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PENTANDRiA BiGYNiA. Gentiana. 
linearis. 
amarelloides. 
acuta . 
angustifolia. 
Icon. Pluk aim t. 186./. 1. 
In dry sandy fields and on gravelly hills : Pensylvania to 
Florida j more scarce. I/. Aug. Sept. v.v. Not 
so tall as the preceding species ; flowers outside of a 
yellowish- green, inside, blue and striped with purple. 
That the present plant is the same with G. villosa , 
there remains no doubt, having seen the Gronovian 
specimen in the Banksian Herbarium, which is the 
same with G. Saponaria of Walter, and G. ochroleuca 
of Frcelich. 
5. G. caule asperiusculo, foliis lineari -lanceolatis undulosis 
uti calyces ciliolatis, floribus 5-fidis campanulatis ter- 
minalibus sessilibus congestis, laciniis brevibus obtu- 
sis, plicis interioribus laciniis denticulatis. — Willd.sp. 
pl 1. p. 1330. 
G puberula. Midi. fl. amer. 1. p. 1/6. 
In valleys, on the mountains of Pensylvania and Virginia. 
I/ . Aug. v. v. Flowers large, blue. 
6. G. caule quadrangulo ramoso, foliis semiamplexicaulibus 
ovalibus acutis trinervibus, floribus 5-fidis tubuloso- 
campanulatis fauce glabris terminalibus et lateralibus 
ternis quinisve subpedicellatis, laciniis lanceolatis acu- 
minatis, plicis simplicibus, calycibus brevissimis an- 
gustis. — Midi. Jl. amer. 1. p 1 75. 
G. quinqueflora. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p. 1339* 
On hills, in shady dry places : New York to Kentucky. 
S • July , Aug. v. v . Flowers small, pale blue, not 
yellow as they are represented by Michaux. 
7. G* caule 4-gono, foliis sessilibus subamplexicaulibus 
erectis oblongo-ovatis acutissimis, floribus fasciculatis 
terminalibus et lateralibus, corollis 5-fidis, laciniis li- 
neari- lanceolatis, plicis ciliatis. Midi. Jl. amer. 1. 
p. 177. 
On the high mountains of Carolina and in Canada. 
Michaux. + . Flowers very small, greenish-yellow. 
8. G, caule tereti simplici unifloro, foliis angusto-linearibus 
patulis, corollis 5-fidis, laciniis ovalibus, plicis inte- 
rioribus laciniis laceris. — Mich.Jl. amer. 1. p . 2 77- 
G. purpurea. Walt.jl. car. 109. 
In meadows and near rivers, in sandy soil : New Jersey 
to Carolina. 1( . Aug. Sept. v % v. Flowers large, 
a beautiful azure blue. 
