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Show 60 Dhe: BRL -Tit.s H and are formedas it were of three fmaller joined together, Vhe flalks are numerous, flender; and branched. They are too w to fupport themfelves without help, but willclimbto the height of ten feet. The leaves ftand irregularly, and are of the Jame form with thofe from the root: they have three points, or are formed ofthree parts, and are of a pale green. The flowers ftand on long footftalks, and are large, and ofa beautiful blue; they are divided into five pointed fegments at the edge. The feed-veffel is large, and the feeds are bjackith. It is a native of the Eaft, and flowers in July iguit. The flowers Openprincipally in an evening, andfade when the fun has power. C. Bauhine calls it Convolvulus ceruleus bede0 Ae Ie Toot is finall, divided into two or three furnifhed with long, {preading fibres. firft leaves are numerous, and extreamly utiful : they ftand on long, purplith foorftalks, and are large, of a fine deep green, and compofedoften or twelv e pairs of long fegments, extreamly narrow, and placed nearly Oppofite to one another, with an odd one, ufually forked, at the end; toget her with thefe, there G._E-N HERBAL. rife a couple of broad, plain, hard’ leaves fr m the feed, which remain a long time; and for times the ftalk rifes immediately betweer without any other radical leaves, The ftalks are flender, tough, and weak : they climb on anything to the height of feveral feet the leaves ftand irregularly on them, and have long, tender footftalks : they in all things 1 femble thofe from the root, and are extreamly beautiful. The flowers are large, and of a very bright red : they grow in little clufters, and are di vided into five fegments at the edge: they havc fomething of the afpeét ofthe flowers of jeflamy, and have thence given, among fome writers, a nameto the plant. The feeds are contained in fhort capfules, one after every flower. It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and of fome parts of South Americ: Columna calls it Convol S exoti Yarior. e Bauhine, Fe millifolii fo Manycall it quamoclit, an Indian name. ‘Linnus feparates this and fome others from thereft of the dindweeds, under the name of Ipomea, but with fo little foundation in Nature, that when he has Biven the characters, he adds, “ thefe plants are really {pecies of Convolvulys.? W hy therefore did he permit the other nominal genus toremain? He has alfo feparated thefe, under the name of ipome 2, in his Species Pla rum, } laft publithed work Ht 2. Woolly-flowered Gentian, Gentiana flore lanuginofo. ‘he root is fmall, woody, and divided into feveral parts: it is of a brownifh colour, and bitter tafte: there are long fibres produced from it about the head, which creep under the furface, and {pread every way. The ftalk is flender, round, ftriated, ereét, and five orfix inches high, fometimes more,fometimes muchlefs; for the plant varies greatly in fize. The leaves are long and narrow, but not altogether fo narrowas thofe of the preceding. They ae of a frefh green, and ftand in pairs without footftalks. The flowers are large, and of a deep blue. They are divided into four fegmentsat the edge, andthereis adownynefs of a purplifh colour within. The feed-veffél is long, flender, and pointed ; and the feeds are very fmall, It is found in barren, chalky foils, but not common. It flowers in September. C. Bauhine calls it Gentiana pratenfis lore la~ auginofo, NVith us it does not grow in meas, as that name feems to exprefs, When nt grows larger from a goodfoil, the quire more breadth, and in this form it is defcribed by fome authors asa different fpecies, under the name of Gentianella ugax autumualis elalior centaurii minoris foliis; but this is merely a variety from more nourifhment. 3. Little Spring Gentian. Une aS FB IRB ASL, <s are numerous, and of a brownifh colour, rigid, firm, upright, but little branched, and from three to eight orten inches in height, according to the degree of nourifhment they find. The leaves ftand in pairs pretty near to one another: they are oblong, broad, pointed at the ends, of a dufky green colour, and have no footftalks. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, fometimes fingly, fometimes two orthree together: they are large, and blue, and are divided into five fegments at the edge. The feed-veffel is thick, and oblong, and the feeds {mall and brown. Tt is commonin hilly paftures, and flowers in April. This, like the former, varying in fize, has beendivided, from that accident alone, into feve- ral imaginary fpecies. Columna calls it Gentianella purpurea minima Ray, Gentianella fugax verna five precon. Thefe three are the only fpecies of kentian we have native in Britain. They and the next to be defcribed are called by many gentianelle, fromtheir fmallnefs in comparifon of the gentian ufed in medicine. They are all good ftomachicks, but inferior to that great kind. The country people makea very goodbitter tincture from any of thefe, and orange peel fteeped in white wine. Gentianella pumila precox. Ur, The root is fmall, long, brown, and divided, and hasa bitter tafte, GENTIAN. COEIN ET ST A Na [SHE flowerconfitts of a ngle petal , whichis of a tubul ar fhape, anddivided the edge: it ftands in a into fegments at cup, formed of a fi ngle leaf divided: into five contained jn a fingle capfu parts: the feeds are le, whichis large, and lightly {plit at the top. Linnzus places this amon g his pentandy a, the threads in the rudiment of the fruit, flower being five; and though fingle in itfelf, the havin ig two ftigmata. the body of the rudiment If th his author had , rather than thefe leffe regarded r parts, it would have nature. This would then brought his method have beenplace ‘d amongth nearer to e mono ao and giving the firt noti g ynia e the rudiment ce of the fing] € capfule being really fingle, fucceed ing each flower , to which the clafs owes its This authorincludes fmall centaur y in this gen us: but they differ though the flowers are nearl fufi ciently in many y the fame, refpects, Dd Vail Sule @) Nu T. BR ITIS 1. Marth-gentian, jana pal; . uftifolia. The root confifts of feveral tl hick, long fibre s, with other {ma ller ones growing tothem. The large fibres are yellow, tough, and of a bitte r tafte; fometimes they grow to a fmall head a * fometimes they are only 2 Joined at the top to one another. a ftalle 7 The ftalk is flender, 2 5 firm , upri. ght, but not a] a mat ee alto geth } erer ftrai iy * t, freq uently bowing from Join t to joint. The leaves are long , narrow, and of a dufky green: they grow two at a joint opp ofite to‘ 3 © PBC T Bs: One another, and have no footftalks : they are undivided at the edg e, and fharp at the point. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and are verylarge and beautiful : they are ong. ne o e into five fegmen ts at = edge, é a very deep blue. ae is long and flender, and the It is found in man y parts of England on bogey ground, and flowers in Aug uft. a C. Bauhine calls it ¢ rentionap fri lia. Otherscall it P, neumonanthe. lith, Mer -£en, tian, or € 0 lat is an antiquated and improper name. Woolly DIVISION IU. 1. Great-flowered Gentian. 2. Great Gentian. Gentianalatifolia maguo flore. Geliana majorlutea: Theroot is fmall, yellowith, divided into many parts, and furnifhed with fibres: itis of abitter tafte, and firmtexture. The leaves are broad and fhort: a tuft of themrife without footftalks from the root early in fpring, and foon after, the ftalks appear. Thefe are round, firm, brownifh, and five or iches high. They have numerous leaves ftanding in pairs, of the fame fhape, colour, and fubftance with thofe from the root: they are nervous, and of a brownifhgreen. The flower ftands at the tops of the ftalk, and is very large, and of a beautiful fky blue; it is tubular, and divided into five fegments at the edge, with white lines down their fides. Thefeed-veffel is long, and large, and {plits into two at the top. The feeds are {mall. It is frequent in -Germany, «and flowers in il. C. Bauhine calls it Gentiana alpina verna majors Others call it Hippion. We, Great-flowered gentia REIGN SPECIE The root is long and large, divided into feveral parts, and covered with a rough fkin. It is brown on the outfide, yellow within, of a firm fubftance, and very bittertafte, The leaves that firft rife from it are large, oblong, broadeft in the middle, pointed at the ends, and without footftalks ; they are of a deep green colour, andfirm fubftance ; and have five large ribs running lengthwife of them, and no others of any note. This is a particular mark, as it makes them refemble the leaves of plantain or white hellebore; the generality of plants having only one long andlarge rib in the leaf, and the others running obliquely fromit. The ftalk rifes in the midft ofthis tuft of leaves, and is round, thick, firm, upright, and three or four feet high. The leaves are numerous, and ftand in pairs in a line over one another ; they are ofthe fame fhape and fubftance with thofe at the root, and having no footftalks, they furround the ftalk at the bafe, The flowers are very numerous, and yellow. They ftand in great tufts furrounding the ftalk, with a pair of leaves er every tuft: they are placed |