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C.F.NTIANACK.E. (GENTIAN FAMILY.) 



than the erect linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes ; the ovate lobes twice as long as 

 the nearly entire appendages; seeds wingless. — Dry sandy woods, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Sept. and Oct. — Stem 6'- 12' high. Corolla U' long, striped 

 within with green and purple veins. Anthers separate. 



4. G. Elliottii. Stem rough and slightly pubescent ; leaves lanceolate ot 

 linear-lanceolate, rough-margined; clusters axillary and terminal; calyx-lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, twice as long as the tube ; corolla large, open, bright-bine, 

 lined within with yellow and deeper blue, the erect or spreading ovate acute 

 lohes twice as long as the 2-cleft fimbriate appendages ; seeds lanceolate, nar- 

 rowly winged, covering the entire inner face of the valves. (G. Catesbari, Ell ) 

 — Banks of streams and ditches, in the lower and middle districts. Oct. — Stem 

 1°- 1}° high. Corolla lj' long. Flowers rarely solitary. 



Var. parvifolia. Stem tall (2° high), slender; leaves short (^'-l' long), 

 sessile, ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded or cordate at the base, rigid ; calyx-lobes 

 erect, lanceolate, twice as long as the tube; appendages of the corolla broad, 

 unequally 2-cleft, fimbriate. — Fine-barren swamps near the coast, Georgia and 

 Florida. — Corolla 2' long. 



Var. ? latifolia. Stem low (6' - 12' high), rigid ; leaves (2' -3' long) mem- 

 branaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute at each end ; calyx-lobes linear, shorter 

 than the tube, spreading ; appendages of the corolla equally divided into two 

 slender bristle-pointed nearly entire lobes. — Fiver-banks, Middle Florida. — 

 Corolla I'- 1^ long. 



5. G. Saponaria, L. Stem smooth ; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 narrowed at the base, rough-margined ; calyx-lobes linear or spatulate, acute, half 

 as long as the corolla; corolla light blue ; the lobes short and broad, obtuse, 

 erect, or converging, longer than the 2-cleft minutely-toothed appendages ; seeds 

 acute, narrowly winged, covering the valves. (G. Catesbsei, Waft)— Moist 

 woods on the mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct. — 

 Flowers clustered. 



6. G. Andrewsii, Griseb. Stem smooth (l°-2° high); leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, narrowed at the base; flowers clustered, axillary and terminal; 

 calyx-lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube; corolla (l'long) club-shaped, 

 inflated, closed ; the broad and rounded lohes shorter than the slightly toothed 

 appendages ; capsule at length partly exserted; seeds broadly winged. [G. Sa- 

 ponaria, Fred.) — Mountains of North Carolina, and northward. Sept. and Oct. 



7. G. angUStifolia, Michx. Stem low, smooth, 1 -flowered ; leaves linear, 

 fleshy ; calyx-lobes linear, erect, half as long as the corolla ; corolla large, bright 

 blue, the lobes ovate, twice as long as the broad toothed appendages. — Varies 

 with the corolla, green without and white within. — Low pine barrens, Florida to 

 North Carolina. Nov. and Dee. — Stem 4'- 10' high. Corolla 2' long. 



4. BARTONIA, Muhl. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla 4-parted. Stamens 4 : anthers 

 . Capsule L-celled, 2-valved, septicidaL Seeds coverin: 



small. Stigmas 

 • the inner surfaeo 





