758 



Gentianaceae 



Gentiana 



~50 



Map 1624 

 jentiana quinquefolia 

 var. occidental is (Gray) Hitchc. 



50 



Map 1.625 



Genliana Andrewsii Griseb 



2. Gentiana procera Holm. Lesser Fringed Gentian. Map 1623. A 

 rare plant of habitats similar to those of the preceding. Our southernmost 

 plant was collected in a springy place along White River near Anderson by 

 Ray Dawson. When the two species (Gentiana crinita and this species) 

 grow together this species is found in wetter situations. 



N. Y. and Ont. to Man., Minn., and S. Dak. 



2a. Gentiana procera f. laevicalyx Fern. (Rhodora 32: 221. 1930.) 

 This is a form with a smooth calyx. Our only specimen is from the sedge 

 border of the north side of Bruce Lake in Fulton County. 



3. Gentiana quinquefolia L. var. occidentals (Gray) Hitchc. (Aloitis 

 occidentalis Greene and Aloitis mesochora Greene.) Map 1624. Gentiana 

 quinquefolia is a highly variable species which has led authors to name 

 variants. The calyx lobes vary from 4-8 mm long, acute to acuminate, 

 linear to narrow-ovate, leaving a wide open sinus or overlapping. The 

 form with wide and overlapping calyx lobes is rare and more western in the 

 state. No doubt this species, as well as other species, is more common 

 than our records indicate because the plants are in flower usually after the 

 season for botanical collecting is over. It is local but common w T here it is 

 found. 



Maine, Ont., and Mich., southw. to Fla. and Mo. 



4. Gentiana Andrewsii Griseb. (Dasystephaim Andrewsii (Griseb.) 

 Small.) Closed Gentian. Map 1625. Infrequent in all parts of the state 

 except in the knobstone area, in low woods, roadside ditches, low ground 

 about lakes, and interdunal flats. Flowers vary in color from light to dark 

 blue although I have one specimen from Steuben County that is maroon. 



Mass., Que., and Nebr., southw. to Md. and Mo. 



5. Gentiana Saponaria L. (Dasystephana Saponaria (L.) Small.) Soap- 

 WORT Gentian. Map 1626. In the southern part of the state it is found 

 in hard, white clay soil in low, flat woods, usually associated with pin oak, 



