ek ee PENTANDRIA. ‘DIGENIA. 
leaves o} site, entire, beens ery oF termina 
itary, faaticulate, or verticillate; (co. 
_ often intense.)—Seeds subelliptic compressed, roarmunded 
with an alated margin. 
SPrectrEs, © te G. crinita. Seed pubcy ling, Brownish, 
- hispid Generally i in open marshes. (Near the Falls of 
_ Schuylkill in the vicinity of Philadelphia.) 2..Paeumonan- — 
“the. 3. Saponaria. 4. ochroleuca. Stem smooth, and te- 
rete; leaves smooth; flowers terminal, segments of the 
corolla acute; interior plait confluent, with a single tooth. 
5. Catesbei. Stem terete, minutely pubescent and some- 
_. What scabrous; leaves.short, elliptic-ovate, acute, mar-_ 
= 2, Gane flowers terminal, fasciculate; Pine * “2 
campanulate, somewhat ventricose, segments 
acute, erior plaits lacerately toothed.—Nearly allied to 
|. Saponaria, and also to G. linedris. Flowers paleish blue, 
re ee re, sessile, arrounded at the base. Root — 
al. Flowering time, September te * 
n ee adligh dee bes South Carolina. 
nches Leaves about an inch long, and three _ 
an inch gazes —Gentiana Catesbei? Walter. 
6. alba. Muhl. Catal. Flowers white. 7. linearis. 8. ama-— 
_ ~~ -relloides. From New York to Kentucky, and in Louisiana. 
Flowers pale obscure blue. Root annual. — ; 
9. acuta? Annual: stem quadrangular, branched; leaves : 
subamplexicaule, 3inetved, ovate, acute; flowers rer rs 
_ solitary, axillary and terminal, upon longi 
“calix nearly divided to the base, 2 of the posh 
_ corolla campanulate, 4 and 5-cleft, segments semiiprate, 
_ acute, ek ition ms Ons. Stem about a foot 
mentee anthers sal eeanaheds interm Sd ia 
Has. in depressed situations, on “the plain 
near Fort Mandan. Flowering time August and 
It appears to be somewhat allied to G. cam- 
’ slender, and much smaller flowered, it may 
of Michaux. 
stifolia. Stem mostly simple, sometimes: 2 
leaves linear, spreading, smooth; corolla 
| Segments ovate acute, interior plaits lacerate; cap: 
sulle clavate, upon avery long stipe. —Ors. A species Con- 
siderably allied to G. pueumonanthe. Perennial; stem 6 
to 12 inches, slender, —~ blue, often 2 inches long; _ 
ag of the capsule near an inch and a half. 
sont pc See ng of near 60 species, is ie 
: principally to the alpine regions of northern Bu. me 
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