Voi,. II.] 



GENTIAN FAMILY 



i. Sabbatia lanceolata (Walt.) T.&G. 

 L,ance-leaved Sabbatia. (Fig. 2855.) 



Chironia lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 95. 1788. 

 5. lanceolata T. & G.; A. Gray, Man. 356. 1848. 



Stem branched above, or simple, slender, 

 somewhat 4-angled, or terete below, i-3 high, 

 the branches all opposite. Leaves lanceolate to 

 ovate, acute, or the lower sometimes obtuse, 

 3-5-nerved, i'-2' long, or the lowest shorter, 

 the uppermost reduced to narrow bracts; flow- 

 ers white, fading yellowish, 8 // -i2 // broad, 

 usually numerous in bracteolate corymbed 

 cymes; pedicels slender, 2 // -7 // long; calyx- 

 lobes filiform-linear, much shorter than the 

 corolla; corolla-segments oblong or slightly ob- 

 ovate; anthers recurved; styles-parted; capsule 

 ovoid, about 3" high. 



In pine-barren swamps, New Jersey to Florida. 

 May-Sept. 



3. Sabbatia angustifdlia (Michx.) 



Britton. Narrow-leaved Sabbatia. 



(Fig. 2857.) 



Chironia angularis var. angustifolia Michx. Fl. 



Bor. Am. i: 146. 1803. 

 S. brachiata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 284. 1817. 



Stem slender, branched above, slightly 4- 

 angled, i-2 high, the branches all opposite. 

 Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, or the upper acute, sessile, i'-2' 

 long, the uppermost small and bract-like; 

 flowers pink with a yellowish or greenish 

 eye, few in the racemed or short-corymbed 

 cymes, or solitary at the ends of the branches, 

 about i' broad; calyx-lobes linear, usually 

 more than one-half the length of the corolla; 

 corolla-segments obovate-oblong; style 2-cleft 

 to about the middle; capsule oblong, 3 // -4 // 

 high. 



In dry or moist soil, Indiana to Louisiana, east 

 to North Carolina and Florida. May-Sept. 



2. Sabbatia paniculata (Michx.) 



Pursh. Branching Sabbatia. 



(Fig. 2856.) 



C. paniculata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i: 146. 1803. 

 S. paniculata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 138. 1814. 

 Stem usually freely branching, 4-angled, 

 i-2^ high, the branches all opposite. 

 Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or lanceolate, 

 obtuse, %'-i%' long, the lower commonly 

 shorter and broader, the uppermost small 

 and bract-like; flowers white, 6"-q" broad, 

 usually very numerous in corymbed cymes; 

 pedicels mostly short, the central flowers of 

 the cymes often nearly sessile; calyx-lobes 

 linear, not more than one-half the length of 

 the corolla; corolla-segments spatulate-ob- 

 long; anthers recurved or coiled; style 2- 

 parted; capsule oblong, about 3" high. 



In dry or moist soil, Virginia to Florida. 

 May- Sept 



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