Ty GENTIANACEAE. Vo. III. 
4. Dasystephana Saponaria (L.) Small, 
Soapwort or Blue-Gentian. Fig. 3356. 
Gentiana Saponaria L. Sp, Pl. 228. 1753+ 
Gentiana Catesbaei Walt. Fl, Car. 109. 1788. 
D. Saponaria Small, Fl, SE. U. S. 930. 1903. 
Perennial; stem erect or ascending, terete, 
slender, simple or with short erect axillary 
branches, glabrous, or minutely rough-puber- 
ulent above, 1°-23° high, leafy. Leaves lan- 
ceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, usually 
acute at both ends, 3-5-nerved, roughish-mar- 
gined, 2’-4’ long, the lowest obovate and 
smaller; flowers 1-2’ high, in sessile terminal 
and usually also axillary clusters of 1-5, 
2-bracteolate under the calyx; calyx-lobes 
oblong or spatulate, ciliolate; corolla blue, 
club-shaped, its lobes erect, obtuse, equalling 
or longer than the cleft or lacerate append- 
ages; anthers cohering in a tube; capsule stip- 
itate; seeds broadly winged. 
In wet soil, Ontario to Minnesota, Connecticut, 
Florida and Louisiana. Calathian violet. Harvest- 
bells, Rough or marsh-gentian. Sampson snake- 
root. Aug,—Oct. 
5. Dasystephana Andréwsii (Griseb.) Small. 
Closed Blue or Blind Gentian. Fig. 3357. 
?Gentiana alba Muhl. Cat, Ed. 2, 29. 1818. 
?Gentiana clausa Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 210. 1832. 
G. Andrewsti Griseb. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Am.2:55. 1834. 
D, Andrewsii Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 930. 1903. 
Perennial; stout, glabrous, 1°-2° high, simple, 
leafy. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 3-7-nerved, acu- 
minate at the apex, narrowed or sometimes rounded 
at the base, 2’-4’ long, rough-margined, the lowest 
oblong or obovate, smaller; flowers 1’-14’ high 
in a terminal sessile cluster and commonly 1 or 2 
in the upper axils, 2-bracteolate under the calyx; 
calyx-lobes lanceolate or ovate, ciliolate, usually 
spreading; corolla oblong, club-shaped, blue, or 
occasionally white, nearly or quite closed, its lobes 
obsolete, the intervening appendages very broad, 
light colored, opposite the stamens; anthers coher- 
ing in a tube; capsule stipitate; seeds oblong, 
winged. 
In moist soil, Quebec to Manitoba, Georgia and Ne- 
braska. Cloistered-heart. Bottle- or barrel-gentian. 
Aug.-Oct. 
6. Dasystephana flavida (A. Gray) Brit- 
ton. Yellowish Gentian. Fig. 3358. 
G. flavida A, Gray, Am, Journ. Sci. (II.) 1:80. 1846, 
G, alba A, Gray, Man, 360. 1848. Not Muhl. 1818, 
Perennial; stem stout, terete, glabrous, sim- 
ple, erect or ascending, 1°-3° high. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, smooth-mar- 
gined, acuminate at the apex, subcordate, clasp- 
ing or rounded at the base, 2-5’ long, 1’~2’ wide; 
flowers several or numerous in a sessile terminal 
cluster and sometimes 1 or 2 in the upper axils, 
14’-2’ high, 2-bracteolate under the calyx; 
calyx-lobes ovate, acute, smooth or minutely 
rough-margined, shorter than the tube, at length 
spreading; corolla campanulate-funnelform, 
open, greenish or yellowish white, its lobes 
ovate, acute or obtuse, twice as long as the 
erose-denticulate appendages; anthers cohering 
in a tube; capsule stipitate; seeds winged. 
In, moist soil, Ontario to Minnesota, Missouri, 
Virginia and Kentucky. Aug.—Oct. 
