PENTANDRIA DIGYNlA. 



841 





4. Angus Til 



G. caule sim,...^,, 



i, unifloro : foliis c 



S' 



ato-linearibus ; 

 infundlbuliform 

 alternis laceris. 



corolla 

 laciniis 

 E. 



Stem simple 

 flowered ; lea 



i shaped 



slend 



Mich. 1. p. \77. 



G. purpurea, Walt, p, 109. 



wedg 

 funnc 



alternate 

 rate. 



; corolla 

 shaped, with the 



'O 



lace 



Pursh, 1. p. ISG 



Perennial. Stem 12 — ! 8 inches high, glabrous. Leaves 1—2 inches 

 long, the upper pairs remote, very narrow ; the lower cuneate ; all 

 glabrous, and, as in tlie other species, connate. Flower terminal. 

 Corolla large ; the large segments ovate, mucronate, expanding, the 

 intermediate ones much shorter, lacerate, bright azure, tin^-ed with 

 purple. ® 



The flower of this plant possesses singular beauty ; it is scarcely 

 possible to conceive a colour more bright and clear than it commonly 

 exliibits. '' 



Grows in wet pine barrens. 

 Flowers October — November. 



5. Crinit 



G. corollis 

 laciniis fimbi 

 lanceolatis. a 



qnadrifidis, 

 atis ; foliis 

 litis ; caule 



Coi 



4 cleft 



tereti. Sp. pi 



p. 1353. 



Pursh, 1. p. 185. 



ments fimbriate 

 lanceolate, acute 

 erect, terete. 



leav 



g 



J 



stem 



Stem 1 



•2 feet high, glabrous, terete below, 4 angled towards the 

 .envps spssUp. .vJfK the margins and midrib scabrous. 



summit. Leaves sessile, with ...^ .„<.,^,.., a..^ nuum 

 Flowers solitary, axillary and terminal, on peduncles 1 

 lon|. Corolla pale blue, with the margins fringed. 



Grows in vallies among the mountains. * 



Flowers October — November. 



3 inches 



6. QuiNQUEFLORA. 



G. corollis quinquefi 



dis, tubuloso-campanul 



Corolla 5 cleft, tubular 



campanulat 



terminal. 



tis, terminalibus, subqui- j generally by fives ; stem 



caule ramosissimo, I much branched, winded 



ms ; 



alato 



ibus. 



J 



foliis amplexicaul. j leaves ample 

 Sp. pi. i.p. 1339 



Mich 



/ 



Pursh, 1. p. 186. 



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