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GENTIANACEJE. (GENTIAN FAMILY.) 
axils ; leaves ovate-lanceolate from a heart-shaped closely clasping base , 
gradually tapering to a point; calyx-lobes ovate, shorter than the top¬ 
shaped tube , and many times shorter than the tube of the corolla , reflex- 
ed-spreading; corolla white more or less tinged with greenish or yellow¬ 
ish., inflated-club-shaped, at length open, its short and broad ovate lobes 
nearly twice the length of the toothed appendages ; anthers at first unit¬ 
ed ; pod nearly included ; seeds broadly winged. (G. fldvida, Gray, in 
Sill. Jour. ( n . ser.) 1. p. 80. G. ochroleuca, Sims., Darlingt ., Griseb. 
in part, &c.) — Glades and low grounds, S. W. New York and Penn, 
to Wisconsin. Aug. — Although the name given by Muhlenberg 
(which I have ascertained to belong here) is not the most appropriate, 
and was not published with a character, yet I revive it for this truly 
distinct but greatly misunderstood species, which is nearest to No. 8 
in the foliage, calyx, and seeds, while the corolla is more like No. 5, 
but with the color of No. 6. 
8. O. Andrewsii, Griseb. (Closed Gentian.) Stems up¬ 
right, smooth ; flowers closely sessile in terminal and upper axillary 
clusters; leaves ovate-lanceolate and lanceolate from a narrower base , 
gradually pointed, rough-margined; calyx-lobes ovate or oblong , re¬ 
curved, shorter than the top-shaped tube, and much shorter than the 
inflated club-shaped blue corolla, which is closed at the mouth, with the 
proper lobes obliterated , the apparent lobes consisting of the broad 
fringe-toothed and notched appendages; anthers united ; pod finally 
protruded beyond the persistent corolla ; seeds broadly winged. (G. Sa- 
ponaria, Frcel., fyc., not of L.) — Moist rich soil, common from New 
England to Wisconsin. Sept. — Corolla 17 or more long, blue fading 
to purplish, striped inside, the folds whitish, the orifice never ex¬ 
panding. 
* * Flower solitary and terminal, peduncled. 
9. G. angustifolia, Michx. (Narrow-leaved Gentian.) 
Stems slender and ascending (6 f -15''high), simple; leaves linear or 
the lower oblanceolate, rigid; corolla funnel-form, azure-blue ( 2 f 
long), about twice the length of the thread-like calyx-lobes, its ovate 
spreading lobes twice the length of the cut-toothed appendages ; the 
tube striped with yellowish. — Moist pine barrens, New Jersey and 
southward. Sept. - Nov. 
S.HAiLENIA, Borkh. Spurred Gentian. 
Calyx 4 - 5-parted. Corolla short bell-shaped, 4 - 5-cleft, with¬ 
out folds or fringe, prolonged at the base underneath the erect 
lobes into spurs, which are glandular in the bottom. Stigmas 2, 
sessile, persistent on the oblong flattish pod. Seeds rather nu¬ 
merous, oblong. — Small and upright herbs, with yellowish or 
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