PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



3sa 



GENTIANA. Gen. pl. 450. 



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Corolla i-\)cia]a. Cap^ \ Corolla t iieXalle^. Cajh- 



Side 2 valvcd, l celled ; 

 with t longitudinal recep- 

 tacles. 



mla ^-valvis, l-locularis ; 

 Teceptaculis 2, longitiidi- 

 iiallbus. 



i. Saponmiia. 



G. foliis ovato-lanceo- 



Lcavcs ovate lanceo- 



latis, acutis, ghil)ris ; ca- I late, acute, glabrous; seg- 

 lycis laciniis ovatis, tubo j ments of the calyx ovate, 

 brevioribus ; coroUffi lim- j shorter than the tube; 



bo connivente, plicis 



m- 



corolla with the border 



ternis insequaliter bifidis, | connivcnt, the interior 



exteriores sequantibus. E. 



segments 



unequally 



2 



cleft, as long as tlie exte». 



nor. 



Sp. pl. 1. p. 1S38. Pursh, I. p. 185. 



Perennial. Stem simi>le, I — 2 feet liii^h, and with the leaves nearlj 

 glabrous Flowers axillary and terminal, sessile, clustered. Seg* 

 ments of the calyx \qvj short, sometimes oblong, but acute. Corolla 

 ventricose, blue. 



Grows along water courses in tlie upper districts and mountains of 

 'Carolina and Georgia* 



Flowers October. 



2. Ca 



G. asr 



Walt 



fol 



an- 



^1 



Rough ; leaves narrow 



gusto-lanceolatis ; calycis 

 laciniis lineari-lanceolatis 



) loni!;ioribus 



lanceolate 



tubo dupl 



; 



the 



aly 



5 



gments 



limbo 



of 

 linear lanceo- 

 as long as the 



tube : corolla with the bor- 



brevibus. bifi 



der 



ect. the interior 



dis, tinibriati 



E 



segments 



short, 2 



Li>- 



fimbi 



Walt 



Stem erect, simple, very rou^h, slightly pubescent. Leaves sca- 

 brous. Flowers 1—3, someti:Ties more^ in each axil. Segments of 

 the calyx 2 or 3 times as long as the tube. Border of the corolla erect, 

 or sometimes expanding. Filaments half the length of the coroiliij 



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