Gunnera. 111 



Neu-Seeland: Nord-Insel (Cockayne herb. n. 4522); Süd-Insel (Cheeseman 

 herb. n. 1730); ohne Standortsangabe (Travers n. 172). — Herb. Berlin. 



6. G. densiflora Hook. f. Handb. New Zeal. Fl. (4 864) 68; Kirk, Student's 

 Fl. (1899) 154. — Humilis, late caespitosa, rhizomate breviusculo, ramoso. Folia 

 2,5 — 5 cm longa, petiolis duplo brevioribus, strictis, villosis vel glabrescentibus, lamina 

 1 — 2,5 cm diam. , orbiculari vel late ovato-orbiculari , basi cordata, margine minute 

 acuteque serrata, subcoriacea. Spicae unisexuales, Qf* ignotae, Q breves, inter folia 

 absconditae; flores dense glomerati, sessiles; calycis lobi 2, subulati, acuti; styli 2, 

 longi, patentes. Inflorescentia fructifera foliis brevior drupis glomeratis parvis, pendulis, 

 2,5 mm longis. (Mihi non visa: diagn. ex Cheeseman.) 



Neu-Seeland: Südinsel, Acheron und Clarence Rivers (Travers), Craigiebum 

 Mountains, Canterbury (Cockayne). 



7. G. dentata Kirk! in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. XXVII. (1894) 346 et in Student's 

 Fl. (1899) 154 nee Schnegg. — G. prorepens Hook. f. var. b. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 

 (1864) 68. — G. Hamiltonii Schnegg! in Flora XC. (1902) 165 non Kirk; Schindler 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXXIV. (1904) Beibl. 77. 22. — Herba humilis, rhizomate 

 repente saepe ramoso, folioso, stolonifero, scapum floriferum axillarem proferens. Folia 

 dense rosulata, petiolata, petiolo basi amplexicauli, 20 — 70 mm longo, plerumque dense 

 patulo-piloso, ligula minute squamiformi triseeta, lamina ovata vel elliptico-oblonga vel 

 elliptico-lanceolata vel rhombica, plerumque acuta, 8 — 25 mm longa et 7 — 14 mm lata, 

 saepissime euneatim in petiolum angustata, margine crenata vel crenato-lobata, saepis- 

 sime basim versus lobo singulo melius discreto, lobis acutis vel acutiusculis nunquam 

 bene rotundatis, sparse parceque pilosa vel subglabra. Flores plerumque unisexuales 

 et dioiei, ad scaporum apices sessiles, dense spicati, sed nonnunquam ad scapum mas- 

 culum infimi 1 — 2 foeminei, tunc 2 — 4 manifeste hermaphroditi ; foeminei in scapo 

 ±20 mm longo, bractea minuta squamiformi incisa praediti bracteolis 0, calycis tubus 

 subglobosus, lobis 2 lineari-triangularibus, styli 2, patuli; flores masculi ad scapi 40 

 — 50 mm longi partem superiorem, bractea ex ovato acuminata vel triangulari serrata 

 vel digitata pilosa, bracteolis 0, petala 2, lineari-oblonga, apice rotundata, fimbriata, 

 pilosissima, ± 2,8 mm longa et 0,8 mm lata, stamina 2, antheris 1,3 mm longis et 

 1 mm latis minute apiculatis, filamentis brevioribus ±0,7 mm longis; styli 0. Fructus 

 in scapo maxime elongato usque ad 70 mm longo clavati, penduli, rubri, 3 — 7 mm longi. 



Neu-Seeland: Südinsel in den Alpen am Fluß Bealey (Berggren, Hast n. 666); 

 Auckland (Cheeseman herb. n. 1731). — Herb. Berlin, Wien. 



8. G. arenaria Cheeseman! ex Kirk in Trans. New Zeal. Inst. XXVII. (1894) 348 

 et in Student's Fl. (1899) 154 non Schnegg. — G. densiflora Kirk in Trans. New 

 Zeal. Inst. 1. c. non Hook. f. — Planta humilis, rhizomate repente, crasso, squamoso, 

 stolonifero, folioso, ramoso, scapos axillares proferens. Folia dense rosulata, crassius- 

 cula, petiolata, petiolo i 5 — 50 mm longo, basi amplexicauli, depresso, applanato, sub- 

 glabro, lamina rhombica vel oblonga vel ovata vel late ovata, basi subcordata, euneatim 

 in petiolum angustata, obtusa, subcrenato-lobata, lobulis plerumque bene lateque rotun- 

 datis saepe minutissime apiculatis, subglabra, 8 — 15 mm longa et 8 — 12 mm lata. 

 Flores plerumque unisexuales et dioiei, ad scaporum apices sessiles, dense spicati, sed 

 nonnunquam ad scapum masculum infimi 1 vel 2 foeminei vel hermaphroditi; flores 

 foeminei in scapo crasso ±20 mm longo bracteati(?), ebracteolati, calycis tubus ± 

 1,3 mm longus et 1 mm diam., lobis 2 triangularibus ± 0,5 mm longis, styli 2, us- 

 que ad 5 mm longi, filiformes; masculi ad scapum 25 mm longum (vel longiorem?) 

 apicem versus dense spicati, bractea minuta praediti, ebracteolati, calycis tubus sub- 

 nullus, lobis 2 filiformibus ±0,7 mm longis, petala 2, oblongo-lanceolata, apice subulata, 

 glabra, ± 2,0 mm longa et 0,5 mm lata, stamina 2, filamentis brevissimis subnullis 

 antheris late ellipsoideis ± 1,3 mm longis et 1,1 mm latis sub-exapiculatis, styli 0. 

 Fructus in spica valida elongata clavati, penduli, pallidi, ± 6 mm longi et usque ad 

 4 mm diametro metientes. 



