PLATE CCCCXVIII.
GENTIANA CATESBÆI.
Catesby’s Gentian.
CLASS V. ORDER II.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Corolla monopetala. Capsula bivalvis, unilocularis; receptaculis duobus longitudinalibus.
Blossom one-petalled. Capsule two-valved, one-celled; with two longitudinal receptacles.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
Gentiana, foliis remotis oppositis ternatisque, corollis verticillatis ventricosis decemfidis, laciniis alternis inæqualiter bifidis lacerisque; calycibus minute ciliatis.
Gentian, with remote opposite and ternate leaves, whorled ten-cleft bellied flowers, with their alternate segments unequally bifid and torn; and minutely ciliated empalements.