35G ci'vn.w \ci:.k. (_<;i:ntian family.) 



than the erect linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes ; the ovate lobes twice as long as 

 the Dearly entire appendages; seeds wingless. — Dry sandy woods, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Sept. and Oct. — Stem 6'- 12' high. Corolla U' long, Btriped 

 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 lung as the 2-cleft fimbriate appendages ; seeds lanceolate, nar- 

 rowly winged, COveringthe entire inner face of the valves. (G. Catesbu'i, Ell.) 

 — Banks of streams and ditches, in the lower and middle districts. Oct. — Stem 

 1°- \}y° high. Corolla li' long. Flowers rarely solitary. 



Var. parvifolia. Stem tall (2° high), slender; leaves short (J'-l' 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, 

 unequally 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'- U' lmig. 



5. G. Saponaria, L. Stem smooth; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 



narrowed at the bast', rough-margined ; calyx-lobes linear or spatulatc, acute, half 

 as long as the corolla; corolla light blue ; the lulus short and broad, obtuse, 

 erect, or converging, longer than the 2-cleft minutely-toothed appendages; seeds 

 acute, narrowly winged, covering the valves. ((!. Catesbaei, Walt.) — Moist 

 woods on the mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct — 



Flowers clustered. 



6. G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Stem smooth (i°-2° high); leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base; flowers clustered, axillary and terminal; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube; corolla (l'long) club-shaped, 



inflated, closed ; the broad and rounded lobes shorter than the slightly toothed 



appendages : capsule at length partly exserted ; seeds broadly winged. (< I. Sa- 

 ponaria, Fred.) — .Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and ( )ct. 



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 jiine barrens, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Nov. and Dec. — Stem 4'- K»' high. Corolla 2' long. 



4. BARTONIA, Muhl. 



falvx 4-parted. Corolla 1 parted. Stamens i : anthers small. Sri 



Capsule 1 celled, 2-valved, septicidal Seeds covering the inner surface 



