126 ROSACE. (Rubus. 
the base, coarsely and irregularly toothed, usually tomentose or 
pubescent beneath; petioles and midribs with recurved prickles. 
Panicles 2-8 in. long ; branches and pedicels stout, hispid or setose 
or pubescent. Flowers 4in. diam., whitish, diwcious. Calyx 
tomentose. Petals broad, rounded. Fruit tin. diam., pale-yel- 
lowish, juicy.— Raoul, Choixz, 49; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 126. BR. aus- 
ae var. schmidelioides, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zei. i. 53; Handb. N.Z. 
. 4, 
Var. coloratus, Kirk, l.c.—Leaflets rugose, white beneath with appressed 
tomentum, 
Nortu anp Sourn Isnanps, Strpwart Istanp: Not uncommon throughout, 
but mostly in lowland districts. October-November. 
4. R. parvus, Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vi. (1874) 248, t. 22, 
f. 2 and 3.—A dwarf prostrate glabrous shrub; stems creeping, 
12-18 in. long, sometimes partly buried in the soil and rooting at 
the nodes; bark red; prickles few. Leaves 1-foliolate; leatiets 
bronzy, coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 
slightly cordate or truncate at the base, acutely dentate; teeth 
almost spinous; petioles and midrib with a few stout prickles. 
Flowers few, dicecious, in short terminal or axillary panicles or 
solitary ; pedicels pubescent. Calyx-lobes silky-pubescent, acumi- 
nate, reflexed. Petals white, barely exceeding the calyx. Fruit 
large, 3-1 in. long, oblong, juicy.— Kirk, Students’ Fl. 126. 
SoutH Istanp: River-valleys on the western side of the Southern Alps. 
Heaphy River, Dall; Buller Valley, Kirk; Lyell River, Dr. Gaze; Lake 
Brunner, Hector! Teremakau Valley, Kirk! Otira Valley, Cockayne! Petrie ! 
Altitudinal range 250-3000 ft. 
Apparently a very distinct species, easily recognised by its small size, 
1-foliolate leaves with sharply dentate margins, long acuminate sepals, and 
large oblong fruit. I cannot agree with Mr. Kirk in thinking that it may be 
‘Can arrested form of R. australis.’’ 
2, GEUM, Linn. 
Perennial herbs. Radical leaves crowded, often rosulate, pin- 
nate or pinnatisect; leaflets toothed or incised, the terminal one 
often much larger than the others; stem-leaves usually small and 
bract-like. Flowers in a terminal corymbose panicle or solitary. 
Calyx persistent; lobes 5, usually alternating with 5 bracteoles. 
Petals 5. Stamens numerous, crowded. Carpels many; ovules 
solitary, erect; style terminal, filiform, elongating much after 
flowering, bent at or below the end. Achenes numerous, com- 
pressed, crowded on a dry receptacle, each one terminated by the 
persistent elongated naked or plumose style. 
A genus comprising about 35 species, spread through the temperate and cold 
regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. One of the New Zea- 
land species is widely distributed, another occurs in temperate South America, 
the rest are endemic. 
