. 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. 3. C. pulchellum. 4. C. exaltatum, 5. C. texense. 6. C. calycosum. Spiked 1. Centaurium spicatum (L.) Fernald. Centaury. Fig. 3330. Gentiana spicata L. Sp. PI. 230. 1753. Erythraea spicata Pers. Syn. 1: 283. 1805. Centaurium spicatum Fernald, Rhodora 10: 54. 1908. Annual, glabrous, erect, strict, usually branched, 6'-i8' high. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong
. 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. 3. C. pulchellum. 4. C. exaltatum, 5. C. texense. 6. C. calycosum. Spiked 1. Centaurium spicatum (L.) Fernald. Centaury. Fig. 3330. Gentiana spicata L. Sp. PI. 230. 1753. Erythraea spicata Pers. Syn. 1: 283. 1805. Centaurium spicatum Fernald, Rhodora 10: 54. 1908. Annual, glabrous, erect, strict, usually branched, 6'-i8' high. Leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, sessile, obtusish at the apex, clasping at the base, i'-i¥ long, 2"-y" wide; flowers pink, sessile, distant and spicate-racemose on the mostly simple and leafless branches, about 8" long; tube of the corolla somewhat longer than the subulate calyx-seg- ments, 2-3 times as long as the linear-oblong lobes; capsule 4"-S" long. Coast of Nantucket, and at Portsmouth, Va. Naturalized from Europe. May-Sept, 2. Centaurium Centaurium (L.) W. F. Wight. Lesser or European Centaury. Bitter-herb. Blood wort. Fig. 3331. Gentiana Centaurium L. Sp. PI. 229. 1753. Erythraea Centaurium Pers. Syn. I : 283. 1805. C. Centaurium W. F. Wight, Contr. Nat. Herb, n : 449. 1906. Annual, glabrous, erect, usually branched, 6'-l5' high. Leaves oblong, apex obtuse, the base narrowed; the lower forming a basal tuft, i'-2j' long, z"-6" wide; stem leaves smaller, distant, rounded at the sessile or slightly clasping base; flowers numerous, 6"-8" long, nearly sessile, in com- pound terminal mostly dense bracteolate cymes; corolla- lobes obtuse, 2i"-3" long, about as long as the calyx-seg- ments and one-third to one-half as long as the corolla- tube; stigmas oval. In waste places, Nova Scotia and Quebec to Massachusetts, Illinois and Michigan. Naturalized from Europe. Sanctuary. June-Sept, 3. Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce. Branching Centaur
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