DESCRIPTION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 
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corymbosely cymose ; calyx lobes linear, much shorter than 
the rotate corolla ; lobes of the latter deep rose-color, obo- 
vate, fully long. Filaments filiform; style cleft to the 
middle, its lobes slightly clavate. Capsule globose. Pastures, 
edges of woodland sand barrens; common over the State. 
FI. July. The herb. 
Sabbatia brachiata, Ell. Centaury. Stem slightly angled 1-2° 
high ; leaves from lanceolate oblong to linear, mostly ob- 
tusely 3-nerved at base ; inflorescence thyrsiform-paniculate ; 
the lateral cymes naked-pedunculate and about 3-tlowered ; 
calyx-lobes narrowly linear, shorter than or nearly equalling 
the light rose-color or nearly white corolla; lobes of th e 
latter obovate-oblong, long. Abundant in the oak-barrens, 
f. i. at Tullahoma. The herb. 
Sabbatia gracilis, Pursh. Centaury. Stem slender, branches 
and peduncles filiform, branches alternate, calyx-tubes very 
short, girding the base of the capsule ; calyx-lobes very slen- 
der and as long as those of the corrolla (6-9" long) ; style 
2-cleft to the middle. Corolla bright rose-color, sometimes 
white. With the former. All three species answer the same 
purpose, and may be gathered together. They act as pure 
bitters, and make an indiginous substitute for gentian. FI. 
June- July. The herb. 
Gentiana Saponaria, L. Soapwort Gentian. Herbaceous pe- 
rennial 1-1 b° high, smooth or somewhat scabrous above; 
leaves from ovate-lanceolate or oblong to broadly lanceolate, 
2-3' long, more or less narrowed at the base ; calyx lobes from 
linear to spatulate-oblong, mostly equalling and sometimes 
exceeding the tube; corolla light blue, an inch or more long, 
its broad and roundish short lobe erect, little and often not 
at all longer than the 2-cleft and many-toothed intervening 
appendages. Seeds conspicuously winged. The herb. 
Gentiana ochroleuca, Froehl. Sampson Snakeroot. Smooth, 
rather stout, a span to a foot high, often branching; leaves 
ovate, or the upper oblong, all conspicuously narrowed at the 
base, 1-3' long, pale. Flowers sessile or nearly so in terminal 
