. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GENTIANA GEONOMA 637 50. pi^mila, Jacq. Stem S-l-angled: calyx lobes linear: corolla lobes ovate, acute. June, July. Tyrolese and Carinthian Alps. 51. acatilis, Linn. Gentianella. Stemless Gen- tian. By the botanists of continental Europe this is often split up into the 4 or 5 following species. The plants that
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. GENTIANA GEONOMA 637 50. pi^mila, Jacq. Stem S-l-angled: calyx lobes linear: corolla lobes ovate, acute. June, July. Tyrolese and Carinthian Alps. 51. acatilis, Linn. Gentianella. Stemless Gen- tian. By the botanists of continental Europe this is often split up into the 4 or 5 following species. The plants that Linnteus had in mind were probably mostly Clusii and Kocliiana. For pictures of G. acaulis in its widest sense, see 52. III. 15:230. Gn. 48, p. 1-16, and54, p. 39, and 23:2421, where a more detailed account of the 4 following species is given. 52. angustiidlia, Vill., not Miohs. Stoloniferous: Ivs. linear-oblong, narrowing towards the base, glistening above : fls. spotted with sprightly green; calyx lobes more or less spreading, oval, abruptly contracted at the base. May, June. Limestone rocks, Alps.—Considered by Correvon the handsomest species of the whole genus. 53. Eochi&na, Perr. & Song. Lvs. large, flat, thin, spreading, oval or broadly oblong, light green : calyx lobes oblong, limp, more or less contracted at the base and separated by truncate sinuses; corolla with 5 black- ish green spots on the throat. May, June. Common in pastures on granitic Alps. —Dislikes lime. 54. Clfisii, Perr. and Song. Lvs. lanceolate-acute, leathery: fls. dark blue ; calyx lobes pressed close against corolla, not contracted at base, and separated by acute sinuses. May, June. Limestone rocks, Alps. 55. alplna, Vill. Stem almost wanting : lvs. small, glistening, curving inwards and imbricated, forming ro- settes which incurve at about the middle: fls. dark blue. May, June. Granitic Alps. —This and G. Kocliiana "re- quire a compost of one-third crushed granite,
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