420 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY 
North America: Q., Ont. and N. Y. to N. J. and Fla.; 
W. to Minn., Ark. and La. 
Minn. valley: E edge; moist woodland and river 
banks or lake shores. 
HERB.: Holzinger 186, Fillmore Co. 
Gentiana puberula Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 176 (1803). 
G. saponaria var. puberula GRAY, Man. ed. 1, 360 (1848). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 350; Upham, Fl. Minn. 113; Mac., 
Fl). Can. I, 324, 566; Webb., Fl. Neb. 140; Cov., Fl. Ark. 204; Gray, Syn. 
El, LI. 45 122: . 
North America: Red river valley to W. N. Y.; S. to 
Ohio, Ky., Kan. and Ark.; W. to Minn. and Neb. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; dry prairies and barren 
places. 
HERB.: Taylor 1178, Glenwood; Manning 6, Lake City; 
Herb. Wickersheim 108, Idlewild, Lincoln Co.; Herb. Moyer 199, 
Montevideo. 
Gentiana quinquefolia Linn. var. occidentalis (Gray) 
Hircucock, Fl. Ames. 508 (1891). 
spec. G. quinqueflora LAM. Znc. Meth. II, 643 (1786). 
G. amarelloides PuRSH, FI. Am. 186 (1814). 
var. G. quinqueflora Hook. Bot. Mag. 3496 (——) chiefly. 
G. quinqueflora var. occidentalis GRAY, Man. 1 ed. 359 (1848). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 350; Upham, Fl. Minn. 112; Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 172 spec.; Chap., Fl. 8. St. 355; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 566; Gray, Syn. 
Fl. II, 1, 119. 
North America: Ont. to Va. and Ohio; W. to Minn.; 
S. to Tenn., Fla. and La. 
Minn. valley: Reported from E. district; probably 
throughout forest district; knolls in woods. 
HERB.: Sandberg 460, Red Wing. 
Gentiana serrata GuNN. Fl. Norv. 10 (1766). 
G. detonsa Rotrs. Hort. Hafn. X, 254 (1778). 
G. barbata FROEL. Gent. 114 (1796). 
G. brachypetala BUNGE, Consp. Gent. 225 (1829). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 349; Upham, Fl. Minn. 112; Mac., 
Fl. Can. I, 321; Brew. and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 481; Coult., Fl. Colo. 243; 
Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. IJ, 127; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 88; Roth., 
Wheel. Exp. 193; Gray, Syn. Fl. II, 1, 117; Hart, Fl. Scand. I, 99. 
Scandinavia to N. India, Manchuria and China. 
North America: Newf. and Anticosti to Saskatche- 
wan, Rocky mts., N. W. T., Point Barrow, Alaska and Arctic 
ocean; S. in Sierras to Mariposa Co., Calif.; S. in Rockies to 
Colo. and Nev.; S. to Minn., Dak., Iowa and E. to N. Y. 
