81S OBWTIANA* No. 41, 



short, oblong: Corolla nearly campanulate, five cleft, 

 internal folds lacerated — Common in the glades of 



Kentu 



Stem sometimes 



only four inches, and flower above one inch, blue. 



bin 



Dedicated 



to Dr. Short of Kentucky, who has communicated 

 to me several of the fine following new species. 



12. G. Tbrrcyana or Torreyan. Stem erect, rough, 

 quadrangular, leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, glau- 

 cous, short, twice as long as the intervals, uninerve, 

 clasping, often revolute. Flowers three to five, ter- 

 minal, sessile, calicinal segments linear, as long as the 

 tube : Corolla nearly campanulate, five cleft, segments 

 acute, inner folds entire — In the glades with the fore- 

 going, flowers blue, one inch long. Dedicated to Dr* 

 Torrey. 



13. G. Ri^da Raf. Stiff G. Stem stiff, round, 



rough; leaves lanceolate, acute, stifi", smal 



Eerve 



J, longer than the intervals. Flowers 

 one to Ave terminal, calicinal segments linear, as long 

 as the tube: Corolla campanulate five cleft, segments 

 acute, inner folds entire — In West Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee, &c. stem red, flower blue, one inch long> 

 leaves glaucous beneath, small. 



14. G. Eliiottea Raf. or Elliottian G. Stem 

 round, smooth, leaves oblong, narrow, subacute at both 

 ends, as long as the intervals, subtrinerve, glaucous 

 beneath: Flowers three to five terminal, sessile; cahx 

 elongated, segments oblong acute, as long as the tube: 

 Corolla campanulate, segments acute, inner folds lace- 



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