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the internal folds denticulate. — In the Alleghany 



mountains. 



hroleuca Wild. Pale d-. Stem rough an- 

 gular, leaves elliptic rough ; flowers capitate, ses- 

 sile: Corolla ventricose, closed, five cleft, inner folds 

 simple, acute.— In New Yoik, Pennsylvania, &c. 



flowers yellow^ish white. 



9. G. Heterophylla Raf. Grey G. Stem simple, 

 erect, round, smooth ; leaves subtrinerve, lower ob- 

 oval obtuse, medial ellipse, upper oblong acute: 

 Flowers terminal, sessile two to four, calix campanu- 

 late, segments cuneate obtuse; Corolla ventricose, 

 five cleft, segments acute, bidentate on one side. — On 

 the mountains of Virginia, East Kentucky and Ten- 

 nessee, flowers of a pale bluish grey. Sometimes 

 called Flux-root and used for the Diseutery. 

 ' ~10. G. Serpentaria Raf. Snake-root G. Stem 

 smooth, flexuose, subangular; leaves obovate or ob- 

 long, subobtuse, subtrinerve, undulated: Flowers 

 fascicled sessile, bracteoles petiolate, calix campanu- 

 late, angular, segments linear and carinate: Corolla 

 tubular five cleft, segments obtuse notched, inner 

 ' folds lacerated. — In Indiana, Illinois, &c. Root consi- 

 dered a specific for men and cattle bitten by Rattle- 

 snakes and Copper-heads ; it is also said to stupify 



11. G. Shortiana Raf. Shortian Gentian. Several 

 assurgent stems, rough, ancipital, one^flowered ; leaves 

 oblong or cuneiform, as long as the intervals, glau- 

 cous beneath, edges rough, uninerve, the lower ob- 

 tuse. Flower sessile bracteate, calicinal segments 



