Flora Medica

GENTIANACE.E.t. 60. Smith Eng. Fl ii. 218. Gentiana perfoliata'ZzVm. sp. pi.335. Chalky hills and banks in various parts of Europe.Root of a few twisted fibres. Stem )12 or 18 inches high, erect,round, leafy, unbranched, terminating in an upright, leafy, repeatedlyforked panicle, of many elegant, bright yellow, scentless flowers, open insunshine only, with scarlet stigmas. Leaves ovate, acute, combined andperfoliate. The whole herb is very glaucous, subject to mildew. Itsqualities similar to those of Gentiana and Erythraea, but weaker. Smith.SABBATIA.Calyx' 5-1 2-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-12-parted, withering onthe capsule. Anthers at length revolute. Stigma with 2 armswhich become spirally twisted. Capsule 1 -celled, with the valvesa little turned inwards.1101. S. angularis Pursh.fi. am. sept. \. 137. Elliott. Bot.i.Torreyfl. 218. Chironiai. 285. Bigelow. med. bot. iii. t. 57. angularis Mich. Jt. am. bor. i. 146. Damp rich soilsinthe United States. Common in moist meadows, among highgrass.Height from 1 to 2 feet. Stem erect, smooth, square, with the angleswinged. Branches axillary, opposite. Leaves opposite, ovate, butvariable in length and width, heart-shaped at base, clasping half thestem, 5-nerved, smooth, acute. Flowers terminal, forming a largecorymb. Tube of the calyx angular, with 5 broad segments. Corolla5-parted with oval segments twice as long as the calyx. Anthers oblong,and slightly recurved at the tune when the flower first opens.After shedding their pollen they become revolute and curl up. Ovaryovate ; style longer than the stamens, declined ; stigma 2-parted, thesegments separate at first, but gradually becoming twisted spirally together.Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved. One of the most pure and simplebitters. Extensively employed in North America in both intermittentand remittent fevers.S. gracilis Pursh. and others are said by Bigelow to be equallyefficacious.LISIANTHUS.Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft the ;segments erect, thinner andmore membranous at the edges. Corolla funnel-shaped, thetube unequal or ventricose on one side ;limb 5-cleft, naked at thethroat, withering. Anthers generally revolute when dry. Stigmabilamellate. Capsule 2-valved ; the edges of the valves bearingthe placentae and inflexed ; 2-celled, many-seeded. Martius.1102. L. pendulus Martins n. g. and sp. ii. 94. t. 172.Subalpine mountains of Brazil, near Villa Rica and S. Joao d'elRey in the province of the mines.An annual. Stem simple, erect, 1J foot high or more, square at thebottom, round at the top. Leaves in 4, 5, or 6 pairs, oblong, ratheracute, the lowest the shortest, and somewhat decurrent, with 3-5vanishing ribs. Flowers 2 or 3, terminal, on long graceful nodding522