4 GENTIANACEAE. Vou. ITI. 
anthers linear or oblong, curved, revolute or coiled in anthesis. Ovary 1-celled, the placentae 
intruded; style 2-cleft or 2-parted, its lobes filiform, stigmatic along their inner sides. Cap- 
sule ovoid or globose, 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds small, reticulated. [In honor of L. 
and C. Sabbati, Italian botanists, according to Salisbury, Parad. Lond. pl. 32, therefore 
Sabbatia, though Adanson’s spelling was Sabatia.] 
About 18 species, natives of eastern North America, the West Indies and Mexico. Besides the 
following, some 6 others occur in the southern United States, Type species: Chironia dodecandra L, 
Flowers normally 4-5-parted, sometimes 6—7-parted, . 
Branches opposite. 
Style 2-parted to below the middle or nearly to the base; flowers white. 
Leaves lanceolate or ovate, acute; flowers 8’-12” broad. 1. S. lanceolata, 
Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse; flowers 6”—9” broad. 2. S. paniculata, 
Style 2-cleft to about the middle; flowers normally pink. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile ; stem slightly 4-angled, 3. S. brachiata, 
Leaves ovate, cordate-clasping; stem strongly 4-angled. 4. S.angularis. 
Branches alternate, the lower sometimes opposite in nos. 5 and 6, 
Calyx-segments foliaceous, longer than the corolla. 5. S.calycina, 
Calyx-segments linear or lanceolate, not longer than the corolla. 
Calyx-tube 5-ribbed; flowers 1’-2’ broad; leaves ovate to oblong. 6. S. campestris, 
Calyx-tube scarcely ribbed; flowers 1’-114’ broad; leaves linear to lanceolate. 
Calyx shorter than the corolla; style 2-parted. 
Flower pink with a yellow eye (rarely white) ; corolla-segments obovate. 
7. S. stellaris, 
Flowers white, very numerous; corolla-segments spatulate or oblanceolate. 
8. S. Elliottii. 
Calyx-segments filiform, as long as the corolla; style 2-cleft. 9. S.campanulata. 
Flowers normally 8-12-parted, 114’-214’ broad. 10. S. dodecandra. : 
1. Sabbatia lanceolata (Walt.) T. & G. 
Lance-leaved Sabbatia. Fig. 3336. 
Chironia lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 95. 1788. 
S. lanceolata T, & G.; A. Gray, Man. 356. 1848. 
Stem branched above, or simple, slender, some- 
what 4-angled, or terete below, 1°-3° high, the 
branches all opposite. Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 
acute, or the lower sometimes obtuse, 3-5-nerved, 
_ 1-2’ long, or the lowest shorter, the uppermost 
reduced to narrow bracts; flowers white, fading 
yellowish, 8-12’ broad, usually numerous in 
bracteolate corymbed cymes; pedicels slender, 
“97 long; calyx-lobes filiform-linear, much 
shorter than the corolla; corolla-segments oblong 
or slightly obovate; anthers recurved; style 
2-parted; capsule ovoid, about 3” high. 
In pine-barren swamps, New Jersey to Florida. 
May-Sept. 
2. Sabbatia paniculata (Michx.) Pursh. 
Branching Sabbatia. Fig. 3337. 
C, paniculata Michx, Fl. Bor. Am, 1: 146. 1803. 
S. paniculata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 138. 1814. 
Stem usually freely branching, 4-angled, 
1°-24° high, the branches all opposite. Leaves 
linear, linear-oblong, or lanceolate, obtuse, 
14’ long, the lower commonly shorter and 
broader, the uppermost small and bract-like; 
flowers white, 6-9” broad, usually very nu- 
merous 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; co- 
rolla-segments spatulate-oblong; anthers re- 
curved or coiled; style 2-parted; capsule ob- 
long, about 3” high. 
In dry or moist soil, Virginia to Florida, May- 
Sept. 
