Gentiana sponaria var. allegheniensis var. nov. Caulis 3-6 dim. longis, lineis minutissime ciliato-scabriuseulus ornato. Folia intermedia et superiora oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata. Corolla lobis demum ereetis 3-4 mm. longis; plieis quam lobos parce brevioribus vel equilongis, bifidis, plis minusve laciniatis. Stems 3-6 dm. long, minutely ciliate-scabridulous in lines. The middle and upper leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Corolla lobes at length erect, obtuse, 3-4 mm. long; the plaits notched at the apex, more or less laciniate, and about the same length or but very slightly shorter than the lobes.