354. GENTIANACEJE. (GENTIAN FAMILY.) 
+ + + Flowers scattered, on long peduncles, white or. purple: branches alternate. 
6. S. Elliottii, Steud. Stem low, terete, paniculately much branched 
from near the base, the branches diffuse; leaves small, sessile; the lowest 
obovate, the upper linear; lobes of the corolla 3-4 times as long as the short 
filiform calyx-lobes. (S. paniculata, EU.) — Open pine barrens, Florida to 
South Carolina. Aug. and Sept.— Stems }/-1}! high. Leaves 3" - 6! long. 
Corolla 8” — 10" wide. 
7. S, gracilis, Pursh. Stem slightly 4-angled, erect or reclining, diffuse, 
the branches 1 -3-flowered ; leaves linear or oblong-linear, the uppermost almost 
filiform ; flowers terminating the short branchlets ; lobes of the corolla obovate- 
oblong, rather longer than the filiform calyx-lobes.—- Low grassy pine barrens 
and meadows, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. July and Aug.— Stem 
slender, 12-13? long. Leaves 1/-1} long. Corolla 12" - 15" wide. 
8. S. stellaris, Pursh. Stem obscurely 4-angled, slender, panieulately 
branched, the branches elongated ; leaves somewhat fleshy, the lowest lanceolate 
or oblong, obtuse, the upper linear, acute ; flowers on very long peduncles ; lobes 
of the corolla oblong, longer than the filiform calyx-lobes. — Salt marshes, 
Florida, and northward. Aug. and Sept. — Stem 19-39 high. Leaves ja? 
long. Peduncles l/- 4' long. Corolla 14! wide. 
9. S. calycosa, Pursh. Stem low, terete; leaves thin, lanceolate or ob- 
long, obtuse, narrowed at the base, the lowest petioled ; flowers few; 
white, 5 - 7-lobed, shorter than the lanceolate leafy calyx-lobes. — River swamps, 
Florida to North Carolina, and-westward. July and Aug.— Stem 6/—12' high, 
rigid. Leaves 1'-1j'long. Corolla 8” — 10” wide. 
* * Calyx and corolla ? — 19-parted : flowers purple. 
10. S, ehloroides, Pursh. Stem erect, terete, simple, or 1- 2forking, 
1- 5-flowered ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, uniform, or the lowest spatulate-oblong 
and the tpper linear, acute; corolla large, 8—12- (mostly 10-) parted, — 
monly more than twice as long as the linear or subulate calyx-lobes. — ; 
of pine-barren ponds and swamps, Florida, and northward, July and Aug. — 
Stem 1°-1}°high. Leaves 1! long. Corolla 1}/- 3! wide. 
ll. S. Boykinii, Gray. Stem mostly simple, somewhat angled; kates 
lanceolate-oblong, or the lowest elliptical; flowers single or 3-7 in a Hd 
capitate cluster, sessile and 2-bracted ; corolla. 8-9-parted, much longer than 
the oblong-lanceolate calyx-lobes.— Middle Georgia, Dr. Boykin. — Stem 1 
high. Leaves 1/-2! long. Corolla 1}/ wide. el 
. 12. S. gentianoides, Ell. Stem. erect, simple, slender; lowest leaves 
lanceolate or oblong, narrowed at the base; the others. long, linear, sessilei 
flowers large, in axillary and terminal clusters, or terminal and solitary + 
corolla 8-10 arted, 2-3 times as long as the subulate calyx-lobes ; anthers 
straight. — Low. pine. urens, gia, Florida, and westward. July and Ang, 
— Stem 19-39 high. Leaves 1}!-3! long. Corolla 2/ wide. 
