Genus 2. 



GENTIAN FAMILY 



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3. Sabbatia brachiata Ell. Narrow- 

 leaved Sabbatia. Fig. 3338. 



Chironia angularis var. angustifolia Michx. Fl. 



Bor. Am. 1 : 146. 1803. 

 5 1 . brachiata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : 2S4. 1817. 

 S. angustifolia Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5 : 259. 



1S94. 



Stem slender, branched above, slightly 4- 

 angled, i-2 high, the branches all opposite. 

 Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, or the upper acute, sessile, 1-2 

 long, the uppermost small and bract-like; 

 flowers pink with a yellowish or greenish eye, 

 few in the racemed or short-corymbed cymes, 

 or solitary at the ends of the branches, about 

 1' broad; calyx-lobes linear, usually more than 

 one-half the length of the corolla; corolla- 

 segments obovate-oblong: style 2-c!eft to about 

 the middle; capsule oblong, 3"-4" high. 



In dry or moist soil, Indiana to Louisiana, east 

 to North Carolina and Florida. May-Sept. 



4. Sabbatia angularis (L.) Pursh. Bitter-bloom. Rose-Pink. Square-stemmed 



Sabbatia. Fig. 3339. 



Chironia angularis L. Sp. PI. 190. 1 753- 

 5. angularis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 137. 1814. 



Stem usually rather stout and much branched, 

 sharply 4-angled, 2-3 high, the branches all 

 opposite or the lowest rarely alternate. Leaves 

 ovate, acute at the apex, cordate-clasping at the 

 base, 9/-18'' long, or the lower oblong and ob- 

 tuse, those of the branches sialler; flowers rose- 

 pink, with a central greenish star, occasionally 

 white, i'-ii' broad, usually solitary at the ends 

 of the branches; calyx-lobes linear, one-half the 

 length of the corolla, or less; corolla-segments 

 obovate; style 2-cleft; capsule oblong, about 3" 

 high. 



In rich soil, often in thickets. New York and 

 Pennsylvania to western Ontario, Michigan, Flor- 

 ida, Arkansas, Oklahoma and 1 Louisiana. Bitter 

 clover. Pink-bloom. American centaury. July-Aug. 

 Flowers fragrant. 



5. Sabbatia calycina ( Lam. ) Heller. 

 Coast Sabbatia. Fig. 3340. 



Gentiana calycina Lam. Encycl. 2: 638. 1786. 

 C. calycosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 146. 1803. 

 Sabbatia calycosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 138. 1S14. 

 5 1 . calycina Heller, Bull. Torr. Club 21 : 24. 1894. 



Stem somewhat 4-angled, freely branched, 

 6'-i2' high, the branches alternate, or the 

 lowest sometimes opposite. Leaves oblong or 

 some of them slightly obovate, obtuse or acute, 

 3-nerved, l'-2' long, narrowed to the sessile 

 base or the lower into petioles; flowers usu- 

 ally few, solitary at the ends of the branches 

 or peduncles, i'-ii' broad ; calyx-lobes linear 

 or spatulate, leaf-like, longer than the spatu- 

 late segments of the pink rose-purple or whit- 

 ish corolla; style 2-parted, capsule ovoid- 

 oblong. 3"-4" high. 



In moist soil, Virginia to Florida, near the 

 coast. Cuba ; Santo Dominco. June-Aue. 



