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ring, midway between the base of the seg- 

 ments and the stamen tube; stamen tube 

 often nearly as long as the anthers, yellow ; 

 anthers purple. 



In damp, open ground and grassy slopes 

 throughout the eastern Rockies ; flowering in 

 June. 



Dodeca- Plant smooth. Leaves obovoid 



theon and elliptic, 2-5 inches long, 



conjugens i nc i u ding the distinct petiole, 



Greene. 



Shootin - obtuse, entire. Flowers large, in 

 star. a few-flowered umbel, scape 3-8 



inches high ; corolla deep purple varying to 

 rose-red; anthers, distinct, obtuse, the con- 

 nective lanceolate, acuminate to a linear point. 

 In the open ground and plains in the lower 

 Valleys of the Rockies; flowering in June. 



GENTIANACE^E 



Gentian Family 



Smooth herbs with opposite entire leaves, 

 and regular perfect flowers in clusters or 



