356 GENTIANACE^E. (GENTIAN FAMILY.) 



than the erect linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes ; the ovate lobes twice as long as 

 the nearly entire appendages ; seeds wingless. Dry sandy woods, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Sept. and Oct. Stem 6'- 12' high. Corolla l' long, striped 

 within with green and purple veins. Anthers separate. 



4. G. Elliottii. Stem rough and slightly pubescent ; leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, rough-margined; clusters axillary and terminal; calyx-lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the tube; corolla large, open, bright-blue, 

 lined within with yellow and deeper blue, the erect or spreading ovate acute; 

 lobes twice as long as the 2-cleft fimbriate appendages ; seeds lanceolate, nar- 

 rowly winged, covering the entire inner face of the valves. (G. Catesbsei, Ell.) 

 Banks of streams and ditches, in the lower and middle districts. Oct. Stem 

 1- l high. Corolla l' long. Flowers rarely solitary. 



Var. parvifolia. Stem tall (2 high), slender; leaves short ('-!' long), 

 sessile, ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, rigid ; calyx-lobes 

 erect, lanceolate, twice as long as the tube ; appendages of the corolla broad, 

 unequally 2-cleft, fimbriate. Pine-bai-ren swamps near the coast, Georgia and 

 Florida. Corolla 2' long. 



Var. ? latifolia. Stem low (6' - 12' high), rigid ; leaves (2' -3' long) mem- 

 branaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute at each end ; calyx-lobes linear, shorter 

 than the tube, spreading ; appendages of the corolla equally divided into two 

 slender bristle-pointed nearly entire lobes. River-banks, Middle Florida. 

 Corolla l'-lj' long. 



5. G. Saponaria, L. Stem smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, rough-margined ; calyx-lobes linear or spatulate, acute, half 

 as long as the corolla ; corolla light blue ; the lobes short and broad, obtuse, 

 erect, or converging, longer than the 2-cleft minutely-toothed appendages ; seeds 

 acute, narrowly winged, covering the valves. (G. Catesbsei, Walt.) Moist 

 woods on the mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. arid Oct. 

 Flowers clustered. 



6. G. Andrews!!, Griseb. Stem smooth (l-2 high); leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base ; flowers clustered, axillary and terminal ; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube; corolla (1'long) club-shaped, 

 inflated, closed ; the broad and rounded lobes shorter than the slightly toothed 

 appendages ; capsule at length partly exserted; seeds broadly winged. (G. Sa- 

 ponaria, Fred.) Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct. 



7. G. angustifolia, Michx. Stem low, smooth, 1 -flowered; leaves linear, 

 fleshy ; calyx-lobes linear, erect, half as long as the corolla ; corolla large, bright 

 blue, the lobes ovate, twice as long as the broad toothed appendages. Varies 

 with the corolla, green without and white within. Low pine barrens, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Nov. and Dec. Stem 4' - 10' high. Corolla 2' long. 



4. BARTONIA, Muhl. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla 4-parted. Stamens 4 : anthers small. Stigmas 

 sessile. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved, septicidal. Seeds covering the inner surface 



