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. GENTIANACE^: 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 



