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bb. Corolla pink. 



c. Salver form 6-8 mm. broad. [Brythrcea pulchella]* 



cc. Rotate 15-40 mm. broad. 

 d. Four to five parted. 



e. Branches opposite. Sabatia angularis, p. 638 



ee. Branches alternate. 



/. Calyx lobes shorter than the corolla. S. stellaris, p. 639 

 ff. Calyx lobes equal to the corolla. S. gracilis, p. 639 



dd. Eight to twelve parted. S. dodecandra, p. 640 



hhb. Corolla white. 



c. Flowers oblong, funnel-form, striped within ; in a sessile cluster. 



Gentiana villosa, p. 641 

 cc. Flowers rotate in bracteolate cymes. 



d. Branches opposite. Sabatia lanceolata, p. 638 



dd. Branches alternate, white forms of. S. stellaris, p. 639 



SABATIA Adanson. 



Sabatia lanceolata (Walt.). Lance-leaved Centaury. 



Chironia lanceolata Walter, Fl. Car. 95. 1788 [Carolina]. 

 Sabbafia lanceolata Knieskern 24. — Willis 49. — Britton 171. — Keller and 

 Brown 255. 



Common in bogs and swamps of the Pine Barrens and similar 

 situations at two or three stations in the Cape May peninsula. 

 A conspicuous species in mid-summer. 

 Fl. — Early July to late August. 



Pine Barrens. — Cassville, Toms River, Hanover, Browns Mills, Pasadena, 

 Double Trouble, Tuckerton, Speedwell (S), High Bridge (S), Bear Swamp 

 (S), Ballingers Mill, Braddock's Mill, Cedar Brook, Atsion, Hammonton 

 (S), Quaker Bridge, Batsto, Pleasant Mills, Egg Harbor, Hospitality Bridge 

 8th St. and 12th St., Mays Landing, Woodbine. 

 Cape May. — Bennett (S). 



Sabatia angularis (L.). Square-stemmed Centaury. 

 PI. CVL, Fig. I. 

 Chironia angularis Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 190. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Sabbatia angularis Barton Fl. Phila. 113. 1818.— Willis 49.— Britton 171. 



Rather frequent in open ground of the northern counties and 

 down the Coast strip to Cape May ; also occasional in the Middle 

 district. 



Fl. — Late July to late August. 



Middle District.— Keyport (C), New Egypt, Burlington (C), Lindenwold, 

 Sea Breeze (C). 



Coast Strip.— Ahsecon (NB), Palermo (S), Wildwood, Wildwood Jnc, 

 Rio Grande, Court House, Whitesboro (S), Cold Spring, Cape May, W. 

 Cape May, Dias Creek. 



* Branching Centaury, introduced as a weed. 



