Pliny, the ancient Roman naturalist, claimed gentians were named for Gentius, King of Illyria from 180 - 167 B.C., who was the first to discover its medicinal virtues.
Not every man has gentians in his house
D. H. Lawrence
In Soft September, at slow, sad Michaelmas.
Bavarian gentians, big and dark, only dark
darkening the day-time torch-like with smoking
blueness of Pluto's gloom.