454 GENTIANES, [Gentiana. 
12. G. saxosa, Forst.in Act. Holm. (1777) 183, t. 5.—Perennial. 
Stems stout, usually much branched, prostrate or decumbent 
below, ascending or suberect at the tips, 3-6 in. long. Radical leaves 
numerous, crowded, spreading, 3-1$in. long, spathulate or linear- 
spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into slender petioles as long or 
longer than the blade, fleshy, nerveless; cauline similar but 
smaller and on shorter petioles, close together or distant. 
Flowers terminal, solitary or in 2-—5-flowered cymes at the 
tips of the branches, large, white, }-3in. long. Calyx smail, 
broad, about as long as the corolla, divided nearly ?-way down ; 
lobes linear or linear-ligulate, obtuse or subacute, recurved at the 
tips. Corolla often nearly #in. diam., broadly campanulate or 
subrotate, divided rather more than 4-way down; lobes oblong, 
obtuse.—Prodr. n. 1382; A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 202; A. Cunn. 
Precur. n. 398; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 178, 
and Handb. N.Z. Fl. 190 (in part); Kirk im Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
XXvil. (1895) 338. G. saxosa var. recurvata, Kirk im Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xvii. (1885) 224. G. Hookeri, Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xii. (1881) 340, 7m part (not of Grisebach). 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Coast near Charleston, Townson! Westland— 
Near Hokitika, Helms! Otago—Dusky Sound, on rocks washed by the sea, 
Forster, Menzies; Bluff Hill, Capt. F. W. Hutton! Kirk ! Cockayne! Colac Bay 
and Fortrose, B. C. Aston! Catlin’s River, Petrie ! islands in Foveaux Strait, 
Kirk! Srewarr Istanp: The Neck, Petrie! various stations on the coast, 
Kirk ! Sea-level to 800 ft. January—April. 
Purely littoral, and confined to rocky shores or sand-hills exposed to salt 
spray. Its distinguishing characters lie in the usually prostrate or decumbent 
habit, rather fleshy long-petioled leaves, short and broad deeply divided calyx, 
with the lobes recurved at the tips. Im the Handbook it is merged with 
G. bellidifolia and other mountain species, with which it does not:seem to have 
any very close affinity, its nearest ally, as Mr. Kirk has pointed out, being 
undoubtedly G. cerina. 
13. G. cerina, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 54, t. 36.—Perennial. 
Stems usually numerous, much branched, stout, prostrate or decum- 
bent at the base, ascending or suberect at the tips, leafy throughout 
or naked below, 4-14in. long. Leaves 4-14in. long, obovate- 
spathulate or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into a broad 
flat petiole, thick and coriaceous or fleshy, smooth and shining, 
3-nerved ; cauline similar but smaller and with shorter petioles. 
Flowers on slender pedicels or almost sessile, crowded towards the 
ends of the branches, sometimes corymbose, }—2in. long, white or 
white streaked with red and purple. Calyx about + shorter than 
the corolla or almost equalling it, divided ?-way down; lobes 
oblong or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, sometimes slightly recurved at 
the tip. Corolla broadly rotate-campanulate ; lobes oblong, obtuse. 
—Handb. N.Z. Fil. 191; Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 
338. G. Campbellii, Homb. et Jacq. Voy. au Pole Sud, 22, t. 31c. 
