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P L A T E CXVII.
G E N T I A N A PURPUREA.
Purple flowered Gentian.
C L A S S V. ORDER II
TENTANDRIA mOYNIA. Five Chives. Two Pointals.
GENEEIC
CALYX. Perianthium quinquepartitum, acutum,
perfiftensi lacinlis oblongis.
COROLLA. Petalum unicum, inferné tubulatum,
imperforatum, fupeme quinquefidum,
planum, marcescens; figura varia.
STAMINA. Filamenta quinqué, lubulata, corolla
breviora. Anthera;! fimplices.
P I S T I L L A . Germen oblongum, cylindraceum,
longitudine lìaminum. Styli nulli. Stig.
mata duo, ovata.
PEBICAKPIUM. Capfula oblonga, teres acuminata,
apice leviter bifida, unilocularis, bivalvis.
SEMINA numerofa, parva. Eeceptacula duo,
fingula valvulse longitudinaliter adnatse.
CHAEACTEE.
EMPALEMENT. Cup five divifions, iliarp and
permanent; fegments oblong.
BLOSSOM. Petal only one, lower part tubular,
and close; upper part five-cleft, flat, withering,
and varioufly iliaped.
CHIVES. Five threads, awl-fliaped, fliorter than
the bloffom. Tips fimple.
POINTALS. Seed-bud oblong, cylindrical, as
long as the chives. Shafts none. Summits
two, egg-lhaped.
SEED-VESSEL. Capfule oblong, cylindrical, tapering,
flightly cleft at the end, one-celled,
and two valves.
SEEDS numerous and fmall. Receptacles two,
joined to each valve longitudinally.
SPECIFIC
Gentiana corollis campanulatis, 6-7 fidis, atropurpureis,
punftatis, verticillatis; calycibus
membranaceis, fub-fpathaceis, trnncatis.
CHAEACTEE.
Gentian with bell-fliaped blofiiims, 6-7 cleft,
deep purple, dotted and whorled; empalement
ftinny, almoli iheathed, and appearing
cut off at the ends.
EEPEEENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Bloffom, complete.
3. The fame cut open, to iliew the fituation of the Chives.
4. Half the Seed-bud fplit longitudinally, to Ihew its interior ftruflure
5. A Seed-veifel, nearly ripe.
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