Gentiana. 



GENTIANACE.E. 



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6. Gentiana crinita, Frosl. Large Fringed Gentian. 



Stem branching, leafy ; the branches elongated, naked above, one-flowered ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, rounded or cordate at the base , upper ones acute , the radical and 

 lower obovate, obtuse ; flowers tetramerous ; lobes of the corolla without intermediate plica?, 

 cuneate-obovate, conspicuously ciliate, particularly on the sides ; stigmas roundish -ovate ; 

 seeds scaly -hispid. — Frail. Gent. p. 112 ; Bot. mag. t. 2031 ; Pursh, Jl. 1. p. 185 ; Ell. 

 sk. 1. p. 341 ; Bigel. Jl. Bost. p. 105 ; Bart. fl. N. Am. t. 80 ; Torr. Jl. 1. p. 288 ; Beck, 

 bot. p. 240 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 166 ; Griseb. in Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 65, and Gent, 

 p. 256. G. fimbriata, Bot. rep. t. 509. 



Biennial or annual. Stem 1-2 feet high, erect, terete below, somewhat 4-angled above, 

 branching at the summit. Radical leaves clustered, less than an inch long, obovate, and 

 narrowed at the base : upper leaves about two inches long and 6-8 lines wide, obscurely 

 nerved. Peduncles 2-5 inches long, quadrangular. Calyx smooth, acutely 4-angled ; the 

 angles winged : inner segments lanceolate ; outer ones ovate, with a long tapering point ; the 

 midrib slightly rough. Corolla bright blue, about two inches long, beautifully fringed at the 

 top and upper part of the sides. Anthers linear-oblong. Capsule tapering to a short stipe at 

 the base. Seeds hispid with brown scales. 



Woods, low grounds, etc. ; frequent. September - October. A very beautiful plant, but 

 a biennial or annual, and not easily raised from seed. It has, however, been cultivated in 

 England. 



2. FRASERA. Walt. Jl. Car. p. 87; Endl. gen. 3534 ; Griseb. Gent. p. 328. prasera. 



[ In honor of John Fraser, an indefatigable collector of North American plants.] 



Flowers tetramerous. Corolla rotate, deciduous, deeply 4 -parted, with one or two fringed 

 glands on each lobe. Styles united : stigmas 2. Capsule 1 -celled, compressed. Seeds 

 few, large, winged, attached to the sutures of the valves. — Leaves opposite and whorled. 

 Flowers in a terminal leafy panicle formed of numerous pedunculate cymules, and axillary 

 in the upper part of the stem. 



1. Frasera Carolinensis, Walt. American Columbo. 



Stem smooth ; leaves opposite and whorled ; panicle elongated ; calvx nearly as long as 

 the corolla ; glands oval-orbicular, one on each lobe of the corolla. — Walt. Jl. Car. p. 87 ; 

 Pers. syn. 1. p. 137 ; Torr. Jl. I. p. 187 ; Griseb. in Hook. Jl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 66, and 

 Gent. p. 329. F. Waited, Michx. fl. 1. p. 67 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 101 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 205 j 

 Bart. veg. mat. med. t. 35 ; Beck, bot. p. 241. F. verticillata, Muhl. cat. p. 17. 



Root biennial. Stem 3-5 feet high, erect, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves oblong-lanceolate , 



