. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 1. Frasera carolinensis Walt. American Columbo. Fig. 3364. Frasera carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 87. 1788. Stem 3°-7° high, stout. Leaves mostly verti- cillate in 4's, those of the stem lanceolate or oblong, acute or acutish, 3'-6' long, the basal ones spatulate or oblanceolate, usually much larger, the uppermost small and bract-like; inflorescence •. thyrsoid-pa
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 1. Frasera carolinensis Walt. American Columbo. Fig. 3364. Frasera carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 87. 1788. Stem 3°-7° high, stout. Leaves mostly verti- cillate in 4's, those of the stem lanceolate or oblong, acute or acutish, 3'-6' long, the basal ones spatulate or oblanceolate, usually much larger, the uppermost small and bract-like; inflorescence •. thyrsoid-paniculate, large, often 2° long; flowers slender-pedicelled, about 1' broad; corolla yel- lowish white with brown-purple dots, its lobes broadly oblong, bearing a large circular long- fringed gland at or below the middle; style 2"-$" long; stigma 2-lobed; capsule much compressed, 6"-8" high, longer than the calyx. In dry soil, western New York and Ontario to Wisconsin, south to Georgia and Tennessee. Yellow gentian. Pyramid-flower or -plant. June-Aug. 8. HALENIA Borck. in Roem. Archiv 1: 25. 1796. [Teteagonanthus S. G. Gmel. Fl. Sib. 4: 114. Hyponym. 1769.] Annual or perennial usually tufted glabrous herbs, with opposite leaves, and middle-sized white yellowish purple or blue flowers in terminal and axillary often panicled cymes. Calyx deeply 4-cleft or 4-parted, the segments lanceolate or oblong. Corolla campanulate, 4-5-cleft, the lobes convolute in the bud, each with a hollow spur or projection below, which is glandu- lar at the bottom within, or sometimes spurless. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted near the base of the corolla; filaments filiform or subulate; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary i-celled, the placentae more or less intruded; ovules numerous; style very short, sometimes none; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule ovoid or oblong, 2-valved. Seeds globose-ovoid to oblong, compressed, smooth. [In honor of Jonas Halen, 1727-1810, a pupil of Linnaeus.] About 30 spec
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