Ranunculacee. | FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. 7 
fl. 3 00, fl. 8 6-8, antheris oblongis muticis, carpellis sericeis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 5. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Lindley, Bot. Reg. v. 32. 4.44. Raoul, Choix de Plantes. O. hexapetala, Forst. Prodr. 
Var. B. rutefolia; foliis biternatis bipinnatisve, foliolis 3 lin. longis. 
Has. Northern Island and northern parts of the Middle Island, Forster, efe. g, Nelson, Bidwill. 
Fl. November. (Cult. in England.) 
The sweet-scented flowers of this plant are well known in the Colony, and have entitled it to cultivation in English 
greenhouses. It is to be recognized by its small green flowers, the sepals of which are neither so small and narrow 
as in C. parviflora, nor so downy as in C. fwtida, The leaves are much smaller than in either of the foregoing, more 
cut, with broad, often rounded lobed leaflets. In var. 8, these are quite decompound, like Rue leaves. Dr. Lindley 
proposed a generic name, Triguadria, for this, from the constant prevalence of six sepals and as many stamens in 
the hermaphrodite flower ; but these characters, though constant only in this kind, prevail in the others, all of which 
have few stamens and generally six sepals in the hermaphrodite, and many stamens with six to eight sepals in 
the male plant. 
4. Clematis parviflora, A. Cunn.; plus minusve tomentoso-pubescens pilis fulvis, foliis ternatim sectis, 
foliolis (ž-uncialibus) ovato-cordatis subacutis integerrimis v. paucilobatis subtus precipue pubescentibus, 
floribus in paniculam subtrichotome ramosam irregulariter dispositis parvis (4-3 unc. diametr.), sepalis 
pubescentibus fl. ? anguste linearibus, filamentis gracilibus, antheris breviter obige carpellis sericeis. 
A. Cunn. Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Plantes. 
Has. Northern Island, abundant on the skirts of woods, 4. Cunningham, etc. Fl. November. Nat. 
name, “ Poko-Poko nui-ha-ura.” 
The fulvous somewhat silky pubescence of this species readily distinguishes it; as do the generally entire, rather 
membranous leaflets; small flowers with very narrow sepals; and especially the broad short anthers, which are 
common to this and the following only. 
5. Clematis fatida, Raoul; folis ternatim sectis, foliolis (majusculis 3-14 unc. longis) ovatis ovato- 
cordatisve integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis, floribus in paniculam subtrichotome ramosam dense tomentosam 
dispositis, floribus parvis (1-2 unc.), sepalis 4-6 lineari- oblongis extus dense tomentosis, filamentis gracili- 
bus, antheris breviter obi us carpellis sericeis. Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p. 24. t. 22. 
Var. 8? depauperata ; foliolis anguste linearibus ¿-uncialibus v. minimis 1-2 lin. longis, pedunculis 
brevibus 1-floris. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, Colenso, etc. Banks’ Peninsula, Raoul. Fl. 
November. Var. 8. Lake Rotoatara, Colenso. 
Very closely allied to C. parviflora, differing in the larger leaves, which are not pubescent below; and the thick 
tomentum on the panicle of flowers, which extends over the sepals. M. Raoul describes the female flowers as 
having no stamens, but I find them often present; he remarks, too, that the flowers are fetid. The var. 8. seems 
to be a starved state of the plant; but it is in hermaphrodite flower only, and too imperfect to pronounce upon. 
Gen. II. MYOSURUS, Diz. 
Sepala 5, basi deorsum producta. Petala 5, ungue filiformi tubuloso. Stamina 5-00. Carpella 
sicca, 1-sperma, in spicam densam fructiferam elongatam disposita. 
Very small herbaceous plants, with a few linear leaves from the root; and several scapes or stems, bearing 
Minute solitary flowers, and, when in fruit, short or long spikes of densely packed little seed-vessels (whence the 
name, pvos ovpa, mouse-tail). 
