

GENTIANACE^}. 429 



2. Nicotian a multivalvis, Lindl. 

 Nicotiana multivalvis, Lindl. Bot. Keg. 1. 1057 ; Hook. I. c. ; Dunal in DC. 1. c. 



Hab. Sandy plains of the Umpqua River, Northern California; 

 perhaps only a variety of N. quadrivalvis. — In our specimens the 

 capsule is only 5-celled. 



Ord. 61. GENTIANACEJE. 



1. FEASERA, Walt. 

 1. Fraseea albicaulis, Hook. 



Frasera albicaulis, Griseb. Gent. p. 330; Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 69, t. 154, & in 



DC. Prodr. 9, p. 131. 

 F. nitida, Benth. PL Hartw. p. 322; Torr. Bot. Whippl. 1. c. p. 126. 



Hab. On the Spokane River, Washington Territory; southward to 

 California. 



2. Frasera thyrsiflora, Hook. 



F. caule erecto simplici elato glabro ; foliis ternatim verticillatis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis; panicula densiflora elongata; calycis segmentis lanceolalo- 

 linearibus ; foveis solitariis transverse oblongo-orbiculatis prove basim 

 corollce loborum ; corona nulla. 



Frasera Carolinensis, Griseb. in Hook, Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 6Q, excl. syn. 

 F. thyrsiflora. Hook, in Jour. Bot. & Kew. Misc. 3, p. 288. 



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