306 BLUE AND PURPLE 



1. FRINGED GENTIAN: Gentiana crinita. 

 Gentian Family. Sept. — Oct. 



Found in moist meadows, woods. Maine to 

 Quebec, south to Georgia and westward. 

 Flowers — Pale or deep violet-blue, erect, tubular, 



with 4 spreading, fringed lobes. 

 Leaves — Opposite, acute at the tip, widening 

 to a rounded base, seated on stem. 

 Plant stem branching, erect, each bear- 

 ing a single terminal flower, 1-3 feet 

 high. 



2. CLOSED GENTIAN: Blind or Bottle Gen- 

 tian. Gentiana Andrewsii. 



Gentian Family. Aug. — Oct. 



A plant 1—2 feet high, found in woodland 

 borders, moist soil. Maine to Manitoba and 

 southward. 

 Flowers — Tightly closed, deep violet blue at the 

 apex, white at the base, in terminal clus- 

 ters from the leaf angles. 

 Leaves — Opposite, smooth, pointed at the tip, 

 narrowed at the base. 



