288 GEXTIAXACEJE. 



. .-h-ovate, mostly obtuse, erector converging lobes, which arc longer than the 



ind minutely-toothed appendages ; anl'itrs united. 



idows and sides of stream-*, commm. Sept., Oet. A very variable species, 



embracing several varieties anJnoiniQ.il species, 12to IS inches high, simple, erect, 



h, with opposite smooth leave-. Pitmen 1% inch long, erect, bright Hue, 



Bile in branches at the top of the stem,, and often -solitary in the upper axils. 



3. G. ocliroleuca, Frcel. Yellowish- White Gentian. 



Sum ascending, mostly smooth; leave* obovate-oblong, the lowest broadly obf> 

 'tu.se, the upper ones lanceolate, ail nerved at the base; jloxocn in a dense 

 terminal cluster; calyx-kibes linear, unequal, longer than the tubs; corolla club- 

 fehafed, apex conniveut or slightly expanding, lobes ovate, obtuse, the folds en- 

 :ute short; anthers free. 

 Dry grounds, rare. Sept, Oct Stem 3 to 13 inches high, simple, stout. Z 

 clasping or sessile, 2 t >4 I 2 inches long 



inch thick. ChroUa open at top, greenish-white, painted inside 

 ripes. 



4. G. alba, Muhl. Whitish Gentian. 



ovate-lanceolate' from a h 

 closely clasping base : calyx-lobes orate, shorter than the top-shaped tube, and much 



t than the tube of the corolla: c ited club-shap . 



the short and broad ovate lobes nearly twice as long as 11 

 ■3 at first united; capsule nearly included. 

 Glades and low grounds. Aug. Stem 12 to IS inches high, with the fl 

 closely sessile an I mush crowded in a 1 mse terminal el.. 

 clustered in the upper axils. C 



or less tinged with greenish or yellowish. This has g -u -rally 

 vita S. ochroleuea, but Prof. Gray con-uders it a vary d - 

 authority I have here inserted it, as indiginous to this Sta 



*** '.' - .; ; i-V'. fimbri k an the margins; aun ML 



5. G. crinita, Froel. Fringed Gentian. 

 i erect, branched al 



lanceolate, with a partly heart-shaped 

 calyx unequal, ovat ■■• fend lanceolate ; corofkhtttbe bell-eb 

 with weebj . strongly fringed around the summit. 



Low grounds and hill- a beautiful species G to 12 inches 



. and smooth, with long branches slightly curved at th.> base, bee 

 and sirui'-ht. each bearing 'I leaves at the middle raid a single 

 Leaves 1 to 2 inches lung, *£ to }.- 2 inch wide, broadest at the bas« 



I . ng, sky blue, finely fringed on the margin, expanding in sunshine. 



5. M-ENYAXTIIES, Tourn. Buckbeax. 



Gr. men, month, and unt.hcs, a newer: because the plant blossoms about that length 

 of time. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla short funnel-form, 5-partcd, 

 deciduous; limb spreading, 5-lobed, equal, white, beat 

 within. Stamens 5. Style slender, persistent St: 

 2-lobed. Capsule 1-celled, bursting somewhat irregularly, 

 many seeded. — A jxroudal herb, icith a thickish creeping 

 rootstoch, sheathed by the membra neons, oases of the long petioles, 

 which bear 3 oval or oblong leaflets at the summit, and white 

 vr slijhtbj reddish flowers, raccmed on the mdeed scape. 



