452 GENTIANE®. [Gentiana, 
Nouvelle Zélande,’’ which is professedly taken from Forster’s manuscripts. 
Probably the species will be found in suitable localities along the whole of the 
western coast, from the Karamea River and Westport to Dusky Sound. 
8. G. patula, Cheesem. n. sp.— Usually perennial; root stout 
or slender. Stems one or several from the root, often decumbent 
at the base, erect above, simple or branched, 5-20in. high. 
Radical leaves usually numerous, 1-3 in. long, oblong - spathulate 
or lanceolate-spathulate, rarely broader and ovate-spathulate, acute 
or obtuse, coriaceous or slightly membranous. Cauline leaves in 
1-5 opposite pairs, oblong or linear-oblong or lanceolate, sessile. 
Flowers large, 3-1in. diain., white, in few- or many-flowered ter- 
minal umbels or corymbose cymes. Calyx divided nearly three- 
quarters way down; lobes linear-oblong, acute or obtuse. Corolla 
deeply divided; lobes oblong or broadly oblong, rounded at the 
tip. — G. saxosa var. b, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 191. G. 
bellidifolia var. patula, Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 
336. 
NortH Isnanp: Tararua Range, Townson! Sourn Istanp: Abundant in 
mountain districts throughout. 1000-4000 ft. January—March. 
I have much hesitation in advancing this as a distinct species. What may 
be regarded as the typical state has a stout fusiform root often shortly branched 
at the top, each branch bearing a crown of oblong-spathulate radical leave and 
a flowering stem 6-18in. high. Dwarf specimens are undistinguishable from 
G. bellidifolia ; but usually the stems are much taller, giving the plant quite a 
different appearance, and the flowers are much more numerous. Other states 
approach G. montana, G. corymbifera, and G. Townsoni; and small copiously 
branched forms appear to pass into G. divisa. 
9. G. bellidifolia, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 635. — 
Perennial; variable in size and habit, the typical form with a 
stout fusiform root crowned with numerous short densely com- 
pacted stems, the flowering ones few or many, 1-6in. high. 
Radical leaves numerous, crowded, rosulate, $-14 in. long, spathu- 
late or linear -spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, 
coriaceous or fleshy, nerves usually indistinct. Cauline leaves few, 
distant, linear-oblong to linear-obovate, obtuse, sessile, often re- 
curved. Flowers large, white, 2-$in. diam. or even ore, ter- 
minal, solitary or in 2-6-flowered cymes. Calyx one-half the 
length of the corolla or shorter; lobes linear - oblong to elliptic- 
ovate, subacute. Corolla divided three-quarters way down ; lobes 
obovate - oblong, rounded at the tip. Ovary shortly stipitate. — 
Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 336. G. saxosa var. a, 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 191 (not of Forst.). 
NortH anp SourH Isuanps: Not uncommon in mountain districts from 
the Hast Cape, Taupo, and Mount Egmont to Foveaux Strait. 1500-5500 ft. 
January—March. 
A beautiful little plant. The plate in the ‘‘ Icones Plantarum’’ represents 
a@ somewhat small state, with solitary flowers, but it is otherwise an excellent 
representation of the species. It appears to pass gradually into both G. patwla 
and G. divisa. 
