. Rocky Mountain flowers : an illustrated guide for plant-lovers and plant-users. G. tenella (2) Flowers usually many on short stalks from leafy stems ; common G. amarella Pleurogyne Eschscholtz 1825(Gr. pleuron, side, gyne, female, from the lateral stigmas)Sepals 4-5, united at the base, petals 4-5 white to blue, with a pairof narrow appendages at the base of each, united into a saucer-shaped cor-olla, stamens 4-5, ovary 1-celled, style none, stigma running down the ovary,capsule 2-valved; flowers in terminal narrow racemes or panicles, orsolitary at the ends of the slender stalks, leaves opp
. Rocky Mountain flowers : an illustrated guide for plant-lovers and plant-users. G. tenella (2) Flowers usually many on short stalks from leafy stems ; common G. amarella Pleurogyne Eschscholtz 1825(Gr. pleuron, side, gyne, female, from the lateral stigmas)Sepals 4-5, united at the base, petals 4-5 white to blue, with a pairof narrow appendages at the base of each, united into a saucer-shaped cor-olla, stamens 4-5, ovary 1-celled, style none, stigma running down the ovary,capsule 2-valved; flowers in terminal narrow racemes or panicles, orsolitary at the ends of the slender stalks, leaves opposite; 4-15 in. high; leaves linear, 2-3 cm. long; flow-ers 12-25 mm. wide P. rotdta Swertia Linne 1753 Swertia(Named for Swert, a Dutch botanist)PI. 18, fig. 4-5, united, petals 4-5, blue, purple, or white, united into a PLATE 18 GENTIAN FAMILY 1. Gentiana amarella : Gentian 2. Gentiana serrata: Fringed Gentian 3. Frasera speciosa: Green Gentian 4. Gentiana barbellata: Fringed Gentian 5. Eustoma Andrewsii 6. Gentiana calycosa: Gentian 7. Swertia perennis. EDITH S. CLEMENTS. PINXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN FLOWERS BUCKBEAN FAMILY—OLIVE FAMILY 99 saucer-shaped corolla, stamen- 4-5, ovary 1-celled, stigma 2-lobed, or di-vided, capsule ovate; flowers in a compact panicle; leave- alternate, simple,the lower frith margined .petioles; 3-20 in. high; leaves 1-5 in. long; flowers in open to dense clusters, 1-3 cm. wide; petals 4 or 5 5. perennis MENYANTHACEAE BUCKBEAN FAMILY Sepals 5, united, petals 5, united into a funnelform, or saucer-shapedcorolla, stamens 5, on the corolla, ovary 1-celled, fruit a capsule or closed;flowers regular and perfect, in clusters ; perennial aquatic or marsh herbswith basal or alternate entire crenate or 3-foliate leaves. Menyanthes Linne 1753 Buckbean (Gr. men, month, anihos, flower) PL 17, fig. 3. Sepals 5, united, petals 5, white or purplish, united into a short funnel-form corolla, fringed or bearded within, stamens 5, on
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