. Plants of New Zealand. , flowers which are brightly tintedelsewhere, are in New Zealand very frequently pure we come to examine the New Zealand species, of whichthere are about ten, we find that they are all, if true to type,white. Some, occasionally, however, exhibit shades of red,purple, violet, and pale lemon; but the deep blues, yellows, orpurples, so characteristic of the gentian elsewhere, are hereunknown. Strangely enough, the most brilliant of our speciesis Gentiana cerina of the Auckland Islands. Like so manyother Auckland Island plants {v. Pleurophylhim), it hasa depth o
. Plants of New Zealand. , flowers which are brightly tintedelsewhere, are in New Zealand very frequently pure we come to examine the New Zealand species, of whichthere are about ten, we find that they are all, if true to type,white. Some, occasionally, however, exhibit shades of red,purple, violet, and pale lemon; but the deep blues, yellows, orpurples, so characteristic of the gentian elsewhere, are hereunknown. Strangely enough, the most brilliant of our speciesis Gentiana cerina of the Auckland Islands. Like so manyother Auckland Island plants {v. Pleurophylhim), it hasa depth of hue unknown amongst plants of the same genus onthe mainland. According to Kirk, it is one of the mostbeautiful plants in the flora. The corollas vary in colour froma pure waxy white, to white with a vertical stripe, purple,reddish-purple and violet. It is in other respects, also, anextremely variable plant ; and, like most of the gentians, veryinteresting botanically. *Trans., Vol. XXVII. p. 339. THE GENTIAN FAMILY 339. Fiti. Hi. Gentiana corymbifera (life size). 340 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Apocynaceae. The Periwinkle Family. Distribution.—A large family of about a thousand species, chiefly tropical,of which the Periwinkle (Vinca) is the only British genus. Many of the plantspossess more or less poisonous properties, though some have edible fruit. TheOleander, every part of which is poisonous, is cultivated for the beauty of itsflowers. Genus Parsonsia. A small genus (about 10 species) of climbing plants. Leaves remarkablyvariable. Flowers in panicles. Fruit of two, long, narrow, pod-like silky-haired. (Named in honour of Parsons, a botanist). 2 sp. Parsonsia heterophylla (The Varied-leaved Parsonsia).Stems as thick as a quill, shining. Leaves leathery, 1 in. broad, oblong,or lanceolate, 3 in. long, with lobed margins. Flowers white, scented, 5 Antheis within the corolla. Both islands. Fl. Parsonsia capsularis {Tlie Caimdate Parso
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