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marsh adjacent to the creek in 1896. The area over which it was found was, per- 
haps, an eighth of an acre in extent, and this entire area might be truthfully 
described as a mass of the bright, rich purple of this magnificent flower. The 
same place was visited in 1897 and not a single specimen could be discovered 
(A. M. C.). 
Gentiana quinqueflora Lam. is reported from Franklin county (M.), Noble 
county (W. B. Van G.), Marion county, ‘‘ Happy Hollow,” one-half mile north 
of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe county. Common in rich, moist places along the 
foot of the bluffs. September, 1896 (A. M. C.). 
Gentiana quinqueflora Lam., var. occidentalis Gray, is reported only from the 
‘‘Knob” region by Dr. Clapp. 
Gentiana puberula Michx. Reported from Harrison and Washington coun- 
ties. No authority. 
Gentiana Saponaria L. is reported from Vigo county (W. 8. B.). 
Gentiana Andrewsii Grieseb. is more generally distributed than any other 
species, being reported from twelve counties, i. e.: Jay, Delaware, Randolph and 
Wayne in the east; Jefferson, Gibson and Posey in the south; Vigo in the west; 
Monroe and Franklin in the central, and Noble and Cass in the north. 
Gentiana alba Muhl. is reported from Cass county (R. H.), Vigo and Monroe 
counties (W. S. B.), Noble county (W. B. Van G.), Gibson and Posey counties 
(S.), ‘‘Happy Hollow,” one-half mile north of West Lafayette, Tippecanoe _ 
county. But a single plant was found growing among a thick growth of timber 
on a gravelly clay soil on top of a bluff. August, 1896 (A. M. C.). 
Frasera Carolinensis Walt. ranks next to Gentiana Andrewsti Grieseb. in distri- 
bution, being reported from nine counties: Cass county (R. H.), Noble county 
(W. B. Van G.), Jay, Delaware, Randolph and Wayne counties (P.), Gibson and 
Posey counties (S.), Franklin county (M.). 
Bartonia tenella Muhl. is reported from Noble county only, by W. B. Van 
Gorder. 
Obolaria Virginica L., as far as our knowledge goes, is confined to the south- 
ern and central portions of the State, being reported from Gibson and Posey 
counties (S.), Clark county (B. and T.), Vigo and Monroe counties (W. S. B.), 
Jefferson county (C. P. V.). 
Menyanthes trifoliata L. seems to be an exclusively northern form, being 
reported from Lake county (E. J. H.), Noble county (W.S. Van G.), Cass county 
(R. H.), Kosciusko county (W. W. C.). 
