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GENTIANACEAE. 



[Vol.. II. 



9. Gentiana Ellidttii Chapm. Elliott's Gentian. (Fig. 2874.) 



Gentiana Calesbaei Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. i: -no 



1817. Not Walt. 1788. 



Gentiana Elliottii Chapm. Fl. S. States, 356. 1860. 

 Gentiana scaberrima Kusnezow, Act. Hort. Petrop. 



13: 59- 1893. 



Perennial; roots a cluster of thick fibres; 

 stems slender, leafy, terete, minutely rough- 

 puberulent, simple, S'-2 high. Leaves ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acutish at the apex, 

 rounded at the base, thin, roughish-inargined, 

 i'-2' long, 3-nerved, or the lower much smaller 

 and obtuse; flowers 1-4, terminal, or rarely i or 

 2 in the upper axils, about 2' long, sessile, 2- 

 bracteolate under the calyx; calyx-lobes oblong 

 or lanceolate, foliaceous, longer than the tube; 

 corolla campanulate-funnelform, blue, its lobes 

 ovate, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, entire, 

 3"-4" long, about twice as long as the fimbriate 

 or toothed appendages; anthers cohering in a 

 tube; seeds oblong, broadly winged. 



In moist soil, Virginia to Florida. Sept.-Oct. 



io. Gentiana Saponaria L. Soap- 

 wort Gentian. (Fig. 2875.) 



Gentiana Saponaria L. Sp. PI. 228. 1753. 

 Gentiana Calesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 109. 1788. 



Perennial; stem erect or ascending, terete, 

 slender, simple or with short erect axillary 

 branches, glabrous, or minutely rough-puber- 

 ulent above, l-2>4 high, leafy. Leaves 

 lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 usually acute at both ends, 3-5-nerved, 

 roughish-margined, 2 / -4 / long, the lowest 

 obovate and smaller; flowers i'-2' high, in 

 sessile terminal and usually also axillary 

 clusters of 1-5, 2-bracteolatc under the calyx; 

 calyx-lobes oblong or spatulate, ciliolate; 

 corolla blue, club-shaped, its lobes erect, ob- 

 tuse, equalling or longer than the cleft or 

 lacerate appendages; anthers cohering in a 

 tube; capsule stipitate; seeds broadly winged. 



In wet soil, Ontario to Minnesota, Florida and 

 Louisiana. Aug. -Oct. 



ii. Gentiana Andre wsii Griseb. Closed 

 .or Blind Gentian. (Fig. 2876.) 



Gentiana alba Muhl. Cat. Ed. 2, 29. 1818? 

 Gentiana Andreivsii Griseb. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 



a: 55- 1834- 



Perennial; similar to the preceding species, 

 stout, glabrous, i-2 high, simple, leafy. Leaves 

 ovate to lanceolate, 3-7-nerved, acuminate at the 

 apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded at the 

 base, 2 / -4 / long, rough-margined, the lowest ob- 

 long or obovate, smaller; flowers I'-iJ^' high in 

 a terminal sessile cluster and commonly i or 2 in 

 the upper axils, 2-bracteolatc under the calyx; 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate or ovate, ciliolate, usually 

 spreading; corolla oblong, club-shaped, blue, or oc- 

 casionally white, nearly or quite closed, its lobes 

 obsolete, the intervening appendages very broad, 

 light colored, opposite the stamens; anthers coher- 

 inginatube;capsulestipitate;seedsoblong, winged. 



In moist soil. Quebec to the Northwest Territory, 

 Georgia and Missouri. Aug.-Oct. 



