730 GENTIANACEAE. [Gentiana." 
diam., pure-white. Calyx divided from 3 to ? of the way down; lobes 
lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Corolla campanulate, 
divided 2 of the way down; lobes oblong-obovate, obtuse or subacute. 
Stamens about 4 as long as the corolla. Ovary linear-oblong.—Ill. N.Z. 
Fl. 11 (1914) t. 137. 
SouTH Istanp: Nelson—Peaty localities by the margin of small tarns on the 
Mount Arthur Plateau, alt. 3500-4500 ft., 7. F. C., F. G. Gibbs / February—March., 
This appears to be a perfectly distinct species, perhaps more nearly allied to 
G. Townsont than to any other, but easily distinguished by the much smaller size, by 
often forming a compact sward, by the smaller narrower and much more numerous 
leaves, and by the smaller and fewer flowers. So far, it has not been seen except on 
the Mount Arthur Plateau, but it probably extends northwards to the high mountainous 
country at the back of Collingwood. A. 7°90. 
10. G. Townsoni Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 450.—Perennial; root 
slender, woody, often branched at the top. Flowering stems usually single, 
rarely 2 or 3 from the root or branched from the base, erect, slender, wiry, 
6-20 in. high. Leaves almost black when dry; radical very numerous, 
crowded at the base of the stem, spreading or ascending, small for the 
size of the plant, 4-14 1in. long, 4-41n. broad, ovate-lanceolate or trowel- 
shaped to linear-lanceolate, narrowed into a rather slender petiole, coriaceous 
or almost fleshy, subacute or obtuse. Cauline leaves in 2-5 remote pairs, 
ascending, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sessile, subacute. Flowers white, 
large, #in. diam. or more, in 5—12-flowered terminal cymes or umbels ; 
pedicels slender; bracts usually whorled. Calyx about 4 the length of 
the corolla, cut about ?-way down; lobes lanceolate, acute. Corolla deeply 
divided ; lobes broadly oblong, rounded at the tip.—III. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) 
t. 139. G. saxosa var. pleurogynoides Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 178 
(in part). G. pleurogynoides Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 190 (in part) 
(not of Griseb.). 
SoutH Istanp: Nelson—Bidwill (n. 67 in Herb. Kew, fide N. KE. Brown); 
abundant on the coast ranges near Westport, Mount Frederic, Mount Rockfort, Mount 
Buckland, &c., and certeiniy extending from the Karamea River to Greymouth, and 
possibly farther south, I". Townson / Petrie! P. G. Morgan, and others: sounds of the 
south-west coast of Otago, Lyall (fide N. E. Brown). 1000-4000 ft. January— 
March. 
A very beautiful plant, easily recognized by the tall slender strict stems, small 
uniform crowded leaves, which are almost black when dry, remote ascending cauline 
leaves, and rather dense umbels of large flowers. 
Il. G. eorymbifera 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1895) 336.— 
Usually perennial, but often dying after flowering. Root stout, long and 
tapering. Stems simple or rarely branched from the base, stout, erect, 
terete, 6-20in. high. Radical leaves numerous, rosulate, 2-4 in. long, 
4 in. broad, narrow oblong-spathulate or lanceolate-spathulate, obtuse or 
acute, narrowed into a short or long petiole, blade often channelled above, — 
I-3-nerved, coriaceous, rather thick and fleshy when fresh. Cauline leaves 
1 or 2 pairs, seldom more, 3-2 in. long, linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 
sessile. Flowers large, 4-3in. diam., white, in large compact terminal 
umbels or cymes 2-6in. diam. or more; pedicels slender. Calyx short, 
often less than 4 the length of the corolla, campanulate, divided from 
3 to 3 way down, rarely more; lobes lanceolate-deltoid, acute or acuminate. 
Corolla divided about 2-way down; lobes broadly oblong, rounded at 
