See also:

• CENTAURY (Erythraea Centaurium, natural order Gentianaceae)

CENTAURY (Erythraea Centaurium, natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• GENTIANACEAE (the gentian family)

Gentianaceae)  , an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb with erect, smooth See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, usually branched above, and a terminal inflorescence with numerous small red or See also:

• PINK

pink See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers with a See also:

• FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in Breton, from Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)

funnel-shaped corolla . The plant occurs in dry pastures and on sandy coasts in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and presents many varieties, differing in length of stem, degree of branching, width and shape of leaves, and laxity or closeness of the inflorescence . Several other See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus are grown as See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock-See also:

• PLANTS

plants .