VVZ/v' .lA'V ALJirU OF NEW ZEALAND FLORA. 



7. R. BUCIIANANI (Hook., F.) 



Gla1)rous ; l(>aves lobod, or partite. Scape, 1-flowerecl, white. Middle Island, Ota^^o 

 Lake District in large ])atches ; alt. 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Named in honour oi' Mr. J. 

 Buchanan, F.L.S., l)otanical draftsman and botanist, lately in the service of the New 

 Zealand Geological Department. 



8. E. HAASTII (Hook., F.) 



Glabrous, fleshy ; leaves multifid, cauline involucrate. Flowers many, yellow. 

 Middle Island, shingle beds on Mount Torlesse, and the Ribbonwood range ; alt. 4,000 

 to 6,000 feet. Named after Sir Julius Von Haast, F.R.S., Curator of the Canterbury 

 Museum. 



R. GODLEYANUS (Rook., F.) 



Erect, very stout ; 1 ft. high. Leaves all radical, with broad, thick petioles, 2-5 in. 

 long, and 1 in. broad ; blade, 6-7 in. long. Scapes, stout. Flowers numerous, cormybose, 

 1-1^ in. across ; deep yellow. Middle Island ; "VYliitcombe Pass, on the edge of a lagoon ; 

 alt. 4,200 feet. Named in honour of Mr. Godley, the pioneer settler of Canterbury. — 

 Additional Notes, Handbook of New Zealand Flora, p. 723. 



There are many other species, all of which are stated to be smaller, and less remark- 

 able, than those mentioned. A drawilig of the R. pleheius is given in our Plate No. 5, 

 fig. 1. This species is abundant throughout the Islands. It is likewise a common 

 Australian plant, and probably also indigenous to South Africa and Europe. 



GENUS IV. 

 CALTHA (Linn.) The Caltha, or Marsh Marigold. 



Genebic Chabacteh. — Glabrous tufted herbs, with most, 

 or all of the leaves, riidical, and 1-flowereJ scapes. Kepals, 5 or 

 more, petaloid, imbricate. Petals, none. Stamens, numerous. 



Carpels several, witli many ovules in two rows on tlie ventral 

 suture. Follicles splitting along (he inner face, several- 

 seeded. — MandbooJc of Netv Zealand Flora, p. !). 



Description, etc. — A small genus, found in the temperate and cold regions of both 

 hemispheres, distinguished from JRanitncnlus by the absence of a green calyx, and from 

 Hellehorns by the absence of tvibular petals. The flower of the Caltha is yellow, its 

 name denoting a flower vellow in colour and strons; of smell. 



