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leaves in sixes, branch leavesin fours; ped- 
ancles terminal, elongated, mostly 3 ilow- 
ered. Wet woods. Stem weak and 
branching; leaves very narrow; corolla 
mostly 4-cleft. Used as a red dye. 
obtu'sum, (E. w. J. li) stem smooth; 
procumbent leaves in fours, oblanceolate, 
obtuse, rough on the margin and midrib. 
brachia'tum. (bed-straw, E. w. Ju. 2-f.) 
stem hmber, long, brachiate-ramose, hispid ; 
branches short ; leaves in sixes, lance-ob- 
long, acuminate, glabrous, margin and keel 
ciliate ; branches whorled, the longest di- 
chotomous ; pedicels 2-iiowered ; fi-uit with 
books. 
apari'ne,{W.w. J. ^ .) stem limber, sca- 
brous backwards; leaves in about eights, 
linear, and linear-oblanceolate, mucronate, 
hispid above, -margin and keel prickly ; fruit 
hook-bri.stled. 3-4 f 
trifio'rnm, (O. w. Ju. 2^.) stem procum- 
bent, smoothish ; leaves in fives or sixes, 
lance-obovate, mucronate, glabrous, scarce- 
ly ciliate at the margin ; branchlets 3 flow- 
ered at the end ; flowers pedicelled ; fruit 
small. 
boren'le, (O. w. Ju. IX) stem stiflly erect, 
smoothish, branching ; branches short erect; 
leaves in fours, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 
3-nerved, with involute scabrous margins; 
flowers panicled. terminal; fruit minutely 
hook-bristled. 12-24 i. 
circee'zans, (w-y. J. TJ.-) stem erect, 
smooth or slightly pubescent on the angles ; 
leaves in fours, oval, obtuse, smooth, mar- 
gin and nerves ciliate ; peduncles short, 
divaricate, few-flowered; flowers remote, 
sub-sessile, alternate ; fruit nodding, with 
hooked bristles. 6-12 i. 
lanceola'tnm, (p. Ju. 2_f.) stem erect, veiy 
smooth, with remote joints; leaves in fours, 
lanceolate, generally acute, smooth, 3-ner- 
ved, margin sub-cihate ; peduncles long, 
divaricate; fruit sub-3essile,uodding,covered 
with hooked bristles. 1 f. 
latifo"lium, (p. Ju.) stem erect, smooth ; 
leaves by fours, oval, acute, membranous, 
the margins somewhat hispid; peduncles 
divaricate, loosely many-flowei'ed. iS'. 
nnifio'ruvi, (p. J. 2X-) stem ass urgent, 
smooth; leaves generally by fours, linear, 
acute, revolute ; peduncles generally soli- 
tary, 1 -flowered. 1012 i. S. 
hispidu'him, stem procumbent, pubescent, 
much branched ; leaves by fours, lanceolate, 
dotted, scabrous. S. 
GAULTHE'RI.A.. 10— 1. (Erica:.) [From 
GauUhier, a physician and naturalist.] 
procum'bens, (spicy wintergreen, w. J. 
Li. or ^.) stem procumbent; branches 
erect; leaves obovate, acute at the base; 
flowers few, nodding. Berries red, con- 
sisting in part of the permanent calyx ; a 
little mealy ; pleasant tasted. 
l.ispidu la, (creeping wintergreen, w. M. 
fp.) stem creeping, hispid; leaves oval, 
acute ; flowers solitary, axillary, sub-ses- 
Hile, having but 8 stamens, short-bell- 
orm. 
shaV'lon, (w. J. 1?.) erect, fruticose ; leaves 
o/ate, sub-cordate, serrulate; raceme I- 
I sided, bracted ; pedicels 2-bracted In tho 
j middle. S. 
GAU'RA. 3—1. (Onigrm.) 
bieH"ms, (r-y. Au. $ .) stem having leavoa 
] purplish, sessile, lanceolate, toothed ; flow- 
ers in terminal spikes. Banks of streams. 
angustifo'lia, (w. Ju. 2^.) leaves clus- 
tered, linear, repand, undulate; fruit ob- 
long, 4 angled, acute at each end. 3 f. 
moV'lis, leaves lanceolate, entire, clothed 
with soft hairs. 
GELSEMI'NUM, 5—2. (BignoneeB.) 
sempervi'rens, (y. March, 2J.-) stem twi 
ning, smooth, glabrous; leaves opposite, 
perennial, lanceolate, entire, dark green 
above, paler beneath ; petioles short. S. 
Nearly allied to Bignonia. 
GEN1S"TA. 16-10. (Leguminosee.) [From 
genu, a knee, on account of its joints.] 
iincto'rea, (dyer's broom, y. ,Tu. ^ .) root 
creeping ; stem sub-erect, suffruticose ; 
branches terete, striate, erect ; leaves lan- 
ceolate, smooth ; flowers in spiked racemes , 
legumes smooth. Hills. Introduced. Af- 
fords a yellow dye. Ex. 
GENTIA'NA. 5—2. (Gentiance.) [From Gen 
tins, king of lllyria.] 
quhiqiiefio'ra, stem square, branched 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, sub-clasping, acute 
3 nerved ; flowers somewhat in fives, axil- 
lary and terminal; corolla sub-campanu 
late, 5-cleft, segments lanceolate, mucro 
nate; calyx very short. Woods. Aug 
Flowers small, pale blue. 
ochroleu'ca, large flowers, yellowish- 
white, striped inside with blue and purple. 
crini't.a, (fringed gentian, b. Sept. 2^.) 
stem terete ; branches long, 1-flowered 
leaves lanceolate, acute ; corolla 4-cleft,, 
divisions obovate, gash ciliate. 18 1. 
sapond'ria, (b. Oct. 21.) leaves ovate, 
lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved ; flowers whorl- 
capitate, ses.sile ; corolla ventricose, closed, 
10-cleft, interior segments unequally 3-cleft, 
as long as the exterior ones ; segments of 
the calyx ovate, shorter than the tube. 18 L 
Soap gentian. 
lu'lea, (yellow gentian, y.) leaves broad 
ovate, nerved ; corollas about 5-cleft, wheel- 
form, whorled. 
c.ate^"baei, (Oc.) rough; leaves narrow- 
lanceoiate ; segments of the calyx linear- 
lanceolate, twice as long as the tube ; co- 
rolla with the border erect, the interior seg« 
ments short, 2-cleft, fimbriate. <S. 
GERA'NIUM. 1.5—10. (Gentianm.) [From ge 
ranos, a crane, because its pistil is long, like 
a crane's bill.] 
mncula' turn, (crow-foot geranium, r. and 
b. J. 11.) erect; pubescence reversed : stem 
dichotomous ; leaves oppo.site, 3-5 parted, 
gashed, upper ones sessile ; peduncles 
2-flowered ; petals obovate. 1-2 f. 
saagn.in''eum, (bloody geranium, 2^.) pe- 
duncle 1-flowered ; leaves 5-parted, 3-cleft. 
orbicular; capsule bristly at the top. Ex. 
rohertia'num, (herb-robert, p. Sept. ^) 
leaves ternate or quinate, pinnatitid , pe- 
duncles long, 2-flowered ; calyx angular 
hairy ; carpels srtiU, wrinkled , stem long 
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