmall yellowifh creeping 
Fibrous Root , from which fpring up Leaves pretty 
large and green, broader than thofe of the Third Kind 
following , being about two Inches long , and one 
- Inch broad, and fomewhat round pointed, with three 
Veins or Ribs running through them , as the others 
have } the Stalk riling from the middle of thefe Leaves 
grows about four Inches high , or fomething better , 
with a fmall Leaf or two thereon, bearing at the head 
or top thereof a large Husk, fuftained by two fmall 
and long Leaves, from the middle of which (hoots 
forth a very large and great hollow blew Flower, 
ending in five (mail points. 
V. The fecond, or Narrow Leav’d Spring Gentian, 
has a Root which is long and J lender , fpreading it felj 
much under the Ground, and of a yellowifh color, from 
which fpring many Heads of feveral fmall, long, and 
narrow Leaves Jet together, fomewhat longer than the 
next which follows from fome of thefe Heads, which 
Flower not in one and the fame Year, thofe Flower- 
ing the Year following which Flowered not the Year 
before, and thofe which Flowered the Year before 
not Flowering again the next Year after) riles up a 
fmall flender Stalk, fomewhat higher than the for- 
mer, bearing thereon two fuch like fmall Leaves at 
a Joint, and at the top one Flower, for the moft 
part, (feldom more , unlefs the Stalk is branched) 
much fmaller than the laft, narrow, long, and hol- 
low, like a Hofe or Husk, of one entire Leaf at the 
lower part , but ending above in five Corners , or 
fmall pointed Leaves, laid open like a Star, having 
fmall pieces of Leaves, like, as it were, Ears, fet at 
the bottom of the divifions of them, both of them 
of a perfeft blew color, but not fo deep as the for- 
mer, having a white Line in the middle of each of 
them , and the Ground , or bottom of the Flower , 
whitifh alfo, with a few threads (landing about a 
fmall head, not to be feen until the Flower be almoft 
or fully paft , unlefs one open it, which, after it is 
ripe, or full blown, is fmall and long, containing 
very fmall brownifh Seed. 
VI. The third, or Smaller Spring Gentian , has a 
Root conftfting of fmall, long, pale, yellow Strings, 
which fhoot forth here and there divers heads of 
Leaves, and thereby increafes reafonably well, if it 
grows in a fit place, or is nurft up in good Ground, 
(otherwife it will fcarcely grow with all the Care and 
Diligence imaginable .) From this Root fpring feveral 
fmall hard green Leaves, lying upon the Ground, as 
it were, in Heads or Tufts, fomewhat broad below, 
and pointed at the end , with five Veins or Ribs 
therein, as confpicuous as in the former Gentians ; 
among which rifes up 1 fmall fhort Stalk, with fome 
fmaller Leaves thereon, at the top whereof hands 
one fair, large, hollow Flower, made Bell fafhion, 
with wide open Brims, and ending in live Corners 
or Divifions, of the moft excellent deep Jew color 
that can be feen in any Flower , with fome white 
fpots in the bottom on the infide -, after the Flower 
is paft, long and round Pods or Cods do appear, in 
which are contained fmall blackifh Seed •, the whole 
Plant is bitter, but not fo ftrong by much as the for- 
mer. 
Crofswort Gentian. 
yil. The fourth, or Crofswort Gentian, has Roots 
which are fmall and whitijh, dfperfing themf elves 
many ways in the Ground, of as bitter a tafte almoft 
as the rej h From this Root rifes up many Branches, 
which lye upon the Earth, fcarcely lifting themfelves 
upright, and are full of Joints, at which grow ufu- 
ally two Leaves, one oppofite unto another, in man- 
ner of a Crofs, from whence it took its Name, in 
(hape very like unto Saponaria , or Soapwort , but 
fhorter, and of a darker green color •, at the tops of 
the Stalks ftand many Flowers thick thrufted toge- 
ther, almoft like Sweet Williams, and likewife at 
the next Joint underneath, every one of them Band- 
ing in a dark green Husk, and confifting of five fmall 
Leaves, the points or ends of which only appear a- 
bove the Husks in which they ftand, and are hardly 
to be feen, but that they are of a fine pale blew 
color, and that many grow together ^ the Seed is 
fmall and brown , hard , and fomewhat like unto 
the Seed of the Marian Violet, or Coventry Bells. 
VIII. The fifth, or Pennys blew fpotted Gentian, 
has a Root which is fmall and yellow, with many Fibres 
adjoining to it, jrom which fpringsup a jointed Stalk 
about half a yard high, fomewhat reddift) towards the 
bottom next to the Root, with two Leaves, like to the 
Great Gentian, fet at each Joint, but much f mailer , „ 
and with more Veins or Ribs therein than it, ft ending 
each upon a reddijh Footfialk , greater below than 
thofe above , where they do in a manner cncompafs 
the Stalk. From the middle of the Stalk upwards 
come forth the Flowers at the Joints,with the Leaves, 
on 
