GENTIAN FAMILY. Gentianaceae. 



of its luxuriant size and pale foliage, and if Mr. Burbanl 

 could make the flowers clear white or purple it would b< 

 magnificent. It grows in the western mountains, as fa 

 east as Dakota and New Mexico. The finest I ever sav 

 were on an open slope, in a high pass in the Wasatcl 

 Mountains, where they reared their pale spires proudly fa- 

 above the surrounding herbage. 



Quite a pretty plant, too colorless to b< 

 Small Columbo _* . 



Frasera nifida effective at a distance, but not coarse 

 Bluish- white with a smooth, pale stem, over a foot tall| 

 Summer and smooth, dull, bluish-green leaves! 



Cal., Oreg. slightly stiffish, prettily bordered witl! 



white, mostly in a clump near the base. The flowers ar-| 

 about half an inch across, shaped like the last ; with bluish j 

 white petals, specked with dull-purple, with a green linj 

 on the outside, with one green gland near the centei 

 fringed all around; large whitish anthers, becomin; 

 pinkish, and a white pistil. 



There are a good many kinds of Erythrsea, widely dis 

 tributed, usually with red or pink flowers; calyx with five o 

 four, narrow lobes, or divisions; corolla salver-form, wit 

 five or four lobes; anthers twisting spirally after sheddin 

 their pollen ; stigmas two, oblong or fan-shaped. The Gree 

 name means "red" and the common name, Centaur} 

 from the Latin, meaning "a hundred gold pieces," allude 

 to the supposedly valuable medicinal properties of thes 

 plants. 



From three to twelve inches tall, wit 

 Canchalagua, apple-green leaves, mostly on the stems 

 Centaury smooth and thin in texture, and flower 



Rryihrala venusta an inch or more across, a very vivid shad 

 (Centaurium) o f purplish-pink, with a yellow or whit 



^ in . k "eye," bright yellow anthers and gree 



Spring, summer 



California pistil. These are attractive, because the 



look so gay and cheerful, but the color is 

 little crude. The flowers are not so large in Yosemite a 

 they are in some places, such as Point Loma, but are ver 

 numerous and cover large patches with brilliant colo 

 These plants are called Canchalagua by Spanish-Califor 

 nians, who use them medicinally. 



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