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oblong, 2-3" long, more or less acute ; stigma somewhat cui^-shaped, slightly 
2-lobed ; capsule 4-7" long, becoming nearly twice longer than the calyx ; 
seeds oblong or roundish, minutely pitted.— Stem 3-12' high, branching from 
the base or only toward the top. Nearly E. Chilensis, but with larger flowci-s, 
longer capsule and less lobed stigma ; easily distinguished from other western 
species by its loose few-flowered habit and long peduncles. It is E. longijlora, 
E. elata, and E. fenella, of Nutt. Mss., from Northern Utah and Soulliern 
Idaho, and 29 Anderson from near Carson City. As none of Nnttall's pro- 
posed names are always approjmate, the species is best (Icdiciilcd io liini- 
self Found in Unionville, Huntington, and Ruby Valh-ys, Nevada; 4,500- 
6,000 feet altitude; August-October. Plate XXIX. Figs. 1, 2. Plants; 
natural size. Fig. 3. Calyx, expanded. Fig. 4. Corolla, laid ojk'm. Fig. 5. 
Ovary; all enlarged two diameters. Fig. G. Seed ; eidarged eight diauu-- 
ters. (945.) 
Gentiana Amarella, L. DC. Prodr. 9. 95. Stem slender, erect, 
branched; low^est leaves oval- or oblong-spatulate, upper ones ovate or oval (3- 
lanceolate, sessile and subclasping, margins scabrous ; cyme usually com- 
pound and raceme-like ; calyx 5-cleft, lo])es lanceolate, somewhat unecpial, 
shorter than the corolla-tube ; corolla pale-blue, without folds, fringed at the 
base of the limb, lobes elliptic-lanceolate, sliorter than the iwhv. ; ovary ol»l()ng- 
linear, sessile. — There can be no doubt of tlie identity of G. acuta and G. 
tenuis with this species, as pointed out by Dr. Hooker and Dr. Engclmann. 
None of the points of difference indicated by Grisebach— tlie nearly connate 
leaves, their shape, the thinner beard, the smaller flowers with sliortrr and 
more unequal calyx, the more angular taller and more branched stcni— ar<; at 
all constant. From the mouth of the St. Lawrence westward to the I'acific 
and northwest to Great Bear Lake and Unalaska; Rocky ^lountains of Col- 
orado and Wyoming, and the Sierras of Northern California. Tin- i)rcscnt 
specimens are a subalpine form, 2-10' high ; leaves l)road and mostly obtuse; 
flowers variable in size, 3-6" long, rather few and scattered ; calyx clcit ..early 
to the base, the lobes sometimes very unequal; corolla with abundant fringe, 
no glands, lobes more or less acute.-East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, 
and in the Uintas ; 8-9,500 feet altitude ; July, August. (946.) 
Var. stkicta. {G. acuta, Mx., Var. stricta, Griseb. DC. Prodr. 9. 96.) 
Stem 2-4° high; cymes axillary, strict, elongated, erect.-Huntington and 
Ruby Valleys and near Humboldt Pass, Nevada ; 6,000 feet altitude ; August, 
