856 GENTIANACEÆ. (GENTIAN FAMILY.) 
than the erect linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes ; the ovate lobes twice as long as 
the nearly entire appendages ; seeds wingless. —Dry sandy woods, Florida to 
North Carolina. Sept. and Oct.— Stem 6/-12' high. Corolla 14/ long, striped 
within with green and purple veins. Anthers separate. 
4. G. Elliottii. Stem rough and slightly,pubescent ; leaves lanceolate or 
linear-lanceolate, rough-margined; clusters axillary and terminal; calyx-lobes 
linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the tube; corolla large, open, bright-blue, 
lined within with yellow and deeper blue, the erect or spreading ovate acute 
lobes twice as long as the 2-cleft fimbriate appendages ; seeds lanceolate, nar- 
rowly winged, covering the entire inner face of the valves. (G. Catesbei, Ell.) 
— Banks of streams and ditches, in the lower and middle districts. Oct.— Stem 
1°-1}° high. Corolla 13' long. Flowers rarely solitary. 
Var. parvifolia. Stem tall (2° high), slender; leaves short (}/-1/ long), 
sessile, ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, rigid ; calyx-lobes 
erect, lanceolate, twice as long as the tube; appendages of the corolla broad, 
nnequally 2-cleft, fimbriate. — Pine-barren swamps near the coast, Georgia and 
Florida. — Corolla 2! long. 
Var. ? latifolia. Stem low (6! — 12' high), rigid; leaves (2/ - 3' long) mem- 
branaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute at each end ; calyx-lobes linear, shorter 
than the tube, spreading ; appendages of the corolla equally divided into two 
slender bristle-pointed nearly entire lobes.— River-banks, Middle Florida. — 
Corolla 1! - 13/ long. 
5. Œ. Saponaria, L. Stem smooth; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 
narrowed at the base, rough-margined ; calyx-lobes linear or spatulate, acute, half 
as long as the corolla; corolla light blue; the lobes short and broad, obtuse, 
erect, or converging, longer than the 2-cleft minutely-toothed appendages ; seeds 
acute, narrowly winged, covering the valves. (G. Catesbei, Walt.) — Moist 
woods on the mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct.— 
Flowers clustered. 
6. G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Stem smooth (1°-2° high); leaves ovate 
lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base ; flowers clustered, axillary and terminal ; 
calyx-lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube; corolla (1/ long) club-shaped, 
inflated, closed ; the broad and rounded lobes shorter than the slightly toothed 
appendages ; capsule at length partly exserted; seeds broadly winged. ( G. Sa- 
ponaria, Fræl.) — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct. 
7. G. angustifolia, Michx. Stem low, smooth, 1-flowered ; leaves linear, 
fleshy ; calyx-lobes linear, erect, half as long as the corolla ; corolla large, bright 
blue, the lobes ovate, twice as long as the broad toothed appendages. — Varies 
with the corolla, green without and white within. — Low pine barrens, Florida to 
North Carolina. Nov. and Dec. — Stem 4'-10' high. Corolla 2 long: 
| 4. BARTONIA, Mull 
Calyx 4-parted. Corolla 4-parted. Stamens 4: anthers small. Stigmas oo 
_ Sessile. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, septicidal. Seeds covering the inner surface oe 
