490 GENTIANACEAE 
Pink. (8S. campanulata, (L.) Torr.) Stem very slender, 1 to 2 ft. high, 
diffusely branched above, the branches alternate. Leaves opposite, the 
lowest oval, those along the stem linear, reduced to narrow thread-like 
bracts. Flowers in diffuse clusters, pink with a yellow eye, the calyx 
points as long as the 5 lobes of the corolla and thread-like. Salt marshes, 
rare, in fresh water swamps, May-Aug. 
5. §. dodecandra, (L.) BSP. (Fig. 4, pl. 121.) Larck Marsu 
Pink. Stem 1 to 2 ft. high, branching above, branches alternate; leaves 
opposite, those at base spatula-formed, those above linear. Calyx lobes 
8 to 12, linear; corolla 8 to 12 lobes, radiating, rose-colored or nearly 
white. Sandy borders of brackish ponds. July-Sept. 
3. GENTIANA, L. 
Herbs, with opposite or rarely whorled leaves which have entire, or in 
some cases, hairy margins, and with flowers in terminal and axillary 
groups or solitary at the end of the stem. Flowers blue, purple, yellow 
or white. Calyx mostly 4-parted, but may have 5 to 7 lobes; corolla 
also of 4 lobes, but less frequently 5 to 7, often with intermediate folds 
or plaits at the sinuses. Stamens equal in number to the lobes of the 
corolla, inserted at the throat and alternate with the lobes. Styles short 
or none. Capsule 2-valved. 
Corolla without folds or teeth at the sinuses 
Borders of corolla fringed, leaves egg-shaped or lance-sshaped . . . G. crinita 
Borders of corolla lobes fringed, leaves linear . . . .. . - G. procera 
‘Borders: of lobes ‘not fringed! i) %) fev te rerio te) Ue Belen te <6, quinquefolha 
Corolla with teeth or folds in the sinuses 
Flowers blue or bluish-white. 
Corolla closed, club-shaped, margin of leaf rough. 
Corolla lobes distinct, longer than, or as long, as the inter- 
mediate plaits . . - G. Saponaria 
Corolla lobes obscure or absent, “the plaits very broad G. Andrewsii 
Corolla open, margins of leaves smooth. 
Flowers in terminal clusters. 
Leaves narrow lance- shaped : OF a G. linearis 
Leaves broad at base, tapering toward apex nee C rubricaulis 
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1. G. crinita, Froel. (Fig. 1, pl. 122.) Frinerp Gentian. Stem 
1 to 2 ft. high, branching above; leaves lance-shaped or egg-shaped with 
the base heart-shaped or rounded. Calyx lobes 4, unequal and extending 
the length of the corolla tube. Corolla 4-lobed, the lobes rounded and 
strongly fringed at the borders. Ovary tall, conical. Found in wet 
places and flowering in autumn. 
2. G. procera, Holm. SMALLER FRINGED GENTIAN. (G@. detonsa, 
Rottb.) Similar to G. ecrinita, but smaller, with linear leaves, the base 
not rounded or heart-shaped. Western New York and westward. July- 
Sept. 
3. G. quinquefolia, L. (Vig. 6, pl. 122.) Srmr Gentian. Stem 
slender, stitf, usually branched, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves egg-shaped, partly 
clasping the stem, generally 5-nerved (or 3- or 7-nerved), tipped by a 
sharp point. Flowers in clusters at the end of the stem or at the axils; 
calyx about 1/3 as long as the corolla, Corolla pale blue, its lobes tri- 
