Bidwilliane. N. O. Gentianee. 
TAB. DCXXXVI. 
Gentiana Grisepacutt. Hook, fil. 
Annua ? caule erecto gracili e basi ramoso, ramis superioribus 
furcatis elongatis ad apices 1-floris, foliis inferioribus petio- 
latis spathulatis flaccidis apicibus rotundatis, superioribus 
sessilibus ovatis subacutis, floribus erectis, segmentis calycinis 
linearibus acuminatis dorso nervosis, corolla rotato-campanu- 
lata segmentis elongato-ovatis acuminatis, ovario stipitato. 
Has. New Zealand, Northern Island. On downs between 
Rotuari and the base of Tongariro. J. T. Bidwill, Esq. 
A very elegant and distinct species, belonging to Dr. Grise- 
bach’s section Antarctophila, to which also Forster’s G. montana 
is referrible, as well as the Magellanic species, with which the pre- 
sent resembles in habit of growth. Stems cylindrical, slender 
below, increasing a little in diameter upwards, a span long. 
Radical leaves none, or perhaps withering as the stems elongate ; 
cauline ones apparently flaccid, 3 inch long, 2} lines broad, the 
Upper 3 inch long. Flowers rather small, terminal at the apices 
of the branches, solitary. Calyx narrow at the base, 5-angled, 
deeply divided into 5 linear segments, each with a stout, pro- 
minent nerve on the back, } shorter than the corolla. Corolla 
$ inch long, yellow when dry, subrotate. Anthers as in the G. 
bellidifolia. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Flower, 
J: 2. Corolla laid open. f. 3. Section of the 
Ovary :-—magnified, 
