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685. G. quinqueflora, Lam. Five-flowered Gentian. 
Rather moist gravelly banks and wooded ravines; infrequent, and 
mainly from Riverside northward. August 15th — September. 
686. G. puberula, Michx. Gentian. 
Dry prairies; Ravenswood and vicinity ; frequent. Grand Crossing 
and Woodlawn. Norwood Park. Palatine; rare, 1886. Barrens 
southeast; infrequent or rare. Hyde Park; not common, 
Babcock/ August. 
687. G. saponaria, L. Soapwort Gentian. 
Dry banks; Lake Bluff, Lake County, Ills., Herman Jaeger. Pine 
Station, Ind. Miller’s, Ind., in damp ground, Hill. Thornton, 
Hill, — in Plants of Illinois. (B.) 
688. G. andrewsii, Griseb. Closed Gentian. Cloistered Heart. 
Wet fields, ditches and banks; common. August — October. 
The white-flowered form has been found in rich shaded soil at River- 
dale and Desplaines. 
689. G. alba, Muhl. Whitish Gentian. 
Low grounds and open woods, glades, etc. August — September 
10th, occasionally in July. 
Southeast from Grand Crossing and South Chicago. Riverside; 
rare, Babcock ! 
BARTONIA, Muhl. 
690. B. tenella, Muhl. 
South Evanston, in one locality it is quite common. August. (B.) 
Miller’s, Ind., Bastin! Borders of sloughs near Tolleston, and 
Miller’s, Ind., associated with Nyssa sylvatica, Marsh., Hill! 
MENYANTHES, Tourn. 
691. M. trifoliata, L. Buck-bean. 
Bogs and wet places; not common, except locally. May — June. 
Riverside. Hyde Park, south and southeast. 
POLEMONIACE2E. 
PHLOX, L. Phlox. 
692. P. paniculata, L. 
Rich woods and damp shaded banks; not common, except locally. 
June. (B.) 
Glencoe. Niles. Riverside. 
An area of several square feet near Berry Lake, Ind., was annually 
covered with the white-flowered form until the season of 1889, 
when the locality was cleared and ploughed. 
