Genth, FREDERIC

AUGUST US, 1820-1893. Prof. Univ. Pa. from 1872; writer on chemistry and on the mineralogy of N. C. and Pa. Genthite. H4(Ni,Mg),Si3O12. Hydrous nickel and magnesium silicate a ociated with chromite in Lancaster co., Pa. Gentian. Plants of the genus Gentian a, mainly with showy blue flowers; of wide geographical distribution. The dried root is an important drug. It is used as a stomachic tonic, IMG:content-0249.jpg:[blocks in formation] Gentian a lutea. Gentian, HORSE. See FEVER-WORT. Gentian a Blue. See SPIRIT BLUE.