CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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FIG. 362.' Closed Gentian (Gentiana Andrewsii), probably one of the most abundant 

 of the fall-flowering Gentians. It is a perennial, forming stout, leafy stems, terminated by 

 sessile clusters of blue flowers. The corolla is closed, and hence this Gentian is sometimes 

 called "Bottle Gentian." It grows in moist ground throughout most of the eastern United 

 States and Canada. After a photograph by Troth. 



c. GENTIANACEyE OR GENTIAN FAMILY. The plants 

 are mostly herbs with regular, perfect, showy flowers occurring 

 usually in small cymes or racemes (Fig. 362). 



Yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea) is a large, perennial herb 



