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XLIX. LOGANIACEAE. 
Logania depressa.—In the body of this work I have fol- 
lowed the ‘‘ Handbook” in giving the Ruahine Range as the 
locality where this species was originally collected. The exact 
habitat, however, was on the margin of the Onetapu Desert, 
near the base of Ruapehu. (See Mr. Colenso’s ‘‘ Visits to the 
Ruahine Range,” p. 43.) 
L. GENTIANEA. 
Gentiana.—Since the arrangement given in the body of 
this work was printed I have received copious suites of speci- 
mens from Messrs. Townson, Macmahon, Gibbs, H. J. Mat- 
thews, and others. These by no means simplify the task of 
providing good distinctive characters for the species, but rather 
increase it, so many of the specimens being intermediate forms. 
This is particularly the case with the species constituting the 
section D of the conspectus given on page 447, the whole of 
which appear to pass into one another by imperceptible grada- 
tions. 
2 bis. G. gracilifolia, Cheesem. n. sp. — Perennial, dark- 
green, much branched at the base, forming compact sward-like 
patches 2-6in. diam. or more. Flowering-stems numerous, 
3-6in. high, decumbent at the base, erect above. Leaves 
numerous, crowded at the base of the stem or on short 
erect branches, 4—2in. long, ;4-}in. broad, narrow linear- 
spathulate or linear-lanceolate, acute, sessile or the lower ones 
narrowed into short petioles, rather thick and coriaceous, dark- 
green and shining when fresh, often blackish-brown when dry. 
Cauline leaves 24 distant opposite pairs, similar to the 
radical. Flowers 2—4 to each stem, 4-41n. diam., pure-white. 
Calyx divided from two-thirds to three-quarters of the way 
down; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 
nate. Corolla campanulate, divided two-thirds of the way 
down ; lobes oblong-obovate, obtuse or subacute. Stamens 
about half as long as the corolla. Ovary linear-oblong. 
SourH Istanp: Nelson—Peaty localities by the margin of small tarns 
on the Mount Arthur Plateau, alt. 3500-4500ft., 7. F. C., F. G. Gibbs! 
February—March. 
This appears to be a perfectly distinct species, perhaps more nearly 
allied to G. Townsoni than to any other, but easily distinguished by the 
much smaller size, by often forming a compact sward, by the smaller nar- 
rower and much more numerous leaves, and by the smaller and fewer 
flowers. 
