6 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Ranunculacez. 
Nar. Orb. I. RANUNCULACEA, Juss. 
Gen. I. CLEMATIS, Linn. 
Sepala 4-8, wstvatione valvata. Petala 0. Stamina 6-00. Carpella plurima, in caudam plu- 
mosam producta. 
One of the most conspicuous and beautiful genera of New Zealand plants. It may be recognized by its 
climbing or trailing habit; compound leaves; copious clusters of white or green, often sweet-scented flowers; its 
perianth of six to eight linear or oblong pieces, downy, united at the margins only in bud; its numerous stamens 
generally confined to the flowers of one plant; and many pistils, which after flowering are lengthened into feathery 
awns. Several of the New Zealand species very closely resemble the Tasmanian. The genus, though abundant 
in both these islands, and found as far south as Akaroa and Otago (lat. 46° S.), is not known to inhabit South 
America beyond the thirty-sixth parallel: it prevails in the tropics and north temperate zone. C. hewasepala 
differs from all its congeners in having very generally only six petals, and as many stamens. All the kinds have 
many stamens on the large flowers of one plant, which is male, bearing no pistils; and but few stamens on the 
flowers of other plants, which flowers are hermaphrodite and smaller. All the leaflets of the young individuals are 
much cut and divided, and very variable in shape and size. (Name from xAypa, a vine-shoot, which the long branches 
resemble in habit of growth.) 
1. Clematis indivisa, Willd.; foliis ternatim sectis coriaceis puberulis glabratisve, foliolis 1-4-un- 
cialibus longe petiolatis lineari-oblongis v. late ovato-cordatis integris sinuatis lobatisve, floribus 1-2 une. 
diametr. paniculatis, pedunculis pedicellisque puberulis v. tomentosis, sepalis 6-8 late v. anguste oblongis 
obtusis, staminibus 8, antheris muticis, carpellis puberulis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 5. A. Rich. Flora. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Plantes. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4398. — C. integrifolia, Forst. Prodr. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands to Otago, abundant in the skirts of woods, 
Forster, etc. Fl. October. Nat. name, * Puawhananga." (Cult. in England.) 
Readily recognized by the great size of stem, leaves, and flowers, which is its main character; for, like all 
the other species, it is highly variable. The trunk grows as thick as a man's arm. The flowers often whiten the 
skirts of the forests from their abundance: they are one to two inches in diameter, and very sweet-scented. It is 
the most common species, and far handsomer than its English congener the Traveller's Joy. 
2. Clematis Colensoi, Hook. fil.; foliis ternatim sectis coriaceis, foliolis (4-1-uncialibus) longe petio- 
latis ovato-cordatis sinuato-lobatis rarius integerrimis glaberrimis venosis, floribus ($ unc. diametr., foemi- 
neis minoribus) paniculatis, pedunculis pubescentibus, sepalis 6 tomentosis linearibus obtusis, staminibus 
in fl. 2 plurimis, 8 paucis, antheris linearibus obtusis. C. odorata, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. Tas. I. 
Has. Northern Island, sandy banks on the east coast, Banks and Solander, Colenso. 
A very different-looking plant at first sight from C. indivisa, but not easily recognizable in all states: the 
smaller size, cut leaves, and narrow sepals best distinguish it. The glabrous leaves, common to both, are very 
coriaceous, and of a different texture from those of the four following kinds. — Prare I. C. Colensoi, male and 
hermaphrodite flowers. Fig. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, a carpel :—magnified. 
3. Clematis herasepala, DC. ; foliis ternatim rarius biternatim sectis, pedunculis pedicellisque glabratis, 
foliolis (parvis 4 unc. longis) late ovatis ovato-cordatisve irregulariter dentatis lobatis v. fere 3-partitis, 
floribus racemoso-paniculatis $ 4 g 3 unc. diametr., sepalis 6 lineari-oblongis pubescentibus, staminibus 
