270 Transactions. 



Calyx + turbinatus, alte 5-lobatus, lobis subulato-oblongis. 



Corolla purpurascens, longitudine calycem vix aequans ; tubo lato, 

 ad tertiam partem in 5 lobos rotundatos secta, squamulis perobscuris (v. 

 nuUis ?). 



Stamina 5 longa, subsessilia, ad coroUae faucem pertinentia. 



Stylus gracillimus, staminibus aequilongus, subcapitatus. 



Perennial, branched from tbe base ; branches pilose, leafy, rather slender, 

 erect or ascending, ± 8 cm. high. 



Radical leaves few, linear-oblong, slightly narrowed below, 4 cm. long, 

 5-6 mm. broad, obtuse, slightly recurved when dry, above densely clothed 

 with rather long stiff whitish hairs that project beyond the edge all round, 

 below less densely pilose with stiff hairs commonly reflexed ; cauline sessile, 

 close-set, crowded at the tops of the stems, similar to the radical but flatter 

 shorter and narrower, about 2 cm. long and 4 mm. broad. 



Racemes sunk among the uppermost leaves, very short, densely and 

 delicately pilose, the flowers strongly congested. 



Calyx more or less turbinate, clothed with long delicate straight and 

 hooked bristle-like hairs, 5-lobed to below the middle, lobes subulate-oblong. 



Corolla purplish (when dried), barely equalling the calyx, with a wide 

 tube cut for one-third its length into 5 rounded lobes ; scales very obscure 

 (or absent ?). 



Stamens 5, almost sessile, rather long, reaching to the mouth of the 

 corolla-tube but not beyond. 



Style very slender, as long as the stamens, subcapitate. 



Hah. — Shingle Range, Upper Awatere (Marlborough), 5,000 ft. Flowers 

 December and January. 



This well-marked species was collected by Dr. L. Cockayne, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., to whom I am indebted for specimens. The flowers examined 

 are perhaps not fully developed, and may elongate somewhat when more 

 mature. The anthers are, however, fully formed. 



9. Gentiana tenuifolia sp. nov. 



Caules 30-40 cm. alti, 2-3 mm. in diam., subteretes. 



Folia radicalia numerosa, conferta, majuscula, anguste obovato- 

 spathulata, 8-14 cm. longa, 2-3| cm. lata, tenuia, obtusa v. subacuta, nervis 

 3-5 arcuatis venisque reticulatis manifestis. Folia caulina in paribus 

 oppositis paucis longeque distantibus disposita, sessilia, anguste triangu- 

 laria, subacuta, semi-amplexicaulia, superiora gradatim minora. 



Flores vix numerosi, in umbellis bracteatis caulem pedunculosque 

 laterales terminantibus. 



Calyx + 1 cm. longus, in lobos 4 lineari-subulatos ad tres partes divisus. 



Corolla alba, alte secta, lobis acutis. 



Stamina pistillo crasso dimidio breviora. 



Stems 30-40 cm. long, 2-3 mm. in diameter, simple, glabrous, subterete, 

 marked by two closely placed parallel ridges running down either side from 

 the leaf-bases. 



Radical leaves numerous, crowded, large, narrow obovate-spathulate, 

 8-14 cm. long, 2-3| cm. broad (the petiolar part nearly as long as the blade), 

 obtuse or subacute, thin, entire, glabrous, with 3-5 arcuate nerves and 

 evident reticular venation ; cauline leaves in few widely distant opposite 

 pairs, sessile, narrow-triangular, subacute, semi-amplexicaul, diminishing 

 upwards. 



