Gentiana. | GENTIANE. 453 
10. G. divisa, Cheesem. n. sp.— Stems slender, erect, exces- 
sively branched from the base, often forming hemispherical masses 
2-6 in. diam. Radical leaves very numerous, rosulate, 1-3 in. long, 
oblong- or obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip, gradually nar- 
rowed into broad flat petioles, usually rather thin and membranous, 
3-5-nerved. Cauline leaves similar but smaller and on shorter 
petioles or the uppermost sessile. Flowers very numerous, in 
dense or lax corymbose cymes, sometimes almost concealing the 
leaves, about #in. diam., white. Calyx rather more than one-half 
the length of the corolla, divided three-quarters of the way down or 
more; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute. Corolla deeply 
divided ; lobes oblong, rounded at the tip.—G. bellidioides, var. 
divisa and var. vacillata, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 
337. 
Var. magnifica.—Forming compact globose masses 3-9 in. diam., so densely 
covered with flowers as to resemble large snow-balls. Radical leaves much 
more coriaceous than in the type. Flowers large, 3-lin. diam. Calyx three- 
quarters the length of the corolla. Corolla-lobes broadly oblong, rounded.— 
G. bellidioides vay. magnifica, Kirk, l.c. 
SoutH Is~LAND: In various localities in mountain districts from Nelson to 
Otago, but not common. 500-3500 ft. Var. magnifica: Slopes of Mount 
Captain, Nelson, alt. 4500 ft., Kirk ! 
This is so distinct in habit from all the forms of G. bellidifolia and 
G. patula that I feel compelled to grant specific rank to it. 
11. G. Spenceri, 7. Kirk wm Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 
335.—Annual; stems few or many from the root, slender, erect, 
4-10in. high. Radical leaves numerous, rosulate, 1-2 in. long, 
broadly ovate- or obovate-spathulate, rounded at the tip, narrowed 
into a broad petiole as long or longer than the blade, 3- or rarely 
d-nerved ; cauline few, rather narrower and with shorter petioles. 
Flowers 44 in. long, white or white streaked with purple veins, in 
dense 5—12-flowered umbels, each stem usually with a terminal 
umbel and 2 lateral ones springing trom a pair of leaves half-way 
down; umbels surrounded by a whorl of 5-7 oblong-spathulate 
leaves overtopping the flowers and forming a kind of involucre; 
pedicels short. Calyx cut down almost to the base ; lobes linear, 
acute. Corolla hardly longer than the calyx, divided about ?-way 
down ; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—-Cobb Valley (near Mount Peel), #. G. Gibbs ! 
mountains near Westport Rev. H. H. Spencer! Townson! Mount Frederic, 
Mount Buckland, Townson ! 1500-3500 ft. January—February. 
I am indebted to Mr. Townson for excellent specimens of this, which ap- 
pears to be a perfectly distinct species, at once recognised by the involucrate 
umbels and small flowers, the corolla of which is hardly longer than the calyx. 
sea is usually only one pair of cauline leaves besides those forming the 
involucre. 
