Sabbatia. 



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1. Sabbatia stellaris, Pursh. 



Salt-marsh Centaury. 



Stem somewhat angular, sparingly and dichotomously branched ; the branches elongated, 

 one-flowered ; leaves lanceolate and obovate-lanceolate, rather acute ; segments of the calyx 

 linear- subulate, about half as long as the obovate segments of the corolla. — Pursh, fl. 1. 

 p. 137 ; Torr. fl. 1. p. 217; Beck, hot. p. 241 ; Griseb. Gent. p. 122. S. gracilis, Ell. 

 sk. 1. p. 284. Chironia stellata, Muhl. cat. p. 23? 



Biennial. Stem usually about a foot high, often branching from near the root, marked with 

 prominent lines which descend from the bases of the leaves. Lower leaves obovate-spatulate, 

 narrowed into a short petiole at the base : upper leaves about an inch long, varying from 

 narrowly lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. Flowers at the extremity of the long branches, forming 

 a loose corymb. Tube of the calyx turbinate ; the segments sometimes two-thirds as long as 

 the corolla, narrow and very acute. Corolla bright rose-color, with a yellow star in the centre, 

 surrounded with a deep red border. Anthers linear ; the cells opening longitudinally. Style 

 elongated after flowering : stigmas very long, at first erect, finally twisted. 



Brackish marshes in the neighborhood of New-York and on Long Island. Fl. August - 

 September. On the borders of sandy swamps, this species is sometimes only from one to 

 three inches high, and the stem one-flowered. 



Stem acutely 4-angled, somewhat winged ; leaves ovate, clasping ; peduncles elongated, 

 corymbed ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, much shorter than the obovate-elliptical lobes of 

 the corolla, the tube 5-angled. — Pursh, fl. I. p. 137; Ell. sk. I. p. 285 ; Torr.fl. 1. p. 218; 

 Beck, hot. p. 241 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 125 ; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 70 ; Griseb. Gent, 

 p. 124. Chironia angularis, Linn. sp. I. p. 190 ; Walt. fl. Car. p. 95 ; Michx. fl. 1. p. 146. 



Biennial. Stem erect, 1-2 feet high, with numerous opposite branches. Leaves about 

 an inch long, closely embracing the stem and slightly connate at the base, acute or obtuse, 

 indistinctly 5-nerved. Calyx usually less than half the length of the corolla ; the segments 

 somewhat carinate, acute. Corolla rose-colored, with a yellowish-green 5-rayed star in the 

 centre. Capsule oblong-ovoid, obtuse, mucronate. Seeds very numerous. 



Old fields, copses, etc. ; frequent in the southern part of the State, but not found in the 

 interior. Fl. July - August. This plant, like most others of the order, is very bitter, and 

 is used in domestic practice as a tonic. (See Wood Bache, U. S. Dispens. p. 565.) 



3. Sabbatia ciiloroides, Pursh. (PI. LXXXIV.) Large-Lowered Sabbatia. 



Stem somewhat angular, with few one -flowered elongated branches; leaves lanceolate, 

 erect; flowers 7 - 12-parted ; segments of the calyx linear, less than half the length of the 

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2. Sabbatia angularis, Pursh. (PI. LXXXIII.) 



American Centaury. 



