Bidwilliane. N. O. Gentianee. 
TAB. DCXXXV. 
GENTIANA BELLIDIFOLIA. Hook. fil. 
Radice valida fusiformi, caulibus brevibus adscendentibus uni- 
floris, foliis spathulatis inferioribus confertis recurvis petiolatis 
subenerviis, superioribus brevioribus obovatis obtusis remotis 
sessilibus, segmentis calycinis ovato-ellipticis acutis, corolla 
late campanulata vy. subrotata profunde 5-fida segmentis ovatis 
obtusis, ovario brevi-stipitato. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. On Tongariro. J. 7’ 
Bidwill, Esq. 
Stems and branches short, and ascending ; the flowering ones 
only elongated, 4-5 inches in length. Leaves about an inch 
long, apparently rather thick, their apices rounded. Flowers 
terminal, solitary ; the calyx is 4 lines long. Corolla 7-8 lines 
long, between campanulate and rotate, yellow, and streaked 
when dry with darker lines. Anthers from the curving of the 
apex of the filament, extrorse after the pollen is emitted. 
Ovarium elongated, stipitate; the stigma bilabiate. Allied to 
the G. saxosa, Forst. from which, according to the drawing in 
the British Museum, it differs in the much smaller size, shorter 
leaves, which are broader in proportion, and especially in the 
shorter and broader corolla. J. D. H, 
Fig. 1. Corolla laid open :—magnified, 
