PENTANDRIA M0X0GYK1A 125 



4. L, hybrida, JkTx* Stem smooth, somewhat branched; loaves 

 mostly opposite, lanceolate, acute at each end, on short ciliate petioles 4 



flowers nodding ; corolla about as long as the calyx. Beck, But. p. 390* 



h. angustifolia 1 MuhL Catal. p. 20. Bart. Phil I, />. 105. Not o> 

 Jlfx* lYutt. Pursk, nor Eat. 



L. hetcrophylla \ EIL Sk. 1. p. 235. Also? J/>. % 7;?i. 1./;. 127. Pers- 

 Syn. I. /a L72, JVtitt. Gen. 1. p. 121. Eat. Jllun. p. 216. 



HVBHlD LySIMACHI A. 



A'" nnial. «S7e?/a about two feet high, angular, grooved, branching from tfc«: 



Leaves 2 to 3 inches l«»n. . and one third to half an inch wide, lanceolate, 



,i »t punctate, tapering at base to a sparingly ciliate petiole, one fourth to 



half an inch long, mostly opposite ; those near tot ends of the 1 ranches somewhat 



in fours. Peduncles 1 to 2 inches long, opposite, 01 id fours where the leaves arc 



$ '■ < ' ' } ys>8i frnenis ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla yeTl »w, a little longer 



than lit 1 alj x : lobes abruptly a> uminate, crenulate. Stamens nearly equal, will; 



intermediate short processes ; filaments glandular; anthers at length recurved. 



; Ived, many-seeded. 



^wamps, tn the Mica-elate range : n< imon. Fl. July — Aug. £V.Sept. 



Obs. Dr. Torrey thinks this is scarcely more than a variety of the preceding 

 It is certainly aearly allied to it, in nt&ny respects; but seems to have some good 

 •ishing characters. It was first collected, here, in 192£, by D. Townsknd, 

 Ksq. f >; or seven additional species are enumerated in the U. States; — some of 

 Whi , vi r. are not very well established. 



96. SABBATIA. Jdans. Jfutt. den. 206. 

 [Named after Liberalus Sabbuti; an Italian Botanist. j 



Calyx g to 12 parted, Corolla sub-rotate, 5 to 12-parted. Stamen 

 • (sometimes (>). Jlnthers at length revolute. Stigmas % Z y spiral* 

 CapsuU 2-valved, many -seeded. 

 JI< rbateous : leaves opposite ; flowers terminal on the sub&stigiate or corymbose 



. .\'at. Ord< ] { J7. Li/uii. Q&HTLkHS&i 



I. &4 4noular28, Pursh. Stem acutely 4-ang!ed, somewhat winged; 

 leaves uvate, amplcxicaul ; peduncles elongated, corymbed ; calyx-seg- 

 Stents mostly 5, linear-lanceolate, much shorter than the corolla. Beck* 



Hot. p. 241. 



Chiroiua angularis. ffllld. Sp. 1. /;. 1067. Mx. Jm. I. p. 146. Pcre, 

 Syn. 1. p. 282. Mulil Catal. p. 24. 



A^t't l\h Saimiatia. Fulgo — Centaury. 



Root annual I (annual and biennial, 2o;t.). Stem 12 to 18 inch. . nigh, branched* 

 smooth; branches opjH»siie and erect, somewhat corymbose. Leaves about an 

 Inch Lo&f, and three 1 airths of an inch wide, ovate, or oblong- -ate, rather acute, 

 sessile aiul closely embracing the stem. Calyx mostly .Vpar -d, (sometimes 6-j Kir- 

 ted, and ihcn hexafi'h ous), scarcely halftlie length of the 1 »n»lla. Corolla pale 

 red, or r>se colored; 1 «bes ol>ovate, obtuse, veined, narrowed below. Stigmas 

 linear, spirally twisted,— as also, finally, is the style. Capsule oblong-ovoid, ma- 

 cronatc, with a keeled suture on- each side. Seeds very numerous, small, browa r 

 •crobiculate, or rugosely pitted- (under a lens). 



Mob. Stnriie old fields : Serpentine ridge : frequent. Fl. July— Aug. Fr. Sept. 



Qbs* i'his handsome plant is intensely bitter, and deservedly popular as a tonic 

 medicine, Setea or eight additional species are enumerated in the U. States. 



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