Sahatia GENTIANACEAE Gentiana 



GENTIAN ACE AE (Gentian Family) 



Sabatia Adans. Centaury. 



S. difformis (L.) Druce. {S. lanceolata (Walt.) T. & G.) 



Infrequent, in swamps and meadows of Sussex and Dorchester 

 Counties. Late July to early Sept. 



S. angularis (L.) Pursh. Square-stemmed Centaury. 



In low ground throughout the Peninsula, preferring inland 

 situations; frequent in the northern half; less so southward. Aug. 

 to early Oct. 



S. stellaris Pursh. Sea Pink. 



Common on beaches, and in brackish or salt marshes of the 

 Coastal Plain. Late July to mid-Oct. 



S. campanulata (L.) Torr. (Incl. var. gracilis (Mx.) Fern. See 

 Rhodora 39, 443-444. 1937.) 



Infrequent in meadows and salt marshes, southern New Castle 

 to northern Accomac Counties. Aug., early Sept. 



S. dodecandra (L.) BSP. Large Marsh Centaury. 



Frequent in brackish meadows and on tidal shores, from the 

 Fall Line southward to Worcester and Wicomico Counties. Early 

 Aug. to early Sept. 



Centaurium Hill. 

 C. spicatum (L.) Fern. 



One station: Blackwater Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (Do), 

 1 mi. n. of Shorters Landing, on shoulders of an oyster-shell-paved 

 causeway (Neil Hotchkiss), R. R. Tatnall, 4589, 2 Aug. 1940 

 (T, P, A, G). Nat. from Europe. 



C. pulchellum (Sw.) Druce. (Erythraea ramosissima Pers.) Cen- 

 taury. 

 Rare in sandy soil of the Coastal Plain: north of Ocean View 

 (S), Commons, 10 Sept. 1875 (A); "fields and wastes" (Ac), Ellis 

 Hears, 17 July 1882 (A); meadows. Ocean City (Wo), Canby, 23 

 July 1893 (D); 4 mi. w. n. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 1769, 5 Aug. 

 1938 (P). Nat. from Europe. 



Gentiana L. Gentian. 

 G. crinita Froel. Fringed Gentian, 



Rare, New Castle County: near Centreville (NC), Commons in 



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