. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Gentianacccr— Gcntiana. 303 high, remarkable on account of the lea\'es being joined to- gether or connate by their bases. The bright yellow flowers are borne in trichotomous cymes. There is a iine variety in cultivation with flowers about an inch in diameter called gran- diflbra. Besides the above we may mention the Centaury, Erythraia Centaurium, a pre
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. Gentianacccr— Gcntiana. 303 high, remarkable on account of the lea\'es being joined to- gether or connate by their bases. The bright yellow flowers are borne in trichotomous cymes. There is a iine variety in cultivation with flowers about an inch in diameter called gran- diflbra. Besides the above we may mention the Centaury, Erythraia Centaurium, a pretty annual with small pink or white flowers; and Gentlana Pneiimondnthe, a perennial species from 1 to 2 feet high, bearing large deep blue flowers towards the end of Summer. 1. GENTllNA. Perennial or annual herbs. Leaves opposite, often ribbed. Flowers regular, solitary or cymose, often very brilliantly coloured. Calyx 4- or 5-lobed or spathaceous. Corolla funnel- or salver-shaped, 4- or 5-lobed, or rarely more; throat of the tube naked or bearded, or furnished with scales. Stamens 4 or 5. Fruit a 2-valved 1-celled many-seeded capsule. This is an extremely beautiful genus of plants, comprising about 150 species, found in nearly all temperate and alpine regions. Gentlana is the classical name for some of the species. 1. G. acaulis (fig. 169). Grentianella. — This is one of the most beautiful and at the same time one of the easiest-. Pig. 169. Gentiana acaulis. (J nat. size.) grown species of the genus. It is a perennial, attaining a height of 2 to 4 inches, bearing solitary terminal intense blue flowers of large size. The throat of the corolla is naked, and the calyx-lobes closely applied to the corolla-tube. A native of the Alps, flowering in Spring or Summer. G. exclsa, in- cluding G. alplna, is very closely allied to the foregoing, but differs in its spreading calyx-lobes. 2. G. verna.—A dwarf tufted species resembling the last in. Please note that these images are ext
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