GENTIANACEAE 1053 
Corolla ro Dc or less tinged m green or yellow, or 
greenish-white or purplish-gree 
Calyx- lobes shorter 2 the ibo! leaf-blades broad at l ' 
the base and m r less clasping : seeds winged. 7. D. flavida. 
Calyx- lobes ager than the tube: leaf-blades narrowed , 
at the base: seeds wingless. 8. D. villosa. 
II. ANGUSTIFOLIA 
Corolla-limb deep-blue : free portions of the fil cus lanceolate. 9. D. Porphyrio. 
Corolla-limb white: free portions of the filaments subulate. 10. D. tenuifolia. 
puberula (Miehx.) Small. Plant 2-4.5 dm. tall, finely pubescent or 
SE blades of the upper leaves oue Or elliptic- -lanceolate: calyx 
18-26 mm. long; lobes linear to narrowly 
corolla rose-purple, 3.5-5 em. long; lobes 
broadly d ascending; ne cleft pu 
laciniate, uch shorter the lobes 
did body abo ut 2 em. i n = Dry Bun 
and u ince 
large ascending lobes which ee 
exceed the narrow dcs -lobed plaits 
í parvifolia (Chapm.) Small. Plant 
2—7 d tall, finely pubescent: blades of the 
upper leaves dad B lanceolate or arp 
lanceolate, 1.5—4 long: calyx 25-30 mm. long; lobes linear pd linear- 
elliptic, much in ‘than the tube: corolla rose- nu or blue, 4.5 em. long; 
plaits cleft and erose-toothed: lobes rounded: le-body about 2.5 cm. long. 
[Gentiana  Elliottài Cha pm.}—Rive r-banks, Ba woods and ERE Coastal 
Plain, Fla. to Ala. and Va.—Somewhat resembl he preceding in the shape of 
the corolla A but differs in pm small narrow e. lobed d " decidedly 
toothed plaits 
3. D. latifolia (Chapm.) Small. Plant 3-8 dm. tall, finely pubescent: blades 
sn the upper leaves Pe to broadly tee Pi sometimes n nearly linear, 2-8 
long: ealyx 15-25 mm. long; lobes line o linear- a pul com mo y 
ls than the tube or "fully as long: aire fud purple, 4—5 cm. long; lobes 
acute; plaits cleft and som a erose: capsule-body nearly 2.5 em. E 
ji j ist 
ha 
S Va.—Larger than dre precedi ng, with more typically elliptic ee 
blades, and with larger els toothed corolla-plaits. 
D. decora (Pollard) Small. Plant similar uj that of D. d in habit: 
leaf- blades thinner, more decidedly acuminate: calyx less t . long; 
m es to linear- subulate or lanceolate, Shorter than the a ‘corolla 
pur 2.0—9 em. long; lobes id than the plaits: plaits very broad p 
BI and erose: capsule-body about 2 em. long.—Moist mt. w Blu 
E Ga. to Va.—Differs uo ali the preceding E and fro "the ie 
folowing in the small ealyx-lobes and from all related species m , the small 
corolla-lobes which are separated by wide broadly 2-lobed erose plait 
5. D. Saponaria (L.) S Plant 3-8 dm. tall, PE dx. of the up- 
per as e to Reim -lanceolate or elliptic, 2.5-7.5 em. long: calyx 15- 
22 mm. long; lobes spatulate to ee as long as the tube = toner: 
corolla blue or purplish-blue, 3.5-4 em. long; "lobes mainly shorter F i t 
plaits: plaits narrow, ele t and ue laeiniate: capsule-body fully 
long. [Gentiana pn L.]— (SoAPWORT-GENTIAN, )—Moist shaded pen 
