GENTIANACEAE 1047 
ied 2—6 E he leaf-blades thick, — elliptie to SL or nearly 
line 2—4 long, obtuse or aeutish: corolla-lobes lanceolate or linear- 
TEA Bere longer than A tube: a about 4 mm. "um — Wet 
places, Coastal Plain, Fla. and S Ga. 
5. POLYPREMUM L. Annual diffuse herbs. Flowers solitary in the 
forks a and in the leaf-axils. Calyx-lobes 4 or 5, narrow. 
n white, fex i shorter than the 
alyx. Filaments adnate to the corolla-tube 
es about % nae length. Styles very short, 
permanently united. Capsule obovoid 
subglobose.—One species. 
1. P. procumbens L. Stem and branches 1-3 
m. long: leaf-blades narrowly linear to 
subulate, db M Soa : a 
n 
narrowly lanceolate, about m ong: 
SF. Mee ae slightly “shorter Iro 
than the tube: capsule about 2 mm. long.— eq A 
noes bcr folds, and pond- 
margins, Coastal Plain and a adj. provinces, 
Fla. to Tex., Mo., and Pa a— (f. I., Mex., C. A., S. 4.)—Spr_—talll 
6. ADENOPLEA Radlk. Shrubs or partly woody plants. Flowers in lax 
or dense cymes borne in racemes or eri Calyx-lobes 4, shorter than the 
tube. Corolla trumpet-shaped, curved. Fila- 
ments adnate to below the middle of the 
corolla-tube. Capsule thick, septicidal—Few 
species, of tropical regions. 
1. A. Lindleyana (Fort.) Small. Stem 
diffusely branched, 1-2 m. tall, the branches 
ola 
long: corolla pur 2 E. or red- 
disk, 12— ps mm. long, the tube curved: cap- 
sule 4—5 m long. [Buddleia Lindleyana 3 = 
Fort. ] — Ro: adside es, eult. grounds, and waste- : 
piaees, -~ Plain, Fla. to Tex. and Ga. Nat. of China, ins eult.— (V. I. )— 
Sun 
ES 2. GENTIANACEAE — Gentian FAMILY 
Annual or perennial caulescent herbs or rarely shrubs. Leaves 
typically opposite: blades entire, sometimes connate. Flowers perfect, 
solitary or variously clustered. Calyx of 2, 4 or 5, or more, partially 
j rsisten l j 
petals, varying from rotate to tubular. Androecium of as m any stamens 
as there are corolla-lobes, the filaments z adnate to the corolla- 
ube. Gynoecium o two united carpels. Fruit a oe icu 
dip and 700 species, most abundant in temperate region 
Corolla-lobes convolute in the bud: leaves not scale-like. Tribe I. GENTIANEAE. 
Corglia-lobes Bbricate in the bud: leaves mere scales 
Stigmas 2, distinct: plant green or purple- inged. Tribe II. OBOLARIEAE. 
a united, dilated : plant white, not gree Tribe III. LEIPHAIMEAE. 
