a 
Sth d 
ra MpSTSApEU. DIGYNIA. PS a 
goin’ and emarginate- behind; sacculum empty; tube | 
reversed, (Compared with Asclepias, &c ) appearing likea — = 
slender peteeonts column, supporting the external parts | 
of fructification, its summit 5-toothed,. Antheridium very 
. short, wings crustaceous; cusps of the lobes inflected.” 
Pollinia even, 5 pair; lobes nearly sessile, short, compress- 
ed, and clavate. | 
Has. From Carolina to Flori ida, in diy. and sity soil. sate 
246, ‘AMSONIA. Waller. 
Calix 5-parted. Corolla funnelform, orifice 
closed. Follicles 2, erect. Seed terete, naked, — 
_ and obliquely truncated. (Stigma annulate.) 
Leaves alternate; flowers in fastigate or corymbose pa- 
nicles, mostly blue. 
Speciges. 1. 4. latifolia, 2. eaicfaie = 3 angustiflia. 
A North American genus. _ eo 
247. GELSEMIUM. Ween (Cavotina Jessa~ 
mine.) 
> Calix 5-leaved, very small. le - funnel- 
form, border spreading, 5-lobed, nearly equal. 
Capsule compressed and,flat, bipartile, bilocu- 
lar. Seeds flat, attached to the marginal the — 
valves. 
:* twining evergreen shrub; not lactescent, leaves oppo- 
“4 flowers in small axillary and terminal fascicles,. yel- 
low; calix subtended by imbricated ae maiapents bractess- ~~ > 
Ss Srecizs. 1. G. nitidum. Flowers fragrant. Anthers 
3 oblong-sagittate; style short, bifid; stiginas: linear-c Pee a rs 
_ pbilobed, pubescent. 8. *inodorum. Calix leaves obtuse; 
_ flowers inodorous. Near Savannah in Georgia, £ 
~ A North American genus. 
248, GENTIANA. L. (Gentian.) ee 
Calix half 5-cleft, or half 5- parted. Corolla 
_ tubulous at the base, campanulate, border_4 or. 
5-cleft; divisions ciliate or entire, spreading, — 
erect or connivent, sometimes furnished with 
si termed ate plaits. Stamina 4 or 5, distinct or 
connate. Capsule 2-valved, 1- calpain re cles 
“ie pemennapnte 
