Class V. Order II. 



76. GENTIANA. 



GENTIANA SAPONARIA. L. Soapwort Gentian. 



Corollas five cleft, companulate, inflated, whorl- 

 ed ; leaves ovate lanceolate, three nerved. Froel. 



A very fine plant, distinguished by its large purple flowers 

 which are so nearly closed at the top as to resemble buds. 

 Stem erect, simple, smooth. Leaves opposite, oval-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, smooth, three and sometimes five nerved. Flowers 

 sessile in bunches at the top, and frequently on the sides in the 

 axils of the upper leaves. Corolla bell shaped, purple and white, 

 slightly five cleft, its segments subdivided and folded together 

 so as to close the mouth. Found in moist woods, Cambridge. 

 September, October. 



GENTIANA OUIKITA. Froel. Fringed Gentian. 



Corollas four cleft, the segments cut-ciliate ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute ; stem erect, round, Froel. 



This gentian is exceeded by few native plants in the delica- 

 cy and beauty of its flowers. The stems are divided toward 

 the top into several erect branches. The leaves are opposite, 

 ovate-lanceolate, smaller than in the last species. Flowers 

 erect, on the ends of the branches, remote from the leaves. 

 The stamens are four in number, as are the segments of the 

 calyx and corolla. The segments of the corolla are of a deep 

 purple and fringed on the end. On the Concord turnpike. 

 September, October. 



77. CUSCUTA. 



CUSCUTA AMERICANA. L. Dodder. 



Flowers ped uncled, umbellate, five cleft. 

 Willd. 



A small, yellowish, leafless vine, twining round other plants, 



