614 GENTIANACEAE, _ [Vor IL 
3. Gentiana det6énsa Rottb. Smaller Fringed Gentian. (Fig. 2868.) 
lag ? Gentiana detonsa Rottb. Act. Hafn. 10: 254. pl. 2. 
1770. 
Gentiana serraia Gunner. Fl. Norv. 2: ot. 1772. 
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| Annual; similar to the’preceding species but 
smaller; stem simple, or'little branched, 3/-18 
| high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate, obtuse, 
the upper linear or linear-lanceolate, 1/-214’ 
long, 2’’-4’’ wide; flowers 1-6, solitary at the 
ends of elongated erect peduncles, mostly 4- 
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\ \\ parted, about 114’ high; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 
\ acuminate, their midribs decurrent on the tube; 
corolla narrowly campanulate, its lobes spatu- 
f late-oblong, strongly fringed on both sides, en- 
\ \ \, tire or somewhat fimbriate or toothed around 
the apex; capsule short-stipitate; seeds scaly- 
hispid. 
\\ In wet places, Newfoundland to Alaska, south to 
\ Anticosti, western New York, Minnesota, in the 
Rocky Mountains to Arizona and in the Sierra 
Nevada. Also in northern Europe and Asia. 
July-Sept. 
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4. Gentiana acuta Michx. Northern Gentian. (Fig. 2869.) 
Genliana acuta Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:177. 1803. 
Gentiana Amarella var. acuta Herder, Act. Hort. 
Petrop. I: 428. 1872. 
Annual; stem leafy, slightly wing-angled, simple 
or branched, 6’-20’ high. Basal and lower leaves 
spatulate or obovate, obtuse, the upper lanceolate, 
acuminate or acute at the apex, rounded or subcor- 
date at the base, sessile, or somewhat clasping, 14/—2 
long; flowers numerous, racemose-spicate, 5//—8’’ 
high, the pedicels 2’”-6’” long, leafy-bracted at the 
base; calyx deeply 5-parted (rarely 4-parted), its 
lobes lanceolate; corolla tubular-campanulate, 5- 
lobed (rarely 4-lobed), blue, its lobes lanceolate, 
acute, each with a fimbriate crown at the base; cap- 
sule sessile. 
In moist or wet places, Labrador to Alaska, Quebec, 
Minnesota, south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona 
and Mexico, and in the Sierra Nevada. Also in Europe 
and Asia. Perhaps not specifically distinct from the 
Old World G. Amarella. Felwort. Summer. § 
5. Gentiana propinqua Richards. Four- 
parted Gentian. (Fig. 2870.) 
Gentiana propingua Richards, Frank. Journ. 734. 1823. 
Stems slender, usually branched from the base and 
sometimes also above, slightly wing-angled, 2’-7’ high. 
Basal leaves spatulate, obtuse, the upper distant, oblong 
or lanceolate, 14/-114’ long, acute or obtusish at the 
apex, rounded at the slightly clasping base, obscurely 
3-nerved; flowers few or several, solitary on slender 
peduncles, mostly 4-parted, 8’’/-10o’ high; calyx 4- 
cleft, 2 of the lobes oblong, the others linear-lanceo- 
late; corolla blue or bluish, glandular within at the 
base, its lobes ovate-lanceolate, entire or denticu- 
late; capsule linear, at length a little longer than 
the corolla, 
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= Labrador to Alaska and British Columbia. Summer. 
