. 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. 5. Centaurium texense (Griseb.) Fernald. Texan Centaury. Fig. 3334. Erythraea texensis Griseb; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 58. 1838. C. texense Fernald, Rhodora 10: 54. 1908. Annual, corymbosely branched above, slender, 2'-8' high. Stem-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 8" long or less, acute, sessile, the upper ones reduced to subulate bracts; pedicels slend
. 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. 5. Centaurium texense (Griseb.) Fernald. Texan Centaury. Fig. 3334. Erythraea texensis Griseb; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 58. 1838. C. texense Fernald, Rhodora 10: 54. 1908. Annual, corymbosely branched above, slender, 2'-8' high. Stem-leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 8" long or less, acute, sessile, the upper ones reduced to subulate bracts; pedicels slender, as long as the calyx or longer; calyx 4"-5" long, its lobes subulate; corolla light rose color, its tube longer than the calyx, its acute oblong to oblong-lanceolate lobes about half as long as the tube; capsule longer than the calyx. In rocky soil, Missouri to Texas. May-Sept. 6. Centaurium calycosum (Buckley) Fernald. Buck- ley's Centaury. Fig. 3335. Erythraea calycosa Buckley, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1862: 7. 1863. Centaurium calycosum Fernald, Rhodora 10: 54. 1908. Annual, corymbosely branched or sometimes simple, 2° high or less, the branches ascending or spreading. Leaves oblong to spatulate or linear, ¥-i¥ long, acute, sessile; pedicels as long as the calyx or longer; calyx 4"-s" Icing, its lobes nar- rowly linear; corolla pink, its tube a little longer than the calyx, its oval or oblong obtuse lobes nearly as long as the tube. In wet or moist soil, Missouri to Texas, Mexico and New Mexico. April-June. 2. SABBATIA Adans. Fam. PI. 2: 503. 1763. Annual or biennial erect usually branched glabrous herbs, with opposite or sometimes verticillate sessile or rarely petioled or clasping leaves, and rather large terminal and solitary or cymose pink rose or white flowers. Calyx 4-12-parted or -divided, the tube campanulate, sometimes very short, the lobes or segments usually narrow. Corolla rotate, deeply 4-12- parted. Stamens 4-12, inserted on the short tube .
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