BWERTIA ‘GENTIANACEAE 447 
FRASERA 
G. Oregana Engelm. in herb. Stems erect and rather stout, 1-2 feet 
high: sometimes more slender and ascending: leaves ovate, to ovate-ob- 
long or lanceolate 1-2 inches long: tlowers few at the summit or sometimes 
several and racemose-scattered: bracts oblong or ovate: calyx-lobes from 
oblong to ovate-lanceolate as long as the tube: corolla broadly funnelform 
eee geen long, its short lobes roundish. Brit. Columbia to California 
an aho. 
G. aflinis Griseb. Gent. 191. Stems clustered, 8-12 inches long, mostly 
ascending: leaves from oblong to lanceolate or linear: flowers from few to 
numerous and thyrsoid-racemose: bracts lanceolate or linear: lobes of the 
calyx linear or sabalatd, unequal and variable, the longest rarely equalling 
the tube, the shorter sometimes minute: corolla an inch or less long, rather 
narrowly funnelform,.its lobes ovate, acutish or mucronulate-pointed, 
spreading. Brit. Columbia to California and the Rocky Mountains. 
G. anisosepala Greene Pitt. iii, 309. ‘‘ Annual, erect, slender, simple, 
5-10 inches high, with a few small flowers terminal and in the upper axils: 
leaves in a few pairs, the lowest obovate, the middle pairs oval, the upper- 
most cordate-oval, all obtuse, sessile, 44 to more than 34 inch long: the few 
flowers about 4 lines long; calyx parted almost to the base into 5 narrowly 
elliptical very acute segments of unequal length, the shortest hardly equal- 
ling the tube of the corolla, the longest almost equalling the full length of 
the corolla; corolla broadly funnelform, the segments shorter than the 
tube, rather obtuse, almost equalled by the longer setae of the crown. Nez 
Perces Co. Idaho, Heller, July 1896 (n. 3440). ”’ . 
+- + Calyx 4-5-parted. Corolla with one or two nectariferous 
pits, or spots or anadnate scale to each lobe. Seeds comparatively 
large. | 
4--SWERTIA L. Gen. n. 321. 
Simple-stemmed perennial herbs with mostly opposite petioled 
leaves. and blue or white flowers in summer. Corolla rotate, 5- 
parted ; the lobes dextrorsely convolute in the bud. Style none 
or very short: stigma 2-lamellate or 2-lobed. Capsule ovate: the 
placentz not intruded. 
S. obtusa Ledeb. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. v, 526. .S. perennis Pall. 
not of L. ‘‘ A span to a foot or more high: lowest leaves oblong or obovate- 
spatulate (2 to 4 inches long ), tapering into a long petiole; upper cauline 
few and narrower, sessile ; some commonly alternate : inflorescence racem- 
iform or narrowly paniculate, few-many-flowered : flowers 5-merous : sepals 
narrowly lanceolate: lobes of the corolla ( 4-6 lines long) oblong-ovate 
becoming lanceolate, the base bearing a pair of nectariferous pits which 
are crested with a fringe. ° cupaaIaS in the Blue Mountains of Oregon to 
the Rocky Mountains, Alaska and Siberia. 
5 FRASERA Walt. FI. Carol. 87. 
Smooth herbs with erect stems, opposite or verticillate leaves 
and numerous flowers in thyrsoid or paniculate cymes. Corolla 
rotate, 4-parted, the lobes dextrorsely convolute in the bud, bear- 
ing a single or double fringed gland, and sometimes a fimbriate 
crown at base. Stamens inserted on the very base of the corolla: 
filaments subulate, often united at base, occasionally with some 
interposed small bristles or scales. Ovary ovate, tapering into 
a distinct and often slender persistent style: stigma small, 2-lobed 
