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GENTIANACEit:. 



Wot giouml, in tlio hij^hor regions of Uio Siena Ncvmlti : Soda Springs of tlie Tuohunnt"., at 

 8,600 feet (a l)ygi"y f"""'. ""'y '^ to 5 iuche.s liigli, witli leaves merely 4 or 5 lines long ami eiowded 

 towards the base), to Mariposa t'o. above the Vosemite (mueh linger, a sjmn lii^di ur more), Ho- 

 luiuli.r. Both of the variety, which accords with tiio Scandinavian [ilaut, exeejit m the cntireiiess 

 of tho corolla lobes, which also occurs in Kuropcan apeciuiens. The larger form, (}. iktonm, var. 

 barbula, Fruelich ami liiisebacli, which is common eastward of the Uocky Mountains, whero it too 

 closely iii)[aoaches (/. crinilu (tiie common Fringed Uentiau of tho Atlantic States), is unknown in 

 California and Oregon. It is singular that, while only entire petals are known of this species in 

 California, the O. sinqAcx, described with entire petals, has them sparingly fringed in most of the 

 specimens now known. 



§ 2. Flailed folds ut the sinuses of the short/unnel/orm or cam2)amilate blobed 

 [in ours blue or bluish) corolla: anthtrs erect and fixed: root perennial.— 



rNEUMUNANTHl!;. 



* Plaits extended between the lobes into conspicuous cleft or lacerate appendui/es. 



+- Loiv, zvith decumbent one-Jloivered stems : leaves ivitk cons/ncuonslt/ connate-sheathiu;/ 

 base, the upjjtnnost becoininy bracts to the Jlower. 



4. G. Newberryi, (Jray. Dwarf (2 to 4 iuclies high) : flowering stem.s 1 to 4, 

 ascending IVoni around a short central axis Avhich bears a rosette of obovate or 

 spatulato leaves, of abotit an inch in length : cauline leaves 2 to 4 ])airs (half an 

 inch long) ; tlie lowest obovate, tho uppermost oblanceolule : calyx-lubes oblong or 

 lanceolate, nearly as long as tho tube: corolla broadly fiinnelforni (over an inch 

 long), ))alo blue, within white, and grecnish-dotteil ; its lobes ovate, niucioiiate, 

 longer than the slender-subulate tips of the 2-cleft or laciniato interposetl appen- 

 dages : seeds oval, broadly winged. — Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 84. G.cali/cosa{i}, Gray in 

 Pacif. It. Kep. vi. 8G, not of Grisebach. 



Sierra Nevada, at 5,000 to 8,000 feet; Crater Pass in Oregon, lat. ii' (Newberry), Lassen's 

 Peiik {Brewer), and Mariposa Co. south of tho Yosemito, Bolander. Somewhat related to 0. 

 frigida, which inhabils tho alpine region of tho Ilocky ilountaina. 



5. G. setigera, (iray. Stems stout, but dilFusely spreading from a thick caudex, 

 a foot or less long, ])oaring 7 to 10 jmirs of thick very obtuse leaves : lower leaves 

 round-oval ; upper obhtng ; two uppermost i)airs involucrate around the ilower (all 

 an inch long, or the lower shorter) : calyx-hjbes oval, about the length of the tube : 

 corolla oblong-canipanulate, apparently with dull i)uri)lish tube and the ovate lolies 

 blue : appendages in the sinuses snndl and short, but extended into 2 or 3 capillary 

 bristles whicli almost eipial the lobes. — Proc. Am. Aead. xi. 84. 



Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., in damp soil, Bohindcr. Corolla an inch and a half long, 

 rather broad ; the lobes nearly half an inch long. Sheaths of the leaves mostly a (puuter uf an 

 inch long. Forming secils orbimilar and winged. 



■H +■ Mostly erect and taller, 1 - sever al-Jlowered, leafy : leaves not conspicuously 

 connate-sheathim/ at base, except the lotver pairs. 



6. G. calycosa, Grisebach. A span to a foot in height : leaves ovate (an inch 

 to lialf au inch long) ; tho lower decreasing in size, the one or two uppermost pairs 

 involucrate around the one to three sessile flowers : calyx-lobes ovate or ovate-lance- 

 olate, equalling or rather shorter than the short tube : corolla oblong-campanulate, 

 blue (over an inch long) ; appendages in tho sinuses laciniate, shorter than the 

 broadly ovate lobes: bi'.cds lanci^olate, wingless. -•■ (u'ut. 21i2, i^ in Hook. Fl. ii. OH, 

 t. 14G. 



Sierra Nevada at 8,800 fi:et in Placer Co. {Brewer); Calaveras Co., near Murjjhy's {Lcmmm) ; 

 also collected at .some unknown station by Brid</C3. Occurs in the northern Kocky Mountains 

 and those of the interior of Oregon. Harely 2 or 3 llowers from the axils. 



G. Pakkyi, Engelm., of the Colorado Ilocky Mountain.s, collected by lyatsun in the northeast- 

 ern part of Nevada, dilfers principally in the iimch smaller culyx-lobes, and the leaves are some- 

 times narrower. 



7. G. ailinis, Grisebach. A foot or two or sometimes only a span high : leaves 

 from ovate-obloug to linear-lanceolate (an inch or so in length), the uppermost 



