40 FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. [ Geraniacee. 
to G. Oarolinianum of North America, with which it entirely agrees, except that the seeds are more deeply punc- 
tate; this trifling character alone is said to distinguish G. Carolinianum from the European G. dissectum. In 
Europe, G. dissectum has small flowers, and petals as short as the sepals; this is a variable character in the New 
Zealand plant, and also in the North American. The European has also an annual root, according to descriptions ; 
but as various annuals and biennials of Europe become perennials in the more uniform climates of New Zealand 
and Tasmania, much stress cannot be laid upon that point. My G. Patagonicum (Fl. Antarct. vol. ii. p. 252) is 
probably the same plant, and equally a variety of @. Carolinianum, which is found throughout Mexico and Peru. 
2. Geranium mole, L.; laxe patentim pilosum, caulibus laxis procumbentibus diffusis, foliis orbiculatis 
v. reniformibus 5-7-lobatis, lobis incisis obtusis, pedunculis 2-floris, petalis emarginatis calyce sequilongis 
v. longioribus, capsulis transverse rugosis, seminibus levibus. Engl. Bot. t. 118. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands, Colenso and Lyalt. 
Usually a smaller and weaker-stemmed plant than the former, with more rounded, less deeply cut, and softly 
pilose leaves. Flowers usually paler. Its best characters are the wrinkled capsule and smooth seeds. The roots 
appear annual.— Neither Mr. Colenso nor Dr. Lyall allude to this common European plant as having been intro- 
duced. I have it from Tasmania also, collected by Mr. Gunn, who suspects that it is not wild in that country. 
3. Geranium potentilloides, Herit.; caule decumbente ramoso superne petiolis pedunculisque appresse 
rarius patentim retrorsum pilosis canisque, foliis 5-7-lobatis partitisve, segmentis cuneatis 3-fidis acutis, pe- 
dunculis unifloris 2-bracteolatis, petalis calyce eeguilongis v. longioribus pallidis, capsulis parce pilosis levibus 
obscure carinatis, seminibus minute punctulatis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p. 369. G. pallidiflorum, Banks et Sol. 
MSS. et Ic. Q. retrorsum, A. Cunn. Prodr. An DO.? 
Var. B. microphyllum ; glabratum, acaule v. caulibus abbreviatis, foliis parvis. G. microphyllum, 77. 
Antarct. v. 1. p. 8. t. V. 
Var. y. debile; caulibus filiformibus glabratis petiolis pedunculisque superne patentim pilosis, foliis 
ad medium lobatis. 
Has. Northern, Middle, and Southern Islands; chiefly in mountainous situations, Banks and 
Solander, Colenso, etc. Var. 8. Tops of mountains. Var. y. East coast, Colenso; Akaroa, Raoul. 
A weak straggling plant, much smaller in all its parts than either of the former, more or less clothed with 
silky appressed retrorse hairs, especially at the apex of the peduncles and petioles. Leaves ¿-1 inch broad, more 
or less deeply cut and lobed. Peduncles single, rarely two-flowered, with two lanceolate scarious bracteze about the 
middle. Flowers very variable in size, always pale, + to nearly 1 inch across. Capsules obscurely ribbed or keeled 
down the back, pilose. Seeds minutely dotted.— The var. 8 has sometimes no stems, both leaves and peduncles 
arising from a thick root; it is a mountain plant, originally found in Lord Auckland’s Group. Var. y is a very 
slender straggling form, probably from shaded places, with patent hairs on the petioles and peduncles; its leaves 
are membranous and less deeply cut. This is a common Tasmanian species, and resembles very closely some 
Andes plants. 
4. Geranium örevicaude, Hook.; radice valida multicipite, caulibus abbreviatis pedunculis petiolisque 
pilosis pilis longis retrorsum appressis patulisve rarius glabratis, foliis 5-7-partitis lobatisve, lobis cuneatis 
trifidis v. incisis, lobulis obtusis v. acutis, pedunculis oppositifolis validis 1-floris infra florem dense 
sericeo-barbatis basin versus 2-bracteolatis, calycibus villosis, petalis pallidis, capsulis pilosis levibus, semini- 
bus levibus v. minutissime punctatis. Hook. in Journal of Botany, v. 2. p. 252. 
Has. Northern Island; Ruahine Mountains, Colenso. Middle Island; Chalky Bay, Zyall. 
Root stout, fusiform, woody, giving off many short branches 2-6 inches long, which, as well as the petioles 
and peduncles, are clothed with silky, white, retrorse or patent hairs; the latter sometimes evanescent in old plants. 
