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GENTIANACE^. 

 (By H. r. Wernham.) 



y Gentiana cauinicostata, Wernliam, sp. nov. 



Species inter minimas; caulis pars erecta vis 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 ; 

 vense celatse nisi centralis subtus cariniformiter prominens. Mores glabri, in 

 caulium erectorum apicibus solitarii. Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acuti, 3"3 mm. 

 longi ; tubus in juventute purpureo-roseus, 63 mm. longus. Corolla siccitate 

 nigra, fere tubulosa, e calycis tubo 6 mm. exserta; lobi ca. 3*7 mm. longi, ovati, 

 acuti nee 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. 



Herha debilis, glabra, 12 cm. longa nee ramosa. Folia anguste lanceolata, 5-7'5 mm. 

 longa, basi brevissime vaginatim connata, ssepius plus minus involuta, hyalino- 

 apiculata, dorso interdum hie inde albido-papillosa, demum decurvato-patentia. 

 Flores solitarii, terminales. Cali/cis tubus 6 mm. longus ; lobi lauceolati, foliis 

 similes, 5 mm. longi. Corolla tub ulai'is, glabra ; tubus ca. 9 mm. longus; limbus 

 fere 1 cm. diam. 



Camps 111 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. 



Merba simplex, parva, glabra, nitens ; caulis ascendens, gracilis, debilis, angulatus. 

 Folia densiuscule conferta, subhyalina, chartacea, lanceolata, acuta nee apiculata, 

 m.argine 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 Hneari-triangulares, acuti, 2'7 mm. 

 longi. Corollce extus glabree tubus cylindrico-infundibularis, 9 mm. longus; lobi 

 quadrangulares, patentes, apice emarginato, limbum 9 mm. diam. formantes. 

 Stamina 2-2'5 mm. exserta; antherse ca. 1"4 mm. longse. Stylus complanatus, 

 insuper sensim parum ampliatus, 3"3 mm. exsertus. 



Camps VI c, IX, X, XI, 5500 to 7956 ft. 



Distinguished by the very small shining leaves and relatively large flowers with broad 

 emarginate corolla-lobes. 



