Geum.] XXIV. EOSAGEAE. 129 



2. G. parviflorum, Sm. m Rees. Cycl. V. >/. 12. Erect or siiberect, 

 6in.— 18in. high, softly pubescent, silky or villous in all its parts. Radical 

 leaves membranous, Sin. -Sin. long; terminal leaflet lin.— 2in. broad, rounded- 

 reniform, obscurely 3—5 lobed, hairy on both surfaces, toothed or crenate ; 

 lower leaflets 6—8, solitary or paired, very small, lobed or toothed. Cauline 

 leaves few, small, toothed. Panicle lax, open. Peduncles slender. Flowers 

 ain. in diameter, white. Calyx-lobes ovate, subacute or obtuse ; bractlets narrow- 

 linear. Receptacle very silky. Achenes stipitate, clavate, villous ; style slender, 

 spreading, longer than the ovary, villous at the base, hooked at the tip. — DC, 

 Prod. ii. 553; Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. ii. 263 ; M. N.Z. i. 56; Handbk. 55. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : in mountain districts, East Cape and Kuahine Range to 

 Southland. 1,500ft. to 4,000ft. Deo., Jan. Also in Chili and Puegia. 



3. G. alpinum, Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, xix. (1886) 216 (not of Mill.). 

 Rootstock stout. Leaves all radical on rather stout pubescent petioles, pinnate 

 or consisting of a terminal rounded reniform lobe lin. or more in diameter, 

 pilose beneath, obscurely 3— 5-lobed ; lobes crenate-toothed ; lower leaflets when 

 present minute, restricted to 1 or 2 solitary or paired segments, toothed. 

 " Flowers minute, yellow, on numerous branches towards the end of the stems," 

 ym.. in diameter. Carpel unknown. 



SOUTH Island : Otago, Buchanan ! 



A doubtful plant, apparently founded on imperfect specimens of G. unifloruvi. Although 

 Buchanan's description of the flowers differs widely from thac of any other New Zealand species, it 

 is to be feared that some error has crept in. I have not seen flowering specimens. 



4. G. Sericeum, n. s. Pubescent, silky or villous in all its parts. 

 Leaves all radical, fin.— lin. long, including the petiole ; terminal segment 

 orbicular-cordate or reniform, minutely lobed or crenate-toothed, pubescent and 

 rugose beneath, silky above ; lower leaflets minute or 0. Scape strict, downy, 

 2in.— 4in. high, with 1—3 toothed bracts. Flowers few, small, white, racemose 

 or solitary and terminal. Calyx-tube open, silky; segments narrow, ovate, sub- 

 aqute ; bractlets short, ovate. Petals slightly exceeding the calyx, retuse. 

 Receptacle glabrous. Achenes stipitate, obliquely ovate, villous, compressed ; 

 style much shorter than the ovary, hooked at the tip. Heads not spreading. 

 Sieversia albiflora, Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. i. 9, t. vii. 



AUCKLAND Islands, Hoo/c./. Highest parts of Adam's Island, T. X 1,000ft. to 2,000tt. 



Most nearly related to G. varvifl(yrum, from which it is separated by the short ovate bractlets, 

 compressed oblique achenes, with the very short styles, silky nearly to the apex. The leaves also 

 are silky above and rugose beneath, and the heads are not spreading in fruit. 



5. G. uniflorum, Buck, in Trans. N.Z.I, ii. (1869) 88. Leaves all radical, 

 lin.— 3in. long, membranous, pinnate ; terminal leaflet ovate- or rounded-reni- 

 form, obscurely lobed, crenate-toothed, strongly ciliated, with few strigose hairs 

 on the upper surface ; lower segments very small, 1—4, rarely 0, toothed 

 and ciliated. Scapes 4in.-6in. high, very slender, downy ; bracts 1 or 2, small, 

 entire or toothed. Flowers solitary, |in.-|in. in diameter, white. Calyx-tube 



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