Gentiana. | GENTIANACEAE. 735 
below, 4-14 in. long. Leaves }-14in. long, obovate-spathulate or oblong- 
spathulate, obtuse, narrowed into a broad flat petiole, thick and coriaceous 
or fleshy, smooth and shining, 3-nerved ; cauline similar but smaller and 
with shorter petioles. Flowers on slender pedicels or almost sessile, 
crowded towards the ends of the branches, sometimes corymbose, 3-3 1n. 
long, white or white streaked with red and purple. Calyx about 3 shorter 
than the corolla or almost equalling it, divided 3-way down ; lobes oblong 
or oblong-spathulate, obtuse, sometimes slightly recurved at the tip. 
Corolla broadly rotate-campanulate ; lobes oblong, obtuse-—Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 191; 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1895) 338; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 454. G. Campbelli Homb. et Jacg. Voy. au Péle 
Sud (1852) 22, t. 3le. 
Var. suberecta 7’. Kirk l.c. 339.—Stems more slender, suberect, decumbent at the 
base, 6-18in. high. Cauline leaves more remote. Flowers in rather lax corymbs, 
usually on long pedicels. Calyx-lobes broadly oblong. | 
AUCKLAND IsLANDS: Not uncommon from sea-level to nearly 1000 ft., Hooker / 
T. Kirk ! Chapman ! 
A remarkably brilliant plant, well figured in the “ Flora Antarctica.” Both 
varieties are apparently abundant. 
22. G. eoneinna Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 53, t. 35—Usually annual. 
Stems short, slender, much branched from the base, erect or ascending, 
1-4in. high; branches crowded, leafy. Leaves close-set, 3-lin. long, 
oblong-spathulate or linear-oblong, obtuse, gradually narrowed into a 
broad flat petiole, spreading or recurved, coriaceous; cauline similar but 
smaller. Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves, often very numerous, 
sessile or shortly peduncled, about 4in. long, white streaked with red or 
purple or altogether red. Calyx 4 shorter than the corolla, divided ?-way 
down; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse. Corolla rotate-campanulate; lobes 
obovate-oblong, obtuse —Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 190; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 455. G. cerina var. concinna 7. Kirk wn Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xxvii (1895) 339. 
AUCKLAND Istanps: Not uncommon, Hooker, 7’. Kirk ! Chapman? 
A charming little plant, very closely allied to G@. cerina, from which it is mainly 
separated by being annual, by the more erect mode of growth, and by the smaller size 
of all its parts. According to Mr. Kirk, it is usually found growing on the surface of 
the huge masses of Z'richocolea tomentella and other Hepaticae which often carpet the 
ground in sheltered places in the Auckland Islands. 
23. G. antaretica T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvu (1895) 339.— 
Annual; whole plant very minutely verrucose. Stems stout, erect, simple 
or branched, densely leafy throughout, 3-10in. high. Radical leaves 
numerous, spreading all round, 1-2in. long; blade oblong or lanceolate, 
obtuse, 3—5-nerved, membranous when dry, narrowed into a petiole of 
about equal length; cauline leaves rather smaller, with shorter petioles. 
Flowers small, about 4in. long, crowded on short axillary leafy branchlets 
shorter than the subtending leaves, each flower in the axil of a floral leat 
exceeding it in length ; pedicels short, slender. Calyx equalling the corolla 
or nearly so, divided almost to the base; lobes linear or ligulate, obtuse. 
Corolla divided about 2-way down; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse or sub- 
acute. Ovary minutely verrucose.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 455. 
G. concinna var. robusta Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1 (1844) 53. 
