OKXTIAXACF.-K. (gKNTIAN FAMILY.) ZSS 



1. SABBATIA, Adans. Amkhican Ckxtaurt. 



Calyx 5 - l^-partcil. Corolla wheel-shaped, 5 - 12-parte(l, withering-persistent. 

 Stamens 5-12, inserted on the tliroat of the corolla: anthers sagittate, mostly 

 recurved. Style conspieuous : stigmas linear or ohlong, twisted. Capsnle glo- 

 bose, 1-cclled, 2-valved, many-seeded. — Annual or biennial branching herbs, 

 \>u.i cymosc or jjanielcd wliite or purple showy (lowers. 



* Cali/x and corolla mostly T^-parted. 

 -I- Flowers in corijmhose cymes, white, turniny yellowish: branches opposite. 



1. S. lanceolata, Torr. & Gray. Stem tall, terete below, 4-aijgled and 

 corymboscly branched above, the branches opposite ; leaves ovate or roundish, 

 3 - 5-nerved, acute or obtuse, clasping ; the upper ones distant, lanceolate, and 

 very acute; cymes large, loosely many-flowered; lobes of the corolla (often 6) 

 obovate-oblong, twice as long as the filiform calyx-lobes. (S. corymbosa, Bahlw.) 

 — Wet pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. July. — Stem 2° -3° high. 

 Leaves I'-l-Vlong; the lowest minute. Corolla 10" wide, turning yellowish 

 in drying. 



2. S. paniculata, Pnrsh. Stem virgate, wing-angled throughout, com- 

 monly much branched from the base ; leaves clasping, lanceolate, 3-nerved, 

 mucronate, the upper and floral ones linear, the lowest tufted, oblong-obovate; 

 cymes very numerous, densely few-flowered, leafy ; lobes of the corolla obovate, 

 one third longer than the linear calyx-lobes. — Low grassy meadows, Florida to 

 North Carolina. August. — Stem 9' -18' high. Leaves |'-1' long. Corolla 

 ^' wide. 



3. S. macrophylla, Hook. Glaucous ; stem terete, corymbosely branched 

 above ; the branches opposite ; leaves thick, erect, ovate-lanceolate, acute, clasp- 

 ing, 3 - 5-nervcd ; cymes large, flat-topped ; corolla small, the lobes thrice as 

 long as the very short bristle-like calyx-lol)es. — AVet jjine barrens, Florida, and 

 westward. July and Aug. — Stem rigid, hollow, 2° - 2^;° high. Leaves 1 V - 3' 

 long. Corolla 5" - G" wide. 



-t- -1- Flowers in paniclcd cymes, purple : branches opposite. 



4. S. angularis, Pursh. Stem square, wing-angled, erect, paniculately 

 much branched, often from near the base, the branches opposite ; leaves nu- 

 merous, ovate, clasping, 3 - 5-ncrvcd, often as long as the joints, the upper ones 

 acute; lobes of the corolla oblong, about twice as long as the linear calvx-lobcs. — 

 Low rich grounds, Florida, and northward. Aug. — Stem l°-2° high. Leaves 

 1 ' - 1 i' long. Corolla 1 ' wide. 



5. S. brachiata, Ell. Stem erect, terete, paniculately branched near the 

 summit; the branches opposite, spreading; leaves sessile, lanceolate, the u]5j)cr 

 ones linear, acute, the lowest clustered ; flowers in small loose pedunclcd cymes, 

 terminating the branches, and forming an oblong or pyramidal panicle; lobes 

 of the corolla narrowly olilong, twice as long as the linear calvx-lobcs. — Low 

 grounds in the middle and upper districts, and northward. July and Aug. — Stem 

 2" high. Leaves 1' long. Corolla 1' wide. 



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