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11. G. aflSnis Griseb. Trappers Gentian. (Fig. 339.) Stems stiffly erect, sev- 

 eral from a root-crown, i/2 to IV^ feet high; leaf -blades "lanceolate-oblong" to ovate, 

 % to 11/4 inches long; bracts rather narrow; flowers several, congested on short 

 pedicels in the upper axils; calyx- tube with ob- 

 solete inner rim, its lobes linear to subulate, very 

 unequal, the 3 longest 2 to 3 lines long (some- 

 times nearly equaling the tube) , the other 2 much 

 shorter, or reduced to mere teeth, or obsolete; 

 corolla purple, its lobes short, rounded but with 

 a short point ; sinus-appendages acute, sparingly 

 tootlied, or sometimes sparingly laciniate; seeds 

 obliquely elliptic in outline, winged all around. 



Moist meadows, 4000 to 7200 feet: Modoc 

 Co. East to New Mexico, Colorado and Minne- 

 sota, north to Canada. Aug. 



Loc. — Patterson MUI, Warner Mts., L. S. Smith 1010. 

 Probably also in eastern Sierra Co., Lemmon. 



Ref s. — Gentiana atfinis Griseb. ; Hook., Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 2:56 (1838), "Carlton House to Edmonton House," 

 Saskatchewan River, Canada, Drummond ; Jepson, Man. 

 765 (1925). Pneumonanthe affinis Greene, Lflts. 1:71 

 (1904) . Dasystephana affinis Eydb., Bull. Torr. Club 33 : 

 149 (1906). 



12. G. sceptrum Griseb. Kings Gentian. 

 (Fig. 340.) Stems very upright, or ascending 



from the base, 



Fig. 339. Gentiana affinis 

 Griseb. a, habit, X % ; 6, long. sect. 

 of fl., X 1% ; c, calyx spread open, 



X lyn. 



Fig. 340. Gentiana sceptrum 

 Griseb. a-b, habit, X ^4 ; c, long, 

 sect, of fl., X % ; d, calyx spread 

 open, X 1% ; e, stamen with portion 

 of corolla-tube, X 2. 



1/2 1 2 f e e t 

 high, several 

 from a cluster 

 of cord -like 

 roots, mostly simple, leafy to the top, bearing 1 to 

 several flowers ; leaf blades oblong to ovate-lance- 

 olate, % to 2 inches long; caly:s I/3 to % as long 

 as tlie corolla, lobed about to the middle; corolla 

 broadly funnelform, lYo to 1% inches long, its 

 throat and border clear deep blue, commonly 

 greenish-dotted, its lobes short, roundish, 3 to 4 

 lines broad; sinus membrane truncate and entire 

 or obscurely toothed, not prolonged into append- 

 ages; seeds narrow-oblong, wingless. 



Boggy spots or sphagnum swamps, 25 to 4000 

 feet : Sonoma Co. to Del Norte Co. North to Brit- 

 ish Cohimbia. July-Sept. 



Locs. — Pitkin swamp, Sonoma Co., ace. M. S. BaTcer ; 

 Gualala, Brandt ; Little River, Mendocino Co., Bavy 6082; 

 Heeser's bog, Noyo, Jepson 17,783; Eureka, M. S. Baker 

 8; Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Tracy 6768; near High 

 Prairie, Bald Mt., Tracy 8338; Crescent City, M. S. Baker 

 228. 



Eefs. — Gentiana sceptrum Griseb.; Hook., Fl. Bor. 

 Am. 2:57, t. 145 (1838), type loc. Ft. Vancouver, Douglas; 

 Jepson, Man. 765 (1925). G. menziesii Griseb., Gen. et Sp. 

 Gent. 292 (1839), type from the Northwest Coast, Memies. 



5. SWERTIAL. Frasera 



Ours perennial herbs with erect stems from a thick bitter root. Leaves opposite 

 or whorled. Flowers borne in a panicle. Corolla dull white, bluish-tinged or yel- 



