GENTIAN FAMILY 491 
angular, tipped with bristle points. Capsule spindle-shaped. Flowers 
smaller than those of the Fringed Gentian and nearly cylindric. Moist 
places, southern Maine and southward. Aug.-Oct. 
4. G. saponaria, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 122.) Soapworr Gentian. Stem 
erect, without or with a few short branches above, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves 
oval-lance-shaped, tapering at each end, the borders rough with short 
stiff hairs. Flowers in close branches at top of stem and often a single 
or a few flowers at each of several leaf axils, large, bright blue, closed 
at top. Calyx of 5 egg-shaped segments. Corolla lobes evident, as long 
as or longer than the intermediate plaits. In wet soil and usually in 
shady places. Aug.-Oct. 
5. G. Andrewsii, Griseb. (Fig. 3, pl. 122.) Ciosep GENTIAN. Very 
similar to the last, 1 to 2 ft. high; corolla lobes scarcely evident, the in- 
termediate plaits being broad and somewhat fringed, nearly obscuring 
the narrow lobes (Fig. 5, pl. 122). Stamens gathered into an adhering 
ring. Moist, shady places. Aug.-Oct. 
6. G. linearis, Froel. (Fig. 7, pl. 122.) NaARRowW-LEAVED GENTIAN. 
Stem mostly without branches, 4 to 2 ft. high; leaves very narrow lance- 
shaped, 13 to 3 in. long, 1/6 to 1/3 in. wide, smooth at borders. Flower 
branches at top of stem and one or more at each of several leaf-axils. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, open at top, about 14 in. long. Lobes 5, inter- 
mediate plaits much narrower than lobes. Calyx tube funnel-shaped, 
the 5 linear lobes as long as the tube. In bogs and other wet places. 
Aug.-Sept. 
7. G. rubricaulis, Schwein. (Fig. 4, pl. 122.) Rep-sTEMMED GEN- 
TIAN. Stem 1 to 2 ft. high; leaves 14 to 24 in. long, oval, narrow, or 
broadened at base and tapering to a sharp point at apex, 3-nerved, mar- 
gins somewhat rough. Stem tinged with red, leaves brown or reddish. 
Flowers bunched at top of stem, the bunch being subtended by 2 broad 
leaf-like bracts. Corolla open at top, the 5 lobes conspicuously longer 
than the 5 intermediate plaits, bright blue or greenish-blue. The whole 
plant has a somewhat marked appearance of rigid regularity. Wet 
soil, central New York and northward. Aug.-Sept. 
A form with leaves broad at the base was regarded by Dr. Gray as a 
variety of G. linearis, (var. latifolia). 
8. G. Porphyrio, J. F. Gmel. (Fig. 5, pl. 122.) ONE-FLOWERED GEN- 
TIAN. Stem simple or branched, slender, 4 to 14 ft. high. Leaves linear. 
Flowers terminal, solitary; corolla 5 lobes, the lobes spreading, much 
longer than the plaits. Calyx lobes thread-like. Color of flower bright 
blue, sometimes whitish or greenish. Pine barrens, southern part of our 
area. Aug.-Oct. 
9. G. villosa, L. Srrreep Gentian. Stem } to 14 ft. high. Leaves 
broadly ovate, widest toward apex, narrowed at base. Flower branches 
at top of stem and one or more at some of the leaf-axils. Calyx tube 
funnel-shaped, the lobes thread-like, longer than the tube; corolla open 
at top, greenish-white striped on the inside with green veins and purple 
stripes; lobes much longer than the appendages. Shady places, southern 
part of our area. Sept.-Nov. 
10. G. flavida, A. Gray. YELLowIsH GeEnTIAN. Stout, 1 to 3 ft. 
