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1. Sabbatia lanceolata (Walt.) T.&G. 
Lance-leaved Sabbatia. (Fig. 2855.) 
Chironta lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 95. 1788. 
S. lanceolata T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 356. 1848. 
Stem branched above, or simple, slender, 
somewhat 4-angled, or terete below, 1°-3° high, 
the branches all opposite. Leaves lanceolate to 
ovate, acute, or the lower sometimes obtuse, 
3-5-nerved, 1/-2’ long, or the lowest shorter, 
the uppermost reduced to narrow bracts; flow- 
ers white, fading yellowish, 8/’/-12/’ broad, \ y \ 
usually numerous in bracteolate corymbed \\ 
cymes; pedicels slender, 2’’/-7’// long; calyx- \\ 
lobes filiform-linear, much shorter than the 
corolla; corolla-segments oblong or slightly ob- 
ovate; anthers recurved; style 2-parted; capsule 
ovoid, about 3” high. 
In pine-barren swamps, New Jersey to Florida. 
May-Sept. 
2. Sabbatia paniculata (Michx.) 
Pursh. Branching Sabbatia. 
(Fig. 2856.) 
C. paniculata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 146. 1803. 
S. paniculata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 138. 1814. 
Stem usually freely branching, 4-angled, 
1°-2%° high, the branches all opposite. 
Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or lanceolate, 
obtuse, %/-1}4’ long, the lower commonly 
shorter and broader, the uppermost small 
and bract-like; flowers white, 6’’-9’’ broad, 
usually very numerous in corymbed cymes; 
pedicels mostly short, the central flowers of 
the cymes often nearly sessile; calyx-lobes 
linear, not more than one-half the length of 
the corolla; corolla-segments spatulate-ob- 
long; anthers recurved or coiled; style 2- 
parted; capsule oblong, about 3/7 high. 
In dry or moist soil, Virginia to Florida. 
May-Sept. 
3. Sabbatia angustifolia (Michx. ) 
Britton. Narrow-leaved Sabbatia. 
(Fig. 2857.) 
Chironia angularis var. angustifolia Michx, Fl. {\ 
Bor. Am. 1: 146. 1803. _ 
S. brachiata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 284. 1817. 
Stem slender, branched above, slightly 4- 
angled, 1°-2° high, the branches all opposite. 
Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, or the upper acute, sessile, 1/—2/ 
long, the uppermost small and _ bract-like; 
flowers pink with a yellowish or greenish 
eye, few in the racemed or short-corymbed 
cymies, or solitary at the ends of the branches, 
about 1’ broad; calyx-lobes linear, usually 
more than one-half the length of the corolla; 
corolla-segments obovate-oblong; style 2-cleft 
to about the middle; capsule oblong, 3//-4/’ 
high. 
In dry or moist soil, Indiana to Louisiana, east 
to North Carolina and Florida. May-Sept. 
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