POLEMONIACEZ. (GILIA FAMILY.) i) 
1. ERYTHRBA, Pers. 
Stamens inserted on the throat of the corolla; filaments slender; anthers oblong or 
linear, twisting spirally after shedding the pollen. Style filiform; stigma wedge-shaped 
or fan-like. Capsule oblong, tapering upward.—Corolla occasionally only 4-parted. 
1. EH. trichantha, Grise. A span or less high, branched; lobes of the rose-red corolla 
lanceolate, fully half the length of the tube at the time of expansion, 3 or 4 limes long; 
ealyx-lobes filiform, 3-angled. 
2. HE. Muhlenbergii, Grise. Two inches to a span high, simple or branched; leaves 
oblong, half an inch long; lobes of the corolla oval, very obtuse, becoming oblong, 
rose-red. 
2. MICROCALA, Link, 
Anthers round-cordate. Stigma peltate-dilated, at length separating or separable into 
2 plates, 
1. M. quadrangularis, Grise. An inch or two high, filiform, simple and 1-flowered, 
or branched at the base, with 1 to 3 pairs of minute oval or oblong leaves; peduncles 
naked, square; calyx short, square; corolla saffron-yellow. 
3. GEHNTIANA, L. GeEntTran. 
Calyx 4-5-toothed or cleft. Corolla 4-5-lobed, often with plaited and toothed folds in 
the sinuses, Stamens included; anthers sometimes cohering. Style none or very shest; 
stigmas 2, thin and flat. 
l. G. affinis, Grise., var. ovata, Gr. <A span toa foot or two high; leaves ovate 
or oblong; flowers mostly 5 or more, in a leafy thyrsus; corolla blue, an inch or more in 
length; appendages mostly 2-cleft or 2-4-cuspidate, shorter than the round-ovate lobes. 
4 MENYANTHES, Tourn. Buckpean. 
The campanulate corolla densely white-bearded on the upper surface, the lobes with 
the margins turned inward in the bud, 
1. M. trifoliata, L. The alternate leaves long petioled, 3-foliolate; scape termi- 
nated by a short raceme of white or pinkish flowers; anthers dark-brown, sagittate.—In 
shallow water or on wet ground. 
Over 38. POLEMONIACEA, 
Chiefly herbs with simple or divided leaves, and no stipules; all the parts of the regn- 
lar flower five, except the pistil, which has a 3-celled ovary and a 3-lobed style. Calyx 
imbricated in the bud, persistent. Corolla convolute in the bud. Stamens on the corolla 
alternate with its lobes distinct; anthers introse.—In Gilia the cells of the ovary and the 
stigmas are occasionally reduced to two. 
