GENT I ANA SAXOSA, Forst. 
Common Gentian. 
An abundant sub-alpine and alpine plant throughout the whole of the mountain 
districts of New Zealand, attaining its greatest luxuriance in open grassy flats at 
elevations of about 3,000 ft. The large white flowers are decidedly handsome, but 
cannot compare in beauty with the more brilliantly coloured blossoms of some of 
the European and American species. {Cheesemaii), Flowers in February, Lake 
Rotoiki, 
LINUM MONOGYNUM, Hook. fiL 
WJufe Flax. 
Native Name Rauhuia, 
This delicate little plant, with its pure white flowers and pale green leaves, 
grows principally about Christchurch and the Canterbury province. It is the 
most beautiful of its tribe and is easy of cultivation. It differs from the 
English flax plant in being perennial. The flowers vary in size from one-fourth to 
nearly an inch across. It blossoms in England in the greenhouses in May and 
June, having a succession of flowers for a great length of time. Hook. Ic. PL 
It flowers in February. 
[ 24 ] 
