Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Gentiana cerina Hook.f.

G. cerina Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1, 1844, 54, t. 36.

G. campbellii Homb. et Jacq. ex Decne in Voy. Pôle Sud 1853, 22, t. 31c.

Type: K, J. D. Hooker.

Perennial; stems us. several to many, margined, stout, trailing or prostrate, us. much-branched; branches very lfy, ± 20-45 cm. long, ascending to suberect at tips. Basal lvs coriac., fleshy, shining; lamina obovate- to spathulate-oblong to linear-spathulate, (12)-20-40 × 8-10 mm., with 3 evident nerves, narrowed to broad flat petiole. Cauline lvs similar, 6-36 mm. long, on very short petioles. Fls several together, approximate, near ends of branches, 8-16 mm. long, sts laxly corymbose, subsessile or on very short slender pedicels. Calyx < or - corolla, cut 3/4 way or more into oblong or spathulate, obtuse, often recurved lobes. Corolla white or ± streaked with red or purple veins, broadly rotate-campanulate with oblong obtuse lobes c. 7 mm. wide.

DIST.: A. Rocky coastal to montane areas.

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