VOL. II.] 



GENTIAN FAMILY. 



7. Sabbatia stellaris Pursh. Sea or Marsh Pink. 



Sabbatia stellaris Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i: 137. 1814. 

 Chironia stellata Muhl. Cat. Ed. 2, 23. 1818. 



Stem nearly terete, or slightly 4-angled, 

 usually much branched, 6 / -2 high, the branches 

 alternate. Leaves lanceolate-oblong to linear, 

 sessile, X /-2/ l n g> 2// ~5 x/ wide, or the lowest 

 smaller, somewhat obovate and obtuse, the 

 uppermost narrowly linear and bract-like; 

 flowers 9 // -l8 // broad, usually numerous, soli- 

 tary at the ends of the branches or slender 

 peduncles; calyx not ribbed, its lobes narrowly 

 linear, shorter than or nearly equalling the ob- 

 long or obovate corolla-segments; corolla pink 

 to white with a yellowish starry eye bordered 

 with red; style 2-cleft to below the middle; 

 capsule about 2^" high. 



In salt-meadows, coast of Maine to Florida. 

 Called also Rose-of-Plymouth. July-Sept. 



(Fig. 2861.) 



8. Sabbatia Elliottii Steud. Elliott's 

 Sabbatia. (Fig. 2862.) 



Swertia difformis L. Sp. PI. 226. 1753 ? 

 Sabbatia paniculata Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: 



282. 1817. Not Pursh, 1814. 

 5. Elliottii Steud. Nomencl. Ed. 2, 2: 489. 1841. 



Stem paniculately branched, terete or 

 slightly ridged, i-2 high, the branches 

 alternate. Lower leaves obovate or lanceo- 

 late-oblong, obtuse, 6 // ~9 // long, the upper 

 and those of the branches narrowly linear 

 or subulate; flowers very numerous, white, 

 solitary at the ends of the branches and 

 short peduncles, \ f broad or less; calyx not 

 ribbed, its lobes subulate-linear, one-half as 

 long as the spatulate or oblanceolate seg- 

 ments of the corolla, or less; style 2-parted; 

 capsule about 2^ x/ high. 



In pine-barrens, North Carolina to Florida. 

 Doubtfully reported from Virginia, but probably 

 occurs there. July- Sept. 



9. Sabbatia campanulata (L/. ) Torr. 

 Slender Marsh Pink. (Fig. 2863.) 



Chironia campanulata L. Sp. PI. 190. 1753. 

 Chironia gracilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i : 146. 1803. 

 Sabbatia gracilis Salisb. Parad. Lond. pi. ?2. 1806. 

 Sabbatia campanulata Torr. Fl. U. S. i: 217. 1824. 



Similar to the preceding species. Stem usually 

 very slender and much branched, i-2 high, 

 the branches alternate. Leaves linear, or linear- 

 lanceolate, I'-r^' long, sessile, acute, or the 

 lowest much shorter, obtuse, oblong or oblan- 

 ceolate, sometimes narrowed into short petioles, 

 the uppermost almost filiform; flowers pink 

 with a yellow eye, about i' broad, solitary at 

 the ends of the branches and peduncles, mostly 

 5-parted; calyx-lobes filiform-linear, equalling 

 the oblong-obovate corolla-segments, or some- 

 what shorter; style 2-cleft to about the middle; 

 capsule obovoid, about 2)4" high. 



In salt marshes and along brackish rivers, rarely 

 in fresh-water swamps, Nantucket to Florida and 

 Louisiana. Also in Cuba. May-Aug. 



