COLLECTED IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 117 
GENTIANACEX. 
(By H. F. WERNHAM.) 
GENTIANA CARINICOSTATA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Species inter minimas; caulis pars erecta vix ad 4 cm. alta, minute squamato- 
pubescens. Folia dense conferta, imbricato-decussata, coriacea, obovata vel 
suborbicularia minute apiculata, margine fortiter revoluta, 3:5 mm. x 3 mm., 
sessilia, supra minute asperulo-papillosa, basin versus minute ciliata, aliter glabra ; 
venz celate nisi centralis subtus cariniformiter prominens. Flores glabri, in 
. eaulium erectorum apicibus solitarii. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuti, 3:3 mm. 
longi; tubus in juventute purpureo-roseus, 6:3 mm. longus. Corolla siccitate 
nigra, fere tubulosa, e calycis tubo 6 mm. exserta; lobi ca. 3'7 mm. longi, ovati, 
acuti nec vix acuminati. Genitalia inclusa. 
Camps XI to XIII, 7956 to 10,333 ft. 
Distinguished by the small thick leaves with strongly revolute margins and very 
prominent dorsal midrib, and the pubescent stem. 
GENTIANA SAGINIFOLIA, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba debilis, glabra, 12 cm. longa nec ramosa. Folia anguste lanceolata, 5-7:5 mm. 
longa, basi brevissime vaginatim connata, ssepius plus minus involuta, hyalino- 
apiculata, dorso interdum hic inde albido-papillosa, demum decurvato-patentia. 
Flores solitarii, terminales. Calycis tubus 6 mm. longus; lobi lanceolati, foliis 
similes, 5 mm. longi. Corolla tubularis, glabra; tubus ca. 9 mm. longus; limbus 
fere 1 cm. diam. 
Camps III to VIII, 2500 to 4900 ft. 
Near G. Wollastonii (vide infra), but the leaves are longer and more glossy in 
aspect, and the dimensions of calyx and corolla are different. 
GENTIANA VANDEWATERI, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba simplex, parva, glabra, nitens; caulis ascendens, gracilis, debilis, angulatus. 
Folia densiuscule conferta, subhyalina, chartacea, lanceolata, acuta nec apiculata, 
margine minutissime irregulariter puberulo-ciliata, ad 4 mm. longa, ca. 1 mm. lata, 
sessilia, subamplexicaulia vel basi in vaginam brevem connata, venis celatis. 
Flores solitarii, terminales, sessiles. Calycis glaberrimi subhyalini anguste infundi- 
bularis tubus pallidus, 4:5 mm. longus; lobi lineari-triangulares, acuti, 27 mm. 
longi. Corolle extus glabre tubus cylindrico-infundibularis, 9 mm. longus; lobi 
quadrangulares, patentes, apice emarginato, limbum 9 mm. diam. formantes. 
Stamina 2-2°5 mm. exserta; anthere ca. 1'4 mm. longs. Stylus complanatus, 
insuper sensim parum ampliatus, 9:3 mm. exsertus. 
Camps VI c, IX, X, XI, 5500 to 7956 ft. 
Distinguished by the very small shining leaves and tati large flowers with broad 
emarginate corolla-lobes. 
