Gentiana kochiana, Perr. & Song. Lvs. large, flat, thin, spreading, oval or broadly oblong, light green: calyx- lobes oblong, limp, more or less contracted at the base and separated by truncate sinuses; corolla with 5 blackish green spots on the throat. May, June. Common in pastures on granitic Alps.—Dislikes lime. It seems almost certain that this is the G. acaulis var. Kochii of many gardeners.