234 Gentianaceae 



Flowers solitary, 4- parted, azure blue, \ an 

 inch high, the lobes rather spreading. 



A very small and rather rare plant found 

 throughout the Rockies at the higher altitu- 

 des, on the alpine slopes and summits ; flower- 

 ing in July. 



Gentiana Perennial ; stems 2-4 inches high, 



glauca Leaves oval, glaucous, J J an 



Pale- inch long, obtuse, the basal 



glaucous forming a rosette. Flowers few 



Gentian. 



or several at the top of the stem, 

 short-peduncled or nearly sessile, usually sub- 

 tended by a pair of bracts; calyx campanu- 

 late, the teeth shorter than the tube ; corolla 

 blue or blue-green, -J an inch or more long, the 

 tube cylindrical with short ovate obtuse lobes. 

 In wet alpine meadows and slopes through- 

 out the region, a rather rare but very striking 

 little gentian, flowering in July. 



Gentiana Stems clustered, 6-12 inches 

 high, mostly ascending. Leaves 



Griseb. 



Lar e from oblong or lanceolate to 



Gentian. linear. Flowers from numerous 



