112 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



LYCIUM, L. Matrimony-Vine. 



L. vulgare, Dunal. Matrimony-Vine. 



Adventive, Minneapolis, Juni, Roberts. Infrequent. 



DATURA, L. Jamestown-Weed. Thorn- Apple. 



D. Stramonium, L. Common Stramonium or Thorn- Apple. 



Stearns county, Camp/jcH, Minneapolis, Roberts; Goodhue county, Sandhcrg; Blue 

 Eaitli county, Lfiberg. Infrequent. Soutti. 



D. Tatula, L. Purple Thorn-Apple. 



Saint Paul, Miss Cathcart; Goodhue county, Sandhcrg; lake Pepin, Miss Manning. 

 Kare. South. 



NICOTIANA, Tourn. Tobacco. 



N. rnstica, L. Wild Tobacco. 



Near Clotho, Todd county, Upham; "a relic of cultivation by the Indians." Rare. 



CIENTIANACE.E. Gentian Family. 



HALENIA, Borkh. Spurred Gentian. 



H. deflexa. Griseb. Spurred Gentian. 



Common north of lake Superior, Jwil, Roberts; lake of the Woods, Dawson. Noith. 



GENTI ANA, Tourn. Gentian. 



G-. Amarella, L., var. acuta, Hook, f.* Gentian. 



Red river valley near Saint Vincent, Scott; determined by Watson. Northwest. 



G. quinqueflora, Lam., vav. occideiitalis, Gray. Five-flowered Gen- 

 tian. 

 Frequent, or occasional, through the south part of the state ; extending north to 

 Saint Paul and White Bear lake, Mrs. Terry, Stillwater, Miss Field, and the upper 

 Mississippi river, Garrison. [Common at Hesper, J/ rs. Corter, and in Emmet county, 

 Iowa, Cralty. 



G. criiiita, Frcel. Fringed Gentian. 

 Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



G. serrata, Gunner. (G. detonsa. in Manual.) Smaller Fringed Gentian. 

 Also common throughout the state. This and the preceding grow together, and in 

 many places are very abundant locally. 



G. alba,Muhl. AVhitish Gentian. 



Throughout the state, but infrequent. Hesper, Mrs. Carter; Winona, Holzinger; 

 Cannon River Falls, Blake, Sandherg; Faribault, Miss Beane; Saint Paul, Miss Cathtart; 



*Gentiana Amarella. L. From 2 to 20 inches high : leaves from lanceolate to 

 narrowly oblong, or the lowest obovate-spatulate : inflorescence disposed toberacemi- 

 form : calyx 5-cleft (or rarely 4-cleft) below the middle ; the lobes lanceolate or linear, 

 equal or one or two of them longer, all shorter than the mostly blue corolla : the latter 

 (funnelform, with entire lobes) half inch or more long ; its lobes oblong, obtuse or be- 

 coming acute (with setaceous-flmbriate crown on their base) : capsule sessile.— Var. 

 ACUTA. Hook. f. Calyx almost 5-parted ; crown usually of fewer and sometimes very 

 few setJt. Gray's Synoptical Flora of N . A. 



