4 I. EANUNCTJLACEAE. [Clematis. 



6. C. marata, J. B. Armst. in Tram. N.Z.I, xiii. (1880) 335. Stems 

 and branclies weak, often trailing or forming bundles bound together by tne 

 twining petioles, pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, usually pubescent on both 

 surfaces; leaflets iin.— Jin. long, petioled, entire or lobulate or 3-partite. 

 Panicle short, often reduced to two or more 1-3-flowered peduncles ; bracteoles 

 large, often foliaceous. ]Male flowers \m. in diameter. Sepals 4, oblong, 

 silky. Stamens linear, oblong. Female peduncles rarely exceeding lin, in 

 length. Achenes with a thickened margin, glabrous or puberulous. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : East Cape to Otago, but often local ; chiefly in mountain 

 districts. Ascends from sea-level to 3,000ft. Oct., Nov. Tiie brown colour and depauperated 

 aspect of this species distinguish it from all others, except C. guadribracteolata, which has linear 

 leaflets and sepals. 



7. C. quadribracteolata, Colenso in Trans. N.Z.L xiv. (1881) 329. A 

 very slender species, with much-branched stems 1ft.— 3ft. long, glabrous except 

 at the tips. Leaves few, jin.— 2in. long, 3-foliolate; leaflets iin.— ^in. long, 

 petioled, linear, linear-oblong, or ovate-acuminate, bluntly apiculate, 3-lobate. 

 Peduncles solitary or in pairs, usually shorter than the petioles, pubescent, 

 1-flowered ; bracteoles in two pairs, connate. Sepals 4, linear, obtuse or acute, 

 silky, iin. long. Anthers linear. Sepals of female flower short, oblong, 

 obtuse. Achenes sparingly silky, awns short. — C. foetida, /3 depauperata, 

 Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 7. 



NOBTH Island : Hawke's Bay, on the margins of marshes, &c. Lake Rotoatara, Colenso. 

 Low ground between the Ngararoro and Tukitukl Rivers, Sturm. Petane, A. Hamilton! 



Leafless specimens with male flowers collected by lie. Petrie at Tuapeka Mouth appear to 

 belong to this species, although the stems are somewhat stouter ; but the material is insufficient for 

 positive identification. 



8. C. foetida, Raoul, Choix de Plantes N.Z. 23, t. 22. Young shoots, 

 petioles, and leaves pubescent on both surfaces. Leaves slightly coriaceous, 

 3-foliolate, leaflets ovate or ovate-cordate, acute or acuminate, entire or with 

 2—4 irregular teeth or lobes on each side, lin.— l^in. long. Panicle much 

 branched, rhachis and pedicels densely tomentose; bracteoles connate. Flowers 

 iia.— iin. in diameter. Sepals 6—8, narrow-linear, acute or obtuse, usually 

 tomentose on the outer surface. Anthers linear-oblong. Achenes ovate, silky, 

 awns short. — Hook, f ., Fl. X.Z. i. 7 ; Handbk. X.Z. Fl. 2. C. Parkinsoniana, 

 Colenso in Trans. N.Z.L xii. (1878), is a very slender form with smaller 

 panicles than in the type. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands ; THREE KINGS Islands. Not uncommon in lowland dis- 

 tricts. Sept. to Nov. 



A robust species, completely hiding the shrubs or small trees over which it grows to the height 

 of from 15ft. to 25ft.„and varying greatly in texture and the degree of hairiness at different seasons. 

 In autumn the upper surface of the leaf is often glabrous. Easily dlstingui^hed from all other 

 species by the white or fulvous pubescence of the branches and leaves, the dense panicles of 

 yellowish flowers which are produced in vast profusion, and the tomentose sepals. The flowers emit 

 a strong odour, but are not foetid. 



9. C. parviflora, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 636. A slender pubescent 

 species. Leaves 3-foliolate, usually pubescent on both surfaces, slightly 

 coriaceous ; leaflets petioled, ovate or ovate-cordate, ^in.— Ijin. long, usually 

 entire, subacute. Panicle lin.-3in. long, rhachis and peduncles pubescent ; 



