. 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. i. Eustoma Russellianum (Hook.) Griseb. Russell's Eustoma. Fig. 3346. Lisianthus Russellianus Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 3626. 1839. Lisianthus glaucifalius Null. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5:197. 1833-37. Not. Jacq. 1786. E. Russellianum Griseb. in DC. Prodr. 9: 5:. 1845. Stem terete, rather stout, i°-2l° high. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-5-nerved, the upper us
. 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. i. Eustoma Russellianum (Hook.) Griseb. Russell's Eustoma. Fig. 3346. Lisianthus Russellianus Hook. Bot. Mag. pi. 3626. 1839. Lisianthus glaucifalius Null. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5:197. 1833-37. Not. Jacq. 1786. E. Russellianum Griseb. in DC. Prodr. 9: 5:. 1845. Stem terete, rather stout, i°-2l° high. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-5-nerved, the upper usually acute at the apex, cordate-clasping at the base, i4'—3' long, the lower usually obtuse at the apex and nar- rowed to a sessile or slightly auricled base; pedun- cles 1-4' long, stout, bracted at the base, the bracts lanceolate-subulate, small; flowers 2'-$ broad; calyx-lobes long-acuminate, shorter than the purple corolla; corolla-lobes obovat'e, about 4 times as long as the tube; style slender; anthers remaining nearly straight; capsule oblong, pointed. On prairies, Nebraska to Louisiana, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Canada pest. May-Aug. 4. GENTIANA [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 227. 1753. Erect mostly glabrous herbs, with opposite or rarely verticillate, entire sessile or short- petioled leaves. Flowers blue, purple, yellow or white, solitary or clustered, terminal or axillary. Calyx tubular, 4-7- (usually 5-) cleft. Corolla tubular, clavat'e, campanulate, sal- verform or funnelform (rotate in some exotic species),4-7-lobed,often gland-bearing within, the lobes entire or fimbriate. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and inserted in its tube, included; anthers connate into a tube, or separate, not recurved or coiled. Ovary i-celled; ovules very numerous; style short or none; stigma cleft into 2 lamellae. Capsule sessile or stipitate, 2-valved. Seeds numerous, sometimes covering the whole inner wall of the capsule, wingless or winged. [Named for King Gentiu
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