430 PHANEROGAMOUS PLANTS. 



Hab. On the Kooskooskee River, in rich prairies ; rare. — Stem 3 

 to 5 feet high, stout. Radical leaves wanting. Lower stem-leaves 

 5 or 6 inches long, and an inch or more broad, acute, upper ones 

 gradually smaller. Panicle, or rather compound cyme, contracted, 

 3 or 4 inches long, many-flowered, the flowers smaller than in F. Garo- 

 linensis: corolla apparently greenish-white. Stamens half the length 

 of the corolla : anthers broadly ovate. Capsule much compressed, 

 ovate, acute. Seeds 10 to 15, flat, winged. 



This species, although much resembling F Carolinensis, seems to 

 be quite distinct. In the latter the paniculate cymes are loosely 

 flowered ; the ciliate glands or foveae are orbicular-obovate, and seated 

 almost in the middle of the division of the corolla, and the anthers 

 are narrowly oblong. The species of this collection was distinguished 

 and described as above before it was noticed that Sir William Hooker 

 had characterized it from Geyer's collection. According to Geyer the 

 corolla is "litmus-blue." 



2. GENTIAN A, Town. 



1. Gentiana sceptrum, Qriseb. 



Gentiana sceptrum, Griseb. Gent. p. 293, & in Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 57 

 t. 145, & in DC. Prodr. 9, p. 115. 



Hab. Near the Umpqua River, Oregon ; in marshes. — Stem erect, 

 straight, 3 feet high, perfectly smooth. Leaves 2 to 2£ inches long, 

 and 6 or 7 lines wide, a little narrowed at the base. Flowers few, in 

 terminal and axillary clusters. Lobes of the calyx spatulate-lanceo- 

 late, as long as the tube. Corolla II inches long, tubular-inflated; the 

 lobes ovate, obtuse : plicae, or appendages, almost wanting, one-toothed. 

 Capsule at length somewhat exserted. Seeds wingless. 



2. Gentiana calycosa, Qriseb. 



Gentiana calycosa, Griseb. Gent. p. 292, & in Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2, p. 58, t 146 

 & in DC. Prodr. 9, p. 115. 



Hab. Between the Spokane and the Kooskooskee Rivers, Wash- 

 ington Territory. — Specimens without flowers. 



