270 GENTIAN FAMILY. 



2. Pod nodding on the short recurved peduncle, rather ftishy, bursting irregular- 

 ly, otherwise a* in the foregoing section : flowers large, showy. Cult, from 

 intnii r>gions for ornament. (T) ^ 



D. Metel. Clammy-pubescent; leaves ovate, entire or obscurely angled- 

 toothed ; corolla white, the 10-toothed border 4' wide. 



D. meteloides. Cult, from New Mexico (sometimes under the name of 

 I). WKloiiTii ) ; like the other, Imt pa'e, almost smooth, the flower sweet-scented, 

 and the corolla with more expanded 5-toothed border 5' -6' wide, white or pale 

 violet. 



3. Flower and smooth '2-ceHcd pjd hang ing, the former very l<irge, G' - 10' long , 

 calyx splittint/ doic-n lengUuoue njter flower iny. Tropical American tree-* 

 like shrubs, cult, in conservatories : flowers sometimes double. 



D. arborea, has ovate or lance-oblong entire or angled pubescent leaves, 

 long teeth to the corolla, and unconnected anthers. 



D. suav^olens, has mostly entire and smooth leaves, short teeth to the 

 corolla and the anthers sticking together. 



13. OESTRUM. (Name given by the Greeks to some different plant, 

 the derivation obscure.) Shrubs of warm climates, chiefly American ; a few 

 cult, in conservatories. 



C. (Hegans, or HABROTHAMXUS ELEGANS, from Mexico, has the branches 

 and lower face of the ovate-lanceolate or oblong pointed leaves downy-pubescent, 

 terminal corymbs, and rose-purple club-shaped corollas less than 1' long. 



C. noctlirnum, from W. Ind. ; with smooth ovate leaves, and axillary 

 clusters of yellowish green slender flowers, very sweet-scented at night. 



C. Parqui, from Chi i ; has lanceolate smooth leaves very acute at both 

 ends, and a terminal panicle of crowded spikes or racemes of" tubular-funnel 

 form or partly club-shaped dull-yellow flowers, fragrant at night. 



14. LYCIUM. (Named from the country of the original species, Lycia.) 

 Trailing, climbing, or low spreading shrubs, usually spiny, with small leaves 

 often clustered on lateral spurs, and small flowers, in spring and summer. 

 L. vulgare, MATRIMONY VINE. From the Mediterranean region : planted, 



and sparingly running wild in some places, slightly thorny, with very long and 

 lithe recurved or almost climbing branches, oblong-spatulate leaves, slender 

 stalked flowers clustered in the axils, and pale greenish-purple 5-cleft corolla 

 about equalling the 5 stamens. 



L. Carolinianum. Wild in salt marshes S. : low, spiny, with fleshy 

 thickened almost club-shaped leaves, scattered small flowers, and 4-cleft purple 

 corolla shorter than the 4 stamens. 



85. GENTIANACE.EJ, GENTIAN FAMILY. 



Known generally from the other monopetalous plants with free 

 ovary by the 1 -celled ovary and pod with 2 parietal placenta 

 covered with small seeds along with regular flowers, their stamens 

 as many a the lobes of the corolla and alternate with them, and 

 the leaves opposite, simple, entire, and sessile, w.thout stipules. The 

 exceptions arc, that in some cases the ovules cover the whole inner 

 face of the ovary, and in one group the leaves are alternate and 

 even compound. They arc, nearly all vcrv Miiooth and bitter-tonic 

 plants, with colorless juice, the calyx persistent. Ours herbs, none 

 in common cultivation. 



1. Leaves o/t/ioaile or irlivrkft nnd entire, sessile. Corolla irith the, lobes 

 in the biul, s<>im linns oJtOplnltd in tin ni/mses. 



- Sfyle slender^ deciduous from the jxxl : anthers scon curving. 



1. SABRATIA. Calyx5-12-parted, the divisions slender. Corolla wheel-shaped. 

 6-12-parted. Style 2-parted. Pod globular, many-seeded. Slender herbs. 



