GENTlANACEyC 



in. ; branches clustered ; corolla 5-lobed, deep violet 

 tending to brown ; August-September. G. campestris is 

 distinguished by a lower habit, clear-violet flowers, 

 4-lobed, and calyx divided to the base into 4 unequal 

 lobes. June-October. All Swiss mountains. A white 

 flowered variety is at times met. 



G. nivalis* is a tiny plant which is never noticed except 

 when the dainy corolla, of an intense azure the most 

 beautiful blue that one can dream of chances to be 

 open beneath the rays of the sun. Stems slender, erect, 

 branched from the base; flowers many, tiny, solitary, on 

 the tips of the branches, opening in succession from July 

 to August. In G. tenella the stems are of the slenderest, 

 scarcely 4-6 in., leafless, branched from the base, never 

 in the upper part, each bearing a small, violet flower, 

 generally drooping over the stem. July-August, Alps; 

 1900-2500 m. Moist, sandy soil. Alas that so superb 

 an annual should be so difficult to raise. 



