GENTIANACEAE 1055 
white, yellowish, or bluish, rotate: lobes 4, 
nee than the tube, each with 1 or 2 
glands.—Five species, North American. 
F. carolinensis Walt. Stem 1-2.5 m. tall: 
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long: calyx-lobes linear to linear- lanceolate, 
acuminate: corolla ochroleueou us and purple- 
dotted; 
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various provinces, Ga. to La., Ont., a 
Y.—Spr.-su um.—This ually 
triennial, blooming the second year after the seed germinates, and dying as 
soon as the new seed is est ted. 
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ARTONIA Muhl. Annual or biennial, slender wiry herbs. Leaves mere 
narrow scales. Flowers in racemose or panieled cymes, or solitary, each sub- 
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eastern North Ameriea.—Sum.-fal 
Corolla 6 nm long or more ; lobes spatulate to TE a ME 1. B. verna. 
Corolia 5 mm. long or less ; lobes vu d to ellip 
brolla] lobes elliptic, mo re or less erose, a pointed : 
branches and pedicels sti 2. B. virginica. 
Corolla-lobes - lanceolate, entire, acute or acuminate: branches 
and pedicels lax. 3. B. lanceolata. 
1. a hrs (Michx.) Muhl. Plant 0.5-3 dm. tall: leaves poma E aaa 
EE calyx-lobes - linear- Ee corolla white: lobes 7—10 
pela ca apsi 5-6 mm. long.—Moist pin 
nds, prai rios, and lake o Coastal 
—spr. 
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Plain, Fla. to La. and Va.—Win 
B. virginica (L.) B Plant 1—4 
am tall: leaves (seales) am or E 
nate on small plants: ealyx-lobes subulate or 
ER MR corolla yellowish-white; 
tl 2.5 
lobes mostly 2-2.5 mm. long: capsule 3-5 
mm. long.—Open woods, swamps, and grassy 
ae in acid cil, = provinces, Fla. 
to , Minn., and Newf. 
lanceolata Small. Plant 2-6 
lyx-lobe inica: 
corolla greenish-white; lobes mostly 3. 5-3 m . long: capsule 4-5 mm. lon Ram 
bs p ds and s ~ mps, Coastal Plain d rarely adj. Ed Fla. 
—In and the next preceding specie ote plants are re 
a containing little chlorophyl and apparently living, at least in part, as 
saprophytes in decaying organie matter 
10. OBOLARIA L. Perennial small, but stout succulent herbs. Leaves 
mere dilated num Flowers in spike-like cymes, each subtended by a dilated 
