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leaves iu sixes, brdnch leaves in fours ; ped- 

 uncles terminal, elongated, mostly 3 flow- 

 ered. Wet woods. Stem weak and 

 branching; leaves very narrow, corolla 

 mostly 4-cleft. Used as a red dye. 



obf.u'siim, (E. w. J. 2^.) stem smooth; 

 procumbent leaves in fours, oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, rough on the margin and midrib. 



• brach'ui'lum, (bed-.straw, E. w. Ju. 2_f .) 

 Btem limber, long, brachiiite-ramose, hispid ; 

 branches short ; leaves in sixes, lance-ob- 

 iong, acuminate, glabrous, margin and keel 

 ciliate ; branches whorled, the longest di- 

 chotomous ; pedicels 2-flowered ; fruit with 

 hooks. 



apari'ne,iy7.w.^. $ ) stem limber, sca- 

 brous backwards; leaves in about eights, 

 linear, and lincar-oblanceolate, mucronate, 

 hispid above, margin and keel prickly ; fruit 

 hook-bristled. 3-4 f. 



trifi/)'rum, (O. w. Jn. 11) stem procum- 

 bent, smoothish ; leaves in fives or sixes, 

 lance-obovatc, mucronate, glabrous, scarce- 

 ly ciliate at the margin ; branchlets 3 flow- 

 ered at the end ; flowers pedicelled ; fruit 

 small. 



borea'le, (O. w. Ju. 14- ■) stem stilHy erect, 

 smoothish, branching ; branches short erect; 

 leaves in fours, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 3-nerved, with involute scabrous margins; 

 flowers panicled, terminal; fruit minutely 

 hook-bristled. 12-24 i. 



circce'zarifi, (w-y. J. 11. ) stem erect, 

 smooth or slightly pubescent on the angles ; 

 leaves in fours, oval, obtuse, smooth, mar- 

 gin and nerves ciliate ; peduncles short, 

 divaricate, few-flowered; flowers remote, 

 sub-sessile, alternate ; fruit nodding, with 

 Looked bristles. 6-12 i. 



lanceohi'lnm, (p. Ju. 11) stem erect, very 

 smooth, with remote joints; leaves in fours, 

 lanceolate, generally acute, smooth, 3-ner- 

 ved, margin sub ciliate ; peduncles long, 

 divaricate; fruit sub-sessile,nodding,covered 

 with hooked bristles. 1 f. 



latifo"lium, (p. Ju.) stem erect, smooth ; 

 leaves by fours, oval, acute, membranous, 

 the margins somewhat hispid ; peduncles 

 divaricate, loosely many-flowered. S. 



xiuflo'rum, (p. J. 11.) stem assurgent, 

 smooth; leaves generally by fours, linear, 

 acute, revulute ; peduncles generally soli- 

 tary, 1-flowered. 10-12 i. S. 



hispidii'li/m, stem procumbent, pubescent, 

 much branched ; leaves by fours, lanceolate, 

 dotted, scabrous. S. 



G.MJLTIIE'RIA. 10-1. (Erica.) [From 

 GauUhier, a physician and naturalist.] 

 procumf'beni^, (spicy wintergreen, w. J. 

 24.. or ^.) stem procumbent; branches 

 erect; leaves obovate, acute at the base; 

 flowers few, nodding. Berries red, con- 

 sisting in part of the permanent calyx ; a 

 little mealy ; plea.sant tasted. 



hispidnla, (creeping wintergreen, w. M. 

 f).) stem creepinjj', hispid; leaves oval, 

 acute ; flowers solitary, axillary, sub-ses- 

 nile, having but 8 stamens, sbort-bell- 

 furm. 



shal'loii. (w. J. Tp .) erect, frutico.se ; leaves 

 ovate, aab-cordate, sen-ulate ; raceme l- 



sided, bracted ; pedicels 2-bracted In tho 



middle. <S'. 



GAU'RA. 8—1. (Onagra.) 



hien"ni.<i, (r-y. Au. $ .) stem having leaves 



purpli.sh, sessile, lanceolate, toothed ; flow- 



! ers in terminal spikes. Banks of ntreams. 



anfrnxfifo'Ha, (w. Ju. 2^.) leaves clus- 

 tered, linear, repand, undulate; fruit ob- 

 long, 4 angled, acute at each end. .'5 f. 



mo/"//x. leaves lanceolate, entire, clothed 

 with soft hairs. 

 GELSEMI'NUM. 5—2. (Bignonei^.) 



sempcrvi'rcns, (y. March, 11) stem twi 

 ning, smooth, glabrous; leaves opposite, 

 perennial, lanceolate, entire, dark green 

 above, paler beneath ; petioles short. S. 

 Nearly aflied to Bignonia. 

 GENIS"TA. 16-10. (Leguminosa.) [From 



genu, a knee, on account of its joints.] 



tincto'rea, (dyer's broom, y. Ju.>).) root 

 creeping ; stem sub-erect, suff"rutico.se ; 

 branches terete, striate, erect ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, smooth ; flowers in spiked racemes , 

 legumes smooth. Hills. Introduced. Af- 

 fords a yeflow dye. Ex. 



GENTIA'NA. 5—2. (Gentianm.) [From Gen- 



tins, king of lllyria.] 



qnlnqueflo'ra, stem square, branched* 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-clasping, acute 

 3-nerved; flowers somewhat in fives, axil- 

 lary and terminal; corolla sub-campanu- 

 late, 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, mucro 

 nate; calyx very short. Woods. Aug. 

 Flowers small, pale blue. 



ochroleu'ca, large flowers. yello%visli- 

 white, striped in.side with blue and purple. 



crini'ta, (fringed gentian, b. Sept. 2^.) 

 stem terete ; branches long, 1-flowered ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute ; corolla 4-cleft, 

 divisions obovate, gash ciliate. 18 i. 



saponn'ria, (b. Oct. 21.) leaves ovate, 

 lanceolate, acute. 3-nerved ; flowers whorl- 

 eapitate, se.s.sile ; corolla ventrico.se, closed, 

 10-cleft, interior segments unequally 3-cleft, 

 as long as the exterior ones; segments of 

 the calyx ovate, shorter than the tube. 18 i. 

 Soap gentian. 



hi' tea, (yellow gentian, y.) leaves broad- 

 ovate, nerved ; corollas about 5-cleft, wheel- 

 form, whorled. 



cate>^"baei, (Oc.) rough ; leaves nan'ow- 

 lanceolate ; segments of the calyx linear- 

 lanceolate, twice as long as the tube ; co- 

 rolla with the border erect, the interior seg- 

 ments short, 2-cleft, fimbriate. S. 



GERA'NIUM. 15—10. {Gentiana:.) [From ge- 



ranos, a crane, because its pistil is long, like 



a crane's bill.] 



mncula'tum, (crow-foot geranium, r. and 

 b. J. 2^.) erect; pubescence revenged : stem 

 dichotomous ; leaves oppo.site, 3-5 parted, 

 ga.shed, upper ones se.ssile ; peduncles 

 2-flowcred; petals obovate. 1-2 f. 



sangiiia''eum, (bloody geranium, 11) pe- 

 duncle 1-flowered ; leaves 5 parted, 3-cleft, 

 orbicular; capsule bristly at the top. Ex. 



robertia'nnm, (herb-robert, p. Sept. 0.) 

 leaves ternate or quinate, pinnatifid ; pe- 

 duncles long, 2-flowered ; calyx angukr, 

 hairy ; carpels srtill, wrinkled , stem long. 

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