GENTIANEZ, XXXVIII. Sazsaria. 
ing; peduncles elongated, sub-fastigiate : calyxes winged, with 
linear segments, which exceed the 5-parted corolla. ©. H. 
Native of North America, in the open prairies of the Arkansas, 
and red river. Plant bitter. Stem and branches angular. Pe- 
duncles forming a loose corymb. Leaves acute, 3-5-nerved. 
Corollas rose-coloured, size of those of S. angulàris; the seg- 
ments obovate, and the base marked by a 5-rayed, greenish star. 
Field Sabbatia. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 foot. 
5 S. carycdsa (Pursh, l. c. p. 138.) erect, leafy; leaves ob- 
long-oboval; flowers solitary, with usually a 5-7-parted limb; 
calyx foliaceous, exceeding the corolla: with broad oblanceolate 
segments. ¢. Native from New York to Carolina, 
in wet meadows, Sims, bot. mag. 1600.  Chirónia dichótoma, 
Walt. fl. car. 95.? Bartram, icon. ined. t. 10. in the Banksian 
Library. Chirónia calycósa, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 147. 
Corolla large, rose-coloured, with obovate segments. Calyx 
involucra-formed. 
Calycose Sabbatia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl. 1 foot. 
6 S. cnronoipzs (Pursh, 1. c.) weak ; leaves lanceolate, erect; 
branches few, 1-flowered ; corollas 7-13-parted, large; calycine 
segments linear, shorter than the corolla. &. H. Native from 
New York to Carolina, in bogs.  Chirónia chloroides, Michx. fl. 
bor. amer. 1. p. 147. Chirónia dodecándra, Walt. fl. car. p. 
95. Chlora dodecándra, Lin. syst. p. 299. Willd. spec. 2. p. 
341. Stem decumbent or weak. Corollas large, rose-coloured, 
with oblong segments. 
Chlora-like Sabbatia. 
cumbent. 
7 S. PANICULA'TA (Pursh. l. c.) erect; leaves lanceolate- 
linear; panicle many-flowered, bracteate, sub-fastigiate; caly- 
cine segments subulate, thrice shorter than the corolla; stem 
tetragonal. 21. F. Native of New Jersey and Carolina, in 
bogs and cedar swamps. Chirdnia paniculata, Michx. fl. bor. 
amer. 1. p. 146 Swértia difformis, Lin. spec. p. 828. Mill. 
dict. no. 2. Willd. spec. 1. p. 1330. Flowers white, with ob- 
long segments. Lower leaves sometimes ovate-lanceolate: su- 
perior ones subulately setaceous. 
Var. a, latifolia (Pursh, 1. c.) leaves short-ovate ; panicles 
few-flowered. %.H. Chirónia lanceolata, Walt. fl. car. p. 95. 
Var. B, angustifolia (Pursh, l. c.) leaves linear; panicle co- 
rymbose, many-flowered. %4. H. 
eee ores Sabbatia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 
1 foot. 
8 S. Ausrra‘tis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea, 1. p. 194.) 
erect; stem quadrangular; angles winged; leaves linear-lan- 
ceolate, 3-nerved; peduncles elongated, 1-flowered ; calycine 
segments 3-nerved, acute, the middle nerve keeled, equal in 
length to the tube of the corolla ; segments of corolla lanceolate, 
acuminated. 4. F. Native of Brazil, in the province of Cis- 
platine, Plant glabrous. Lower leaves obovate, obtuse, the 
rest linear-lanceolate, with revolute edges. Plant often 1 or 2 
flowered ; or terminated by a few-flowered panicle. Corolla 
white, salver-shaped, with a 5-cleft limb. ^ Anthers twisted. 
Stigmas bipartite, flat, at length elongated, and more or less 
twisted. Capsule half 2-celled. Seeds wrinkled. 
Southern Sabbatia, Pl 4 to 2 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1817. Pl. de- 
9 S. AMG NA; erect; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute ; flowers 
terminal; calyx length of corolla, which is rotate; stem terete, 
dichotomous. 4. H. Native of Maryland, Delaware, New 
Jersey. Chirdnia amoe'na, Rafn. in Desv. journ. bot. 1. p. 224. 
Perhaps the same as S. grácilis. 
Pleasant Sabbatia. Pl. 1. foot. 
10 S. cymosa; erect; leaves lanceolate, obtuse ; cymes ter- 
minal; corolla longer than the calyx ; stem tetragonal: angles 
membranous; calycine segmentslinear-obtuse. 4. F. Native 
XXXIX. LisiaNTHUS. 207 
of Carolina. Chirdnia cymósa, Lam. ill. 1. p. 479. no. 2178. 
Poir. suppl. 2. p. 234. Leaves as if they were truncate at the 
base; upper ones almost linear; radical ones ovate-roundish, 
petiolate; and the bracteas linear, ex Poir. Perhaps the same 
as S. angularis, or S. paniculata, var. a, latifolia. 
Cymose-flowered Sabbatia. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
Cult. The species of Sabbàtia are very elegant plants, when 
in blossom, and are therefore worth cultivating in every collec- 
tion. The seeds should be sown thinly in pots, in the same way 
as recommended for the species of Erythræa; but the pots re- 
quire to be placed in shallow pans of water, the species being 
natives of marshes and bogs. 
Sub-tribe IV. 
LISIA’/NTHE& (this sub-tribe agrees with the genus Lisidn- 
thus, in the capsule being 2-celled, and in the anthers being 
changed in the old state.) Capsule 2-celled, in consequence of 
the margins of the valves being bent into the central column ; 
margins of valves placentiferous. Anthers changed in the old 
state. 
XXXIX. LISIA'NTHUS (from vog, lysis, dissolution ; 
and avSoc, anthos, a flower; a name given to the plant, 
on account of medical virtues possessed by it, of dissolving 
humours, being a powerful cathartic.) Browne, jam. p. 
157. t. 9. f. 1. Schreb. gen. no. 274. Lin. suppl. 135. 
mant. p. 6. Juss. gen. 142. Aubl. guian. 1. p. 204. Gaertn. 
fruct. suppl. 1. p. 23. t. 183. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 
3. p. 180. Mart. nov. gen. bras. 2. p. 92. Ruiz. et Pav. fl. 
per. 2. p. 114, Cullümia, Sal. par. lond. under no. 34. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 
cleft; segments erect, with membranous, diaphanous, and in- 
cumbent edges. Corolla funnel-shaped, marcescent; tube unequal, 
on one side, or ventricose above; limb equal, 5-cleft; throat 
beardless or naked. Stamens 5, rather unequal, ascending; anthers 
sagittate, fixed by the base, for the most part revolute, especially 
in the dried state. Style elongated ; stigma bilamellate. Cap- 
sule 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded ; margins of valves in- 
flexed, placentiferous. Seeds angular.—Herbaceous or suffruti- 
cose, erect, glabrous plants. Roots perpendicular. Stems sub- 
tetragonal, simple or divided at top. Leaves decussately oppo- 
site, sessile, or on short petioles ; petioles usually more or less 
combined into a short sheath, quite entire, usually marginated, 
3-5-nerved. Flowers axillary, among the superior leaves, or 
terminal, racemose; racemes bifid, with a flower in the fork, or 
dichotomous or panicled. Corollas of various beautiful colours. 
Pedicels continuous with the calyx, bracteolate, sub-opposite.— 
Inhabitants of tropical America, in fields and alpine pastures. 
§ 1. Flowers blue or purple. 
1 L. axpr’stris (Mart. nov. gen. bras. 2. p. 93. t. 171.) stem 
finely 4-winged ; leaves ovate-orbicular, obtuse, marginate ; 
flowers solitary, axillary, drooping; calycine segments ovate, 
acutish ; corolla campanulately tubular, with ovate, orbicular, 
acutish segments. ©. S. Native of Brazil, in the mine pro- 
vinces, in pastures, on the mountains, particularly between Villa 
da Campanha and Villa Rica. Corolla pale violet, above an inch 
long. Leaves 1 or 14 inch in diameter. 
Alp Lisianthus. Fl. Jan. Feb. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
2 L. rE'NpuLvs (Mart. l. c. 2. p. 94. t. 172.) leaves oblong, 
acute, sessile at the bottom of the stem, and running down it; 
stem tetragonal, submarginate ; racemes terminal, on long pe- 
duncles; calycine segments acuminated ; corolla campanulately 
funnel-shaped : with deep, oblong, acute, erectish segments. 
C. S. Native of Brazil, on mountains, near Villa Rica, and St. 
Joao del Rey. Leaves 1 to 14 inch long. Corollas 14 inch long, 
of a beautiful, pale violet. The roots are very bitter, and are 
used in decoction by the natives as a febrifuge. 
Pendulous Lisianthus. Pl. 1-2 feet. 
