An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . site (rarely whorled) leaves and con-spicuous flowers, the corolla of which is tubular, bell-shaped orwheel-shaped, and which, in the bud is twisted. The divisions ofthe calyx are i to 10 which are united at base. The corolla lobesare as many as the divisions of the calyx and the stamens numberas many as tbe corolla lobes and are inserted alternately withthem into the throat. Styles united into one, but sometimes want-
An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language . site (rarely whorled) leaves and con-spicuous flowers, the corolla of which is tubular, bell-shaped orwheel-shaped, and which, in the bud is twisted. The divisions ofthe calyx are i to 10 which are united at base. The corolla lobesare as many as the divisions of the calyx and the stamens numberas many as tbe corolla lobes and are inserted alternately withthem into the throat. Styles united into one, but sometimes want-ing. Ovary 1-celled; capsule many seeded. Leaves reduced to scales, whole extent of stem . Bartonia Lower leaves reduced to scales Obolaria Leaves fully developed. Often in whorls Frasera Opposite. Corolla with horns Halenia Corolla without horns or spurs. Wheel- or bell-shaped, deeply cleft . SabbatiaTubular. Style short or none Gentiana Style long, slender .... Erythraea I. ERYTHRAEA, Rencahu Herbs; leaves opposite without leaf-stalks, sometimes clasping the stem;flowers numerous, ratlicr small; corolla a long slender tube witli 4 or 6 GENTIAN AND OLIVE FA^IILIES 487. Plate 121 1. Sabbatia angularis. 2. S. stellaris. 3. S. gracilis. 4. S. dodecandra centaurium. 6. E. pulchella. 7. Fraxiiius amencana. 8. 1. F. pemisylvaiiica. 10. F. Janceolata. 11. Diospyros virgmiana. 488 GENTIANACEAE short lobes; calyx 4- or 5-parted. Anthers twisting spirally and extend-ing beyond the throat of the tube. Low branching annuals with purple,white or yellow flowers. 1. E. centaurium, (L.) Pers. (Fig. 5, pi. 121.) Centaury. (Cen-tmirium unibellatum, Gilib.) Stem upright, branching, 6 to 12 in. high;leaves oblong, obtuse at apex, narrowed at base, at the base of the stemthe leaves form a rosette. Clusters of flowers form a nearly flat-toppedcompound cluster of purple flowers which have very short flower grounds. June-Sept. 2. E. spicata, (L.) Pers. Spiked Centaury
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