Clematis.] I. eanunculaceae. 



2. C. hexasepala, DC. in Syst. i. 146. Smaller in all its parts than 

 C. indivisa. Leaves 3-foliolate^ coriaceous, glabrous ; leaflets petiolulate, 

 ovate or ovate-cordate, acute or acuminate, irregularly toothed or lobed, rarely 

 entire, lin.— 2in. long. Flowers lin.— liin. in diameter; peduncles pubescent. 

 Sepals 6, broadly linear, obtuse, downy. Anthers linear, obtuse. Achenes 

 ovate, pilose. — DC, Prod. i. 5; Raoul, Enum. 47; Hook, f., Handbk. N.Z. 

 Fl. 3; C. odorata, Banks and Sol. MSS.; C. hexapetala, Forst., Prod. n. 230; 

 C. Forsteri, Gmel., Syst. 873 ; C. Colensoi, Hook, f ., Fl. N.Z., i. 6, t. 1 (not of 

 Handbk.). 



NORTH and SOUTH lelanda : Prom the Kaipara River to the Blufi, but rare and local in 

 the South. Ascends to nearly 3,000ft. Pikiarero. Sept. to Nov. 



Readily distinguished from 0. indivisa by the smaller flowers and toothed pale-green leaves. 

 In young plants the leaves are sometimes ternately divided, but this state is not permanent. 



3. C. australis, n. s. Stems and branches slender, pubescent at the 

 tips. Leaves slightly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-foliolate ; leaflets fin.— lin. long, 

 pinnate or pinnatifid ; secondary leaflets and segments deeply lobed or toothed. 

 Peduncles pubescent, lin.— 4in. long, very slender. Flowers solitary on the 

 peduncles or in 2— 4-flowered panicles, rarely exceeding lin. in diameter. Sepals 

 5—8, downy. Achenes narrowed at the apex, pilose. 



SOUTH Island : Mountain districts in Nelson and Canterbury, 1,500ft. to 3,000ft. November. 

 Allied to G. hexasepala, from which it differs in the slender habit, decompound leaves, solitary 

 flowers, and small heads of fusiform achenes. I have not seen the female flower. 



4. C. afoliata^ Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, iii. (1870) 211. Stems and 

 branches wiry, finely grooved ; leafless, or with a few 3-foliolate leaves in the 

 young state, when the leaflets are entire, ovate, acute, on long petioles ; nodes 

 distant. Leaves represented by petioles in the mature state. Flowers in fascicles 

 of 2—5 in the axils of the petioles ; peduncles slender, pilose, each with a pair of 

 ovate pilose bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, silky. Achenes ovate, silky. 



NORTH Island: Mr. Colenso informed me that he collected this species in the North Island 

 many years ago, but had forgotten the locality. SOUTH Island : Nelson, Marlborough, Canterbury, 

 and Otago, but local. October. 



A singular plant, often forming thick masses of leafless stems or branches, 9ft. or lOffc. in 

 length, bound together by the twining petioles. The sepals are greenish-white. 



Var. 6. aphylla, Colenso, sp., Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 259. Flowers hermaphrodite, stamens 10. 

 NORTH Island : Puketapu, Hawke's Bay, H. Hill. I have not seen flowering specimens. 



5. C. Colensoi, Hook. /., Handbk. N.Z. FL, p. 3. Stems slender, much 

 branched. Leaves 3-foliolate, membranous or slightly coriaceous; leaflets 

 petioled, iin.— liin. long, ovate or ovate-cordate, crenate or irregularly toothed 

 or deeply 3-partite. Panicle short, much branched or consisting chiefly of 

 1-flowered peduncles ; peduncles slender, pubescent. Flowers fin.— liin. in 

 diameter. Sepals 5—7, silky, oblong. Anthers linear. Achenes silky. — 

 C. hexasepala, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. p. 7 (not of DC). 



NORTH Island: Hawke's Bay, local ; Wellington, frequent. SOUTH Island: Nelson, rare 

 and local. 



Var. b. rutaefolia, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 7. Usually smaller, leaves 2-ternate or 2-pinnate ; 

 secondary leaflets often petioled. NORTH Island : Wellington, frequent. SOUTH Island : Nelson_ 



