258 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand* 



New Zealand (Middle [aland). In the channels of rivulets at Totara-nui 

 near Queen Charlotte's Sound. — 1769, Sir. las. Banks. On the Kana-Kana 

 and Hokianga Rivers, Hay of Islands. — 1826, A. Cunningham. 



Herba tenella, glabra; caules graciles, reptantes s. nutantet. Folia (fere 

 Trifolii tuffocali) 3-partita, lobis cuneatis apice in lohnlos 2 — 3 divaricates 

 incisis. Floret parvi, pallido-flavi, petala lanceolata, rcmota, elongata un- 

 guiculata, unguibus limbos petalorura sequantibus. Stam. 8 — 12. Ovaria 

 6 — 12. Carpella totidem obovata, subcompressa, laevia, stylo rectiusculo 

 Glifonni aristata, in capitulum sphajroideum basi villis nonnullis cinctum ag- 

 gregata. 



631. R. acaulis, foliis glabris, radicalibus longe petiolatis 3-partitis, lobis 

 ovalibus integerrimis, scapo unifloro nudo petiolis breviore, calyce patente, 

 petalis lanceolatis remotis erectis. DC. Prodr. i. p. 34. Banks and Sol. Ms. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In muddy water-courses and wet 

 grounds on the shores of Mercury Bay (Opuragi). — 1769, Sir Jos. Hanks. 



Herba glabra, tenella (fere facie Trifolii unifori.). Folia omnia radicalia, 

 petioli graciles 2 — 3 poll, longi, limbi 3-partiti, lobis obtusis integerrimis 

 lateralibus ovalibus, medio obovato paulo majore. Scapus vix 2-pollicaris 

 nudus ]-florus. Petala longe unguiculata, erecta, angusta, acuta (pallide 

 flava v. alba?) staminibus paucis longiora. 



632. R. acris, foliis pubescentibus subglabrisve palmato-partitis, lobis in- 

 eiso-dentatis acutis, summis linearibus, caule erecto multifloro subpubescente 

 pedunculis teretibus, calyce subvilloso, carpellis inucrone subrecto terminatis. 

 DC. Prodr. i. p. 36. A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. p. 289. F. Bot. t. 652. 



Ponkou-Ponkou, s. Ponkookoo incolarum. D'Urville. 

 New Zealand (Northern Island). Shores of the Bay of Islands. — 1827, 

 D'Urville. 



633. R. plebeius, caule erectiusculo dichotomo basi petiolisque patentim 

 pilosissimo apice subglabro, foliis trisectis villosis, segmentis petiolulatis 

 ovatis inciso-dentatis, summis linearibus integris, caule subreflexo. DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 39. R. Br. Ms. hied. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Banks of the Kahio River, Wangaroa, 

 and elsewhere in moist places in the vicinity of that harbour. — 1826, A . 

 Cunningham. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Caulis suberectus, pedalis sesquipedalisve, apice dichotomo-ramosus, valde 

 hispidus, pilis rigidulis patentibus longis, apice pilis raris adpressis pubes- 

 cens. Folia radicalia et caulina longe petiolata, trisecta, segmentis petio- 

 lulatis ovato-cuneatis, inciso-lobatis utrinque villosis ; floralia sumraa linearia 

 parva, integra, pauca. Pedunculi graciles, elongati, uniflori. Flores lutei 

 vix magnitudine R. arvensis. Calyx hirsutus, primum patens dein reflexus, 

 petalis obovatis brevior. Carpella compressa laevia, stylo uncinate terminata, 

 in capitulum subrotundum aggregata. 



The specimens from the above-mentioned localities accord so per- 

 fectly with M. DeCandolle's character of Brown's plant, originally 

 found in New South Wales, as to leave no doubt of the identity of 

 the species. The nearest affinities of our plant appear to be with 



