PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. GMtuni. 



the calyx; flowers sessile, in terminal crowded fascicles; co- 

 rolla campanulate, 5-cleft ; segments obtuse, with the interior 

 folds denticulate* IViUd. Spec. I. p. 439. Pursh Fl. L 

 p. 186. Roem. ^^ Schult. VI. p. 146. G. puberula 

 Mich, FL I. p. 176o 



Leaves minutely ciliatc. Flowers middle-sized, blue. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx cuneate, lanceolate, scarcely as long as the 

 tube. Segments of the corolla very short, obtuse ; interior 

 folds denticulate. Mi c h. 



Hab. In vallies on the mountains of Pennsylvania. Wi II de- 

 no ni). 



I have seen no specimens of this plant. Michaux re- 

 marks that it resembles G. Pneumonanthe. 



6. G. quinqucjiora Fr o el. : stem quadrangular, branch- 

 ed ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flowers some- 

 what in fives, terminal and axillary, pedicellate ; corolla tu- 

 bular-campanulate, 5-cleft ; segments setaceously acuminate; 

 calyx very short. Willd. Spec, I. p. 1 339. Elliot t Sk, 

 1. p. 341. Roem, ir S c hu 1 1. \ I. p, 150. G. amarel- 

 hides M ich.FL\.p.M5. Pursh Fl. I. p. 1 86. G. 

 quinquefolia L. Sp. pi, I. p. 333. G. autumnalis tertia. C o Id. 

 Noxtb. 51. 



Boot biennial. Stem a foot high, with 4 prominent angles, rarely 

 simple, smooth. Leaves semiamplexicaul, acute, smooth 

 3 — S-nerved. Flowers terminal, and also from the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; fiedicels quadrangular, 4 — 6 lines long. Calyx 

 about one-fifth as long as the corolla ; segments subulate. Co- 

 rolla small, pale obscure blue, a little ventricose; segments 

 ovate, produced into a subulate point ; plaits simple. Capsule 

 fusiform. 



Hab. In woods and on hill sides. Near Elizabeth-town, New^ 

 Jersey. Eddy. Cambridge, New-York. Stevenso7i, 

 Hudson, N. Y. Alsofi. Near Albany. L. C. B c c k zx\^ 

 Tracy. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. Septem- 

 ber — October. 



7. G. criniia F r o eh : stem terete ; branches elongated, 

 1 -flowered; leaves lanceolate, acute; corolla half 4-cleft; 

 segments incisely-ciliate. Willd. Spec. I. p. 1352. Bol. 

 JWag. t. 2031. 'Pursh Fl. 1. p. 185. Big. Bost. p^ 64. 

 Elliott Sk. I. p. 341. Roem. ^ Schult. VI. p. 175. 

 G. autumnalis secunda Cold. J^'uveb. 50. 



Root biennial. Stem a foot and a half high, very smooth, terete 

 below, quadrangular above, branched towards the summit. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, obscurely 3-nerved. Flowers very 

 large, terminating the branches, which are naked towards the 

 top. Calyx quadrangular, 4-cleftj more than half as long as 



