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GENTIANACEAE 



1. G. holopetala Holm. Sierra Gentian. (Fig. 330.) Steins several from 

 the base, 4 to 14 inches high, leafy below and ending above in a long naked 1-flow- 

 ered peduncle; blades of basal leaves obovate, those of the cauline linear-oblance- 



olate, acute, 14 to IV2 inches long; calyx 1/2 to 

 % as long as the corolla, cleft to the middle or 

 below into lanceolate-subulate lobes; corolla 

 blue, IV2 (or 2) inches long, its lobes broad 

 and short ( obovatish ) , entire or erose-denticu- 

 late; seeds scaly-roughened. 



Moist meadows, 6000 to 11,000 feet : San 

 Bernardino Mts.; Sierra Nevada from Tulare 

 Co. to Tuolumne Co. East to western Nevada, 

 north to Oregon. July. 



Locs. — Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mts. (ace. 

 Parish, PI. World 20:248); Horseshoe Mdw., Inyo 

 Co., Jepson 940 ; Tulare Co., Jepson 4G79 (Hockett 

 Mdw.), 1162b (Mineral King), 1115 (Poison Mdw., 

 Soda Canon), 1049 (Junction Mdw., Kern Caiion), 

 1062a (Mt. Whitney, an acaulescent state resembling 

 G. newberryi) ; West Vidette, Bubbs Creek, Jepson 

 820 ; Fish Valley, Fresno Co., A. L. Grant 1552 ; Soda 

 Sprs., North Fork San Joaquin Eiver, Congdon; 

 Parker Pass, A. L. Grant 1615a, 1614b (subacaules- 

 cent) ; Kennedy Lake, Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 192. 



Eef s. — Gentiana holopetala Holm, Ottawa Nat. 

 15:110 (1901); Jepson, Man. 763, fig. 744 (1925). 

 G. serrata var. holopetala Gray, Bot. Cal. 1:481 

 (1876), type loe. Tuolumne Soda Sprs., Brewer 2847. 

 G.fZeio?!saof Cal. 

 authors, not 

 Eottb. 



2. G. simplex Gray. Hikers Gentiak. (Fig. 

 331.) Stems always simple, 3 to 12 inches high, 

 bearing 2 to 4 (or 5) pairs of leaves and ending in 

 a single peduncled flower; leaf -blades linear-oblong 

 to lanceolate, 4 to 8 lines long; calyx 1^ to % as long 

 as the corolla, cleft to the middle or below, its lobes 

 lanceolate but not subulate-tipped; coroUa blue, 1 

 to 1% (or 1%) inches long, its lobes obovatish, 

 rounded, finely toothed all around or subentire; 

 capsule stijied; seeds striate longitudinally, rough- 

 ened at each end. 



Wet meadows, 4000 to 9500 feet : San Bernar- 

 dino Mts.; Sierra Nevada from Tulare Co. to Te- 

 hama Co. ; Humboldt Co. to Siskiyou Co. East to 

 western Nevada, north to southern Oregon. July- 

 Sept. 



Fig. 330. Gentiana holopetala 

 Holm, a, habit, X '/i ; 6, long. sect, of 

 fl-, X 73 ; c. stamen, with a portion of the 

 corolla-tube showing the decurrent or ad- 

 nate base of the filament, X 1. 



Fig. 331. Gentiana simples 

 Gray, a, habit, X %; b, fl. spread 

 open, X % ; c. stamen, showing por- 

 tion of corolla-tube with filament 

 decurrent upon it, X 4 ; d, pistil, 

 X 1 ; e, cross sect, of ovary, X 4. 



Locs. — San Bernardino Mts. : Bluff Lake, Grinnell. Si- 

 erra Nevada : Huckleberry Mdw., Giant Forest, Newlon 55 ; 

 Huntington Lake, Fresno Co., Jepson 12,974 ; Kennedy Lake, 

 Tuolumne Co., A. L. Grant 193 ; Dorrington, Calaveras Co., 

 Jepson 10,122 ; Tallac, Lake Tahoc, Jepson 8085 ; Bear Val- 

 ley, Nevada Co., Jepson 14,647 ; Lake Independence, Nevada 

 Co., Jepson 8061; Mineral, Tehama Co., J. Grinnell. North 

 Coast Eanges (far north) : Sisson, Jepson 14,648; Trinity Summit, Tracy 5275. 



Eefs. — Gentiana simples Gray, Pac. E. Eep. 6:87, pi. 16 (1857), type loc. Upper Klamath 

 Lake, near Cal.-Ore. boundary, Newberry ; Jepson, Man. 763 (1925). 



3. G. amarella L. var. acuta Herder. Rangers Gentian. (Pig. 332.) Stem 

 slender, strictly and sparingly branched, 1 to l^/o feet high; leaf-blades lanceolate 



