at the apex, 1-nerved, the lower narrowed somewhat into petioles. Fls. solitary in axils upper lvs. Calyx with 4 deep lanceolate acute lobes. Corolla with 4 rounded almost entire lobes. Stamens 4, inserted at sinuses of corolla. Ovary almond shaped, flattened. Style none. Stigma 2-cleft. No signs of spurs or finbricate crown etc. Stamens with no peculiarities; anthers (at this stage) more than twice the length of flat filaments. St. internodes very short lvs. being close together with shallow, narrow groove [?] down each side from edges? lvs. Calyx in bud with lobes upright, flattened, 2 lobes with faces together, the other 2 (a trifle longer & perhaps narrower) each folded on mid. rib over the edges; the inner 2 [See 7-19, v 8-19-29 (Gentiana mesophila Holm G), BvB III?] 7-10-29 Gentianaceae. Very early bud, general locus above. 2 in high. Differs from above in darker color; internodes longer; St. wing-4-angled; lvs. obovate-lanceolate, several nerves from base. Fls mostly 5-memous. Corolla lobes with signs of finbricate crown at base of lobes. Stamens much smaller than in above. Calyx lobes spreading in bud, not flattened as in above. Prob. Gentiana Acanrella L var acuta Needer. G 657 = G. acuta Michx BvB III? [7-17-29 same locus.