Gunnera. 109 



Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXIV. Beibl. n. 77. (1 904) 20. — G. arenaria Schnegg! 1. c. (e. p.). — 

 Misandropsis monoica Oerst. in Kjoebenhavn Vidensk. Meddel. (4 857) 192. — Planta 

 humilis, rhizomate perenni squamoso, ligula singula subintegra, stolonifera, foliosa, 

 radicans, scapum floriferum axillarem proferens. Folia dense rosulata, petiolata, petiolo 

 ±60 mm longo, plerumque 5-plo quam lamina longiore, dz adpresse piloso, lamina 

 ex triangulari cordato-orbiculari, dz 12 mm longa et 14 mm lata, 3 — 7-lobata, lobis 

 apicem versus paullo dilatatis, plerumque grosse 3-serratis, apiculis triangularibus, ple- 

 rumque minute undulata, supra sparse, subtus nervis et margine amplius pilosa. Flores 

 monoici in scapo communi dz 70 mm longo piloso, foeminei basim scapi versus panni- 

 culam e racemis compositam densam dz 20 mm longam et dz 15 mm diametro me- 

 tientem formantes, subtus glomerati, supra diffusi, sensim in masculos transeuntes, 

 medio saepe 1 vel 2 hermaphroditi, masculi laxe racemosi sessiles vel breviter vel raro 

 longe pedicellati; flores omnes bractea 3 mm longa et 2 mm lata ovata laciniata pilosa 

 concava bracteolis vel 2 minutissimis filiformibus praediti; fl. foeminei brevissime 

 pedicellati, calycis tubus ellipsoideus, dz 0,7 mm longus et 0,5 mm diam., lobis 2 e 

 late triangulari acuminatis serratis pilosis dz 0,5 mm longis et 0,3 mm latis, petala 

 staminaque 0, styli 2 ad 3 mm longi, subulati ; in fl. hermaphroditis saepissime stamina 

 petalaque reducta et inde incompleta; in fl. masculis nonnunquam longe pedunculatis 

 calycis tubus in pedicellum brevissimum reductus, lobis 2 ex ovato longe acuminatis 

 serratis pilosis dz 1,0 mm longis et 0,4 mm latis, petala 2, cuneatim unguiculata, 

 profunde lintriformia, cucullata, margine laciniata et fimbriata, dz 2 mm longa et latere 

 visa 1,0 mm lata, stamina 2, filamentis dz 3,0 mm longis, antheris ellipticis dz 1,0 mm 

 longis et 0,8 mm latis minute apiculatis, styli 0. Fructus subgloboso-compressus dz 

 1 mm longus et totidem diametro metiens pallescens velutinus. 



Neu-Seeland: Südinsel, Westland (Berggren, Diels n. 6336), Banks-Halbinsel 

 (Haoul); Chatham-Inseln (Cockayne n. 4535). 



Var. ramulosa Kirk 1. c. — Inflorescentia panniculata, ramosissima, ramis supe- 

 rioribus 20 — 30 mm longis, floribus dense dispositis (diag. ex Kirk). 



Neu-Seeland: Südinsel, Broken Biver (Enys). 



Var. albocarpa Kirk, Student's Flora (1899) 152. — Planta paullo robusüor 

 fructibus albidis, panniculis paullo magis ramosis. 



Neu-Seeland: Südinsel, Arthurs Pass (Spencer in herb. Cheeseman n. 1723). 

 — Herb. Berlin. 



3. G. mixta Kirk in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. XXVII. (1894) 3 44 et in Student's 

 Fl. (1899) 152. — G. microcarpa Kirk in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. XXVII. (1894) 348 

 et in Student's Fl. (1899) 153. — G. ovata Petrie in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. XXV. 

 (1892) 274 (e. p.). — G. densiflora Schnegg! in Flora XC. (1902) 161 non Hook. f. 

 (e. p.). — G. arenaria Schnegg! 1. c. (e. p.); Schindler in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. 

 (1904) Beibl. 77. 21. — Herba humilis, rhizomate brevi squamoso radicante, folioso, 

 stolonifero, scapum floriferum axillarem proferente. Folia dense rosulata, petiolata, 

 petiolo usque ad 50 mm longo erecte piloso, lamina cordato-ovato, apice obtusa, crenata 

 vel crenato-lobata, dz 23 mm longa et 20 mm lata, utrinque praesertim subtus ad nervös 

 et marginem pilosa. Flores in scapo florifero norma unisexuales, plerumque monoici, 

 rarius dioici, nonnunquam si monoici hermaphroditi 1 — 2 intermixti, spicati vel panni- 

 culati, scapis foemineis quam folia brevioribus, masculis longioribus, tunc basim versus 

 fl. Q perpaucis praeditis, plerumque flores foeminei ad scapum communem basim versus 

 panniculati, racemis 1 — 4-floris, bractea ovata vel ovato-lanceolata concava serrata 

 fimbriata, bracteolis 2 minutissimis; calycis tubus subglobosus vel urceolatus, 0,9 — 

 1,3 mm longus, lobis 2 triangularibus acutis pilis crassis albis erectis praeditis; petala 

 staminaque 0; styli 2, usque ad 3,0 mm longi filiformes; masculi inferiores racemoso- 

 panniculati, superiores spicati bractea primaria bracteolisque 2 sicut in foemineis, sessiles 

 vel pedicellati, calycis lobis subulatis dz 1,0 mm longis, petala 2, obconica, praesertim 

 apicem versus fimbriata, dz 2,0 mm longa et ad 1 mm lata, stamina 2, filamentis 



