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7— GENTIANA VERNA, Lin. THE SPRING GENTIAN. 
Synonymes. — G. prostrata, Schlech. ; Gentianella dulcis, Ges, ; Specific Character. — Plant decumbent ; leaves crowded; radicle 
Ericala verna, Borkh. ; Hippion vernum, Schmid. ones larger than the others ; corolla funnel-shaped, five-cleft. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 491 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 62 ; Eng. 
Bot. t. 493 ; and ouififf. 4, in PI. 70. 
Description, &c. — This beautiful little plant is a native of the Alps of Switzerland ; but it is also found on 
some of the mountains in Ireland, and in Teesdale Forest, in the county of Durham. The flowers are of a 
beautiful bright blue, and have a very agreeable fragrance. They appear in the open air, in April ; but by 
keeping them under glass, they may be brought forward in February. The plant grows best in a mixture of 
peat-earth, and loam, and it will only thrive in an open situation, where it can have abundance of free air. 
8.— GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE, Lin. THE CALANTHIAN VIOLET. 
Synonymes. — Gentiana linearifolia, Lam. ; G. calathiana, Bauh. ; 
Pneumonanthe vulgaris, Schmid. ; Ciminalis Pneumonauthe, Borkh. 
Varieties. — These are very numerous, but the most distinct is that 
called G. P. guttata, figured in Bot. Mag. t. 1101. 
Engravings. — Eng. Bot. t. 20; G. P. guttata, Bot. Mag. 1. 1101. 
Specific Character. — Stem decumbent ; leaves sublinear, obtuse ; 
flowers pedunculate, terminal, and axillary ; corolla campanulate, five- 
cleft. 
Description, &c. — This is a very singular-looking plant, from the great disproportion that exists between 
the leaves and the flowers, the stem and the leaves being very small, and the flowers very large. The species is 
common in many parts of England ; but the variety guttata is only found on the Continent. This variety difiers 
from the species only in having a few white spots inside the flower. 
9.— GENTIANA ACAULIS, Lin. THE STEMLESS GENTIAN, OR COMMON GENTIANELLA. 
Synonymes. — G. giandiflora, Pers. ; Pneumonanthe acaulis, | 
Schmid. ; Ciminalis acaulis, Borkh. ; C. longiflora, Mcench. ; C. 
giandiflora, Mayer. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 52; Eng. Bot. t. 1594; and our Jig. 
5, in PI. 70. 
Specific Character. — Stem very short, quadrangular, one- 
flowered ; flowers very large ; corolla campanulate, fivc-ten-cleft ; 
segments obtuse, mucronate ; leaves with cartilaginous margins ; radi- 
cle ones crowded, imbricated. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is probably well known to most of the readers of this work. 
particularly to those who have visited the gardens of the London Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, in the 
month of April, as it forms there an edging to some of the borders, so conspicuous, from the beauty of its 
colour, that few persons can pass it by unnoticed. It is a native of the Alps of middle Europe and Siberia, and 
it has occasionally been found wild in Britain ; though it is probably not a true native of this eountry, the 
plants found in a wild state having been, most likely, thrown out from some garden. It generally thrives best 
when grown in peat soil. There are many varieties, one of which has double flowers, and another, the flowers 
of which are quite white. 
10.— GENTIANA ADSCENDENS, Pal. THE ASCENDING, OR PORCELAIN-FLOWERED 
GENTIAN. 
Synonymes. — G. decumbens, Lin. ; G. pneumonanthe, Gmel. ; 
Pneumonanthe adscendens, Schmid. ; Dasystepbana adscendens, 
Borkh. 
Varieties. — The most remarkable of these is a dwarf plant with a 
simple decumbent stem, figured in the Bot. Mag. t. 723. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 705 ; and our Jig. 2, in Plate 71. 
Specific Character. — Stem decumbent, afterwards ascending. 
Leaves lanceolate ; radicle ones elongated. Calyx cleft on one side, 
and terminating in three teeth on the other. Corolla campanulate, 
five-cleft, toothed between the segments. 
Description, &c. — This is a very beautiful species from the singularly transparent hue assumed by the 
flowers, which have a remarkably delicate gloss, like that of fine china. The species is a native of Siberia, 
