
GENTIAN FAMILY 21 
moist situations and in shade they may be a foot or two high and much 
branched. The flowers are lilac with a fringe of hairs at the opening 
of the paler tube. They bloom throughout the summer and are found 
in meadows and in fir, spruce and aspen forests at 6000-12000 ft. 
FRINGED GENTIAN GENTIANA SERRATA 
Plate 18, fig. 2 
The Fringed Gentian is named from the finely cut edges of the 
petals and is closely related to the Fringed Gentian of the East. The 
deep blue flowers have lighter streaks or patches downward and they 
bloom throughout the summer. The plants grow in wet meadows 
and along brook-banks at 8000-13000 ft. 
GREEN GENTIAN  FRASERA SPECIOSA 
Plate 18, fig. 3 
The flowers of the Green Gentian are pale greenish-white with dark 
bluish spots on the tips of the petals. They are crowded in huge 
clusters a foot or two long on plants 2-6 ft. tall. They bloom all sum- 
mer and are visited by many kinds of insects in search of honey. The 
nectaries are protected by a fringe of hairs. The plants grow in 
spruce and aspen woods or in grassy clearings at 6000-10000 ft. 
FRAGRANT GENTIAN GENTIANA BARBELLATA 
Plate 18, fig. 4 
This is also a fringed gentian with very fragrant flowers which 
bloom in late summer. The petals are pale blue and curiously long. 
The plants are rare but may be found in open parks and meadows 
at 9000-12000 ft. 
