GENTIAN FAMILY. Gentlanaceae. 



This has a slender, leafy stem, from a 

 Tall Centaury f ew ^1^ to over a f oot ta ^ and fl owers 

 >2wzraea 



exaltata (E. not ^ lar S e as the last ' but P ret ty and gay, 



Douglasii) about half an inch across, bright pink with 



(Centaurium] a distinct white "eye." This grows in 



* m * sandy soil, as far east as Wyoming. 



Spring, summer, -., -, -, 



autumn ihere are many kinds of Gentiana, of 



West, etc. northern regions and the Andes; calyx 



tubular, usually with five teeth; corolla 

 variously shaped with from four to seven lobes, often 

 fringed, or with folds between the teeth; style short or 

 lacking; stigma two-lipped. 



A pretty plant, with leafy, often branch- 

 Northern Gentian . 



Gentiana acuta In 2 stems, from six to twenty inches tall. 

 Purple and numerous flowers, with stiff pedicel; 



Summer an d leafy bracts, forming several smal' 



West, etc. clusters along the upper part of the stem 



They are each about half an inch long, various shades o 

 purple or blue, sometimes white, and easily recognizec 

 by the little crown of white fringe in the throat of t 

 rather tubular, five-lobed corolla. These plants have ve 

 small roots, so that it is difficult to pick them witho 

 pulling them up, and as they are annuals they are eas 

 exterminated. They are common in northern mountai 

 in moist places across the continent, and in Europe and As 



This has smooth, thin leaves and pret 

 Gentian 

 Gentiana flowers, three-quarters of an inch km 



prop'mqua with lilac or purple corollas, satiny 



Purple texture, with four lobes, pointed at 



tips and more or less fringed. T 

 Northwest 



grows in high mountains. 



A handsome perennial, with leafy ster 



Blue Gentian frQm fiye to fifteen incheg ^ bearing OI 

 Gentiana calycosa " 



Bl ue or several, fine flowers at the top. Ine 



Autumn are an inch and a half long, with a brigl 



Northwest D lue corolla, dotted with green, wit 



plaited folds and small teeth between the five lobes. Th 

 has been found in Yosemite, but is more common at Lai 

 Tahoe. There are many other handsome large Bl 

 Gentians in the West. G. lutea, with yellow flowers, is tl 

 German kind from which the well-known drug, gentian 

 made. 



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