SPIGELIACEAE 
II. SPIGELIEAE 
iri valva 
rolla funnelform or salverform : styles permanently united. 
"Flow ers in the forks of leafy DE style jointed near 
the mi 2. COELOSTYLIS. 
Flowers in terminal dM or spike-like racemes: style 
jointed near the bas 3. SPIGELIA. 
Corolla urn-shaped: oles ‘soon distinct. 4. CYNOCTONUM. 
Corolla-lobes imbricate. 
Annual herb: sepals nearly distinct: capsule loculicidal. 5. POLYPREMUM. 
Shrubs, or partly woody herbs: sepals chiefly united: cap- 
sule septicidal. 6. ADENOPLEA. 
1. GELSEMIUM Juss. Evergreen vines. Flowers dimorphous, in axil- 
lary cymes, or solitary. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla AE straight. Fila- 
ments with the free portion much longer than the adnate portion. Stigmas 4. 
Capsule flattened contrary to the septum, septicidal. Seeds winged.—Three 
species, the following and 1 Asiatie.— Wint.-spr.—Y ELLOW-JESSAMINE. EVENING 
MPET-FLOWER. 
Leaf-blades narrowed at the base: calyx-lobes obtuse: anthers elliptic-ovate : 
sule short-beaked : seed winged. 1. G. sempervirens. 
Leaf-blades rounded at the base: calyx-lo bes acuminate: 
anthers lanceolate: capsule Wi -beaked : seed wingless. 2. G. Rankinii. 
1. sempervirens (L.) A Stem and branches ofte 
n the flowering shoots ae Hi leaf- REA u to elliptic- 
lanceolate, 1. a m. long, entire: pedi 
scaly throughout: ealyx-lobes 3—4 mm on 
elliptic x orate teellipi e: bud blunt: corolla 
deep-yellow long; gd Ced 
dilated: mm je body veiny, 19.2 m. long, 
the beak 1-1.5 mm. long: E. m mm. long, 
the body about as long as the wing.—Ham- 
mocks, thickets, bluffs, hey bin Coastal 
Plain and adj. provinces, Fla. to Tex., Ark., 
and Ya. —Wint.-spr.—The flowers are very 
fragra 
wd - bays 2 Plant with the s 
, the o o 
7 
em. T tire: t e base: " 
oriri about 4 mm. long, lanceolate: bud — corolla deep-yellow, 2.5—3 
ul 0-11 
. lon me; ; tube a uus fads e-body veinless, 10-11 mm. long, the 
bor ong: seed 3 ong.—Swamps and river banks, Coastal 
Plain, xn Fla. P La. E N. ri "Wint spr.—The flowers are not fragrant. 
2. COELOSTYLIS T. & G. Annual 
erect herbs. Flowers in the forks of leafy 
branches, or in the leaf axils. Calyx-lobes 
narrow. Corolla white or whitish, o 
funnelform, plicate in the bud. Filamen 
adnate to about the middle of the Bend 
tube.—T'wo species, North Ameriean 
1. C. loganioides T. & G. Plant 1-3 dm 
tall, E n. leaf- odd oval to elliptic 
or anceolate, 1.5-3.5 lon ng: ni -Jobes 
narrowly linea abou NET Dc the 
eid ane cra Ede 
capsule about 6 mm. wide.—Pinelands, E Fla. 
