SUPPLEMENTUM ELOEiE NOV.E-ZELANDLE. 



VOLUME I. 



(Page 6.) Clematis indivisa, Willd. 



This plant has been stated (Steudel in Plant. Preiss.) to be a native of South-west Australia, upon evidence 

 that appears qmte insufficient, namely, a comparison of leaves only; the stamens being absolutely essential to the 

 discrimination of species of this genus. 



(Page 7.) Clematis kexasepala, DC. Var. rutcefolia. 



Additional specimens of this from Dr. Monro, collected in the neighbourhood of Nelson, rather confirm my 

 opinion of its being only a variety, though a well marked one on the whole; its leaflets are generally narrower than 

 those of C. liexasepala ; the flowers are identical. 



Clematis fcetida, Eaoul. Yar. /3 ? depauperates. 



Mr. Colenso has sent specimens of this plant in fruit; these have minute tripartite and ternatisect leaves, evi- 

 dently in a very abnormal state, with leaflets of very various shapes ; the carpels are small, very tomentose and 

 villous: it appears clearly an abnormal state of 0. fcetida. 



(Page 8.) After Ranunculus nivicola, add — 

 _ 2 his. Ranunculus Monroi, Hook. fil. ; scapigeras, sericeo-pilosus, foliis omnibus radicalibus crasse 

 petiolatis rotundato-cordatis grosse crenato-lobulatis coriaceis, scapo s. pednnculo glabra crasso erecto 2-8- 

 floro, flonbus subcorymbosis, bracteis lineari-oblongis v. obovatis varie incisis, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtu- 

 sis glabns, petahs sub-8 aureis obcordatis supra basin fovea nectarifera instructs, antheris late oblongis, 

 carpelbs perplurimis immaturis strictis in stylum erectum attenuatis 3-quetris v. sub-3-alatis. 



Hab. Middle Island : summit of M'Crae's Run and Fairfield Downs, alt. 4000 feet, Monro Fl 

 Uecemb. 



_ A very distinct and pretty species, intermediate in habit and characters between the Auckland Island R pin- 

 gnu and R. nivicola.-Whole plant 5-8 inches high, more or less clothed with white soft silky hairs, especially on 

 he petioles. Rhizome very short, covered thickly with black persistent ragged leaf-sheaths, sending down many 

 ick long root-fibres. Leaves 3-8, all radical, 1-3 inches long, rounded, with a cordate base, coarsely crenate, 

 airy on both surfaces, coriaceous and perhaps fleshy when fresh. Scape glabrous, twice as long as the leaves, naked 

 elow, towards the top bearing 2-8 subeorymbose flowers. Peduncles 1-3 inches long, the lower with an oblong 

 or obovate variously cut bract at the base. Sepals glabrous or slightly pilose. Flowers |~1 inch across. Petals 

 a out eight, obcordate, with a deep nectarial pit above the base (as in R. nivicola). Carpels (young) very numerous, 

 ln a globose head, glabrous, straight, with three narrow wings or keels, as in R. pinguis. Style straight. 

 (Page 9.) 3. Ranunculus geraniifolius, Hook. fil. 

 Add to habitats— Middle Island; top of Gordon's Nob, Nelson, Monro. 



