5. Sabbatia calycina (Lam. ) Heller. 
Coast Sabbatia. (Fig. 2859.) 
Gentiana calycina Yam. Encyl. 2: 638. 1786. 
C. calycosa Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 146. _ 1803. 
Sabbatia calycosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 138. 1814. 
S. calycina Heller, Bull. Torr, Club, 21. 24. 1894. 
Stem somewhat 4-angled, freely branched, 
6/-12/ high, the branches alternate, or the 
lowest sometimes opposite. Leaves oblong 
or some of them slightly obovate, obtuse or 
acute, 3-nerved, 1/-2’ long, narrowed to the 
sessile base or the lower into petioles; flow- 
ers usually few, solitary at the ends of the 
branches or peduncles, 1/-134’ broad; calyx- 
lobes linear or spatulate, leaf-like, longer 
than the spatulate segments of the pink 
rose-purple or whitish corolla; style 2-parted, 
capsule ovoid-oblong, 3/’-4’’ high. 
In moist soil, Virginia to Florida, near the 
coast. Alsoin Cuba. June-Aug. 
GENTIANACEAE. 
[Vor. II. 
4. Sabbatia angularis (L.) Pursh. 
Bitter-bloom. Rose-Pink. Square- 
stemmed Sabbatia. (Fig. 2858.) 
Chironia angularis I. Sp. Pl. 190. 1753- 
S. angularis Pursh,*Fl. Am. Sept. 137. 1814. 
Stem usually rather stout and much 
branched, sharply 4-angled, 2°-3° high, the 
branches all opposite or the lowest rarely alter- 
nate. Leaves ovate, acute at the apex, cor- 
date-clasping at the base, 9’-18/’ long, or the 
lower oblong and obtuse, those of the branches 
smaller; flowers rose-pink, with a central 
greenish star, occasionally white, 1/-14’ broad, 
usually solitary at the ends of the branches; 
calyx-lobes linear, one-half the length of the 
corolla, or less; corolla-segments obovate; style 
2-cleft; capsule oblong, about 3” high. 
In rich soil, often in thickets, New York and 
Pennsylvania to western Ontario and Michigan, 
south to Florida, the Indian Territory and Louisi- 
ana. July-Aug. Flowers fragrant. 
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6. Sabbatia campéstris Nutt. Prairie 
Sabbatia. (Fig. 2860.) 
Sabbatia campestris Nutt. Trans. Amer. Phil. 
Soe. (II.) 5: 197. 1833-37. 
Stem 4-angled, branched, 6’-15’ high, the 
branches alternate or dichotomous, or the 
lowest opposite. Leaves ovate, oblong or 
lanceolate, mostly obtuse at the apex, sessile 
or slightly clasping and subcordate at the 
base, 14/-1’ long; flowers solitary at the ends 
of the branches and peduncles, 1/-2’ broad; 
peduncles 1/-2’ long; calyx 5-ribbed or almost 
5-winged, its lobes lanceolate, acute, 6’/—12’” 
long, about as long as the obovate lilac corolla- 
segments, becoming rather rigid in fruit; style 
2-cleft; capsule oblong, 3/’-4’” high. 
On prairies, Missouri and Kansas to Texas. 
