Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 259 



R. Cappaceus (Sm.) and R. pimpinclloides (Hooker, Journ. Bot. i. 

 p. 243.) : from the former, however, it differs in its smaller solitary- 

 flowers, and from the latter in its leaves beinsr uniformly ternate and 

 each segment deeply incised. 



634. R. hirtus, caule erecto dichotomo petiolis pedunculisque pilosissimis, 

 foliis caulinis petiolatis inferioribus trisectis, segmentis petiolulatis ovatis 

 dentatis, mediis trilobatis, summis ovali-oblongis, calycibus retroflexis. DC, 

 Prodr. i. p. 39. Banks and Sol. Ms. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shores of Mercury Bay, also at Howa- 

 Howa Bay (Tolaga) in grassy places. — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Near Tauraki 

 on the Hokianga River. — 1833, 7?. Cunningham. 



Species antecedent proxima. Caules 2 — 3 erecti ad apicem iisque pilis 

 patentibus rigidis hispidi, dichotomi. Folia radicalia et caulina longe pe- 

 tiolata, petiolis hispidis, segmentis grosse dentatis pilosis. Flores minimi 

 longe pedunculati, lutei calyces retroflexi, carpella compressa lievia stylo 

 brevissimo recto apiculata, et in oapitulum ovatum aggregata. 



2. Clematis, L., DC. 



635. C. indivisa, floribus paniculatis, foliis ternatim sectis, segmentis pe- 

 tiolatis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis mucronatis coriaceis adultis utrinque 

 glabris, foliolis perianthii 6 — 8 elongato-oblongis obtusis utrinque lanugi- 

 nosis, staminibus duplo longioribus, antheris submuticis ramulis peduncu- 

 lisque tomentosis. Willd. Sp. PL ii. p. 1291. DC. Prodr. i. p. 5. A.Rich, 

 Ft. Nov. Zel. p. 288. — C. integrifolia. Forst. Prodr. n. 231. non Linn. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Margins of 

 woods on the shores of the Bay of Islands, and on the Hokianga River, 

 where it was detected flowering in September. — 1826, A. Cunningham, 



Scandens, ramis vetustioribus glabris. Petioli cirrhiformes. Foliola ob- 

 tusa, cum mucronulo vel emarginata, coriacea integerrima basi rotundata, 

 aut subcordata interdum obliqua. Paniculcs axillares, versus extremitateni 

 ramulorum foliis longiores, ramis oppositis unifloris bracteatis, tomentosis. 

 Foliola perianthii plerumque sena, oblonga, obtusa, nervosa, lana crispa 

 dense tecta, nervis anastomozantibus. Filamenta complanata sepalorum di- 

 midium asquantia. Ovaria numerosa in caudas barbato-plumosas abeuntia. 



636. C. parviflora, floribus racemoso-paniculatis axillaribus hexasepalis ? 

 foliis ternatim sectis, segmentis elliptico-cordatis acuminatis membranaceis 

 venosis integerrimis vel grosse serratis lobatisve, subtus pedunculisque fer- 

 rugineo-tomentosis, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, intus glabris 

 extus pilosis, staminibus paulo longioribus, antheris ovatis apiculo brevi ob- 

 tuso terminatis. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Thickets on the skirts of forests, Wan- 

 garoa. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Ffidex scandens, ramis elongatis striatis glabris, ramulis sulcatis, pilis raris 

 conspersis. Petioli cirrhiformes. Foliola ovali-cordata integra vel inciso- 

 serrata, petiolo duplo longiora. Panicultr laxse, axillares, folia sequantia, 

 petiolisque tonientosce. Flores hexasepali, sepalis lanceolatis extus ferru- 



