2 i. ranuncttlace.e. [ Clematis . 
Leaves simply %-foliolate. 
Flowers 1J-4 in. Sepals oblong. Leaflets 2-3 in 1. C. indivisa. 
Flowers 1-2 in. Sepals oblong. Leaflets I-I 5 in., lobulate . . 2. C. hexasepala. 
Flowers f-1 5 in. Sepals linear, with thick tomentum .... 3. C.foetida. 
Flowers J-l in. Sepals linear, with silky pubescence 4. C. parviflora. 
Leaves usually biternate, or Z-foliolate with 3- partite leaflets. 
Flowers 1-11 in. Sepals linear-oblong 5. (7. Colensoi. 
1. C. indivisa, Willd. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 6. A large, strong, woody climber, 
with trunk often % ft. diam. Leaves 3-foliolate, coriaceous, glabrous or 
downy ; leaflets 1-4 in. long, varying from linear-oblong to ovate-cordate, all 
petioled, entire, rarely lobed. Flowers 1-4 in. diam., most abundantly pro- 
duced, white, sweet-scented. Sepals 6-8, broad- or narrow-oblong. Anthers 
obtuse, oblong. Achenes very downy. — Hook. Bot: Mag; t. 4398 (a variety 
with leaflets lobed as in C. hexasepala) ; C. integrifolia, Forst. 
Abundant throughout the islands, festooning trees, etc., especially on the skirts of forests, 
Banks and Solander, etc. 
2. C. hexasepala, DC. — C. Colensoi, Hook, fil., FI. N. Z. i. 6. t. 1. 
Smaller in all parts than C. indivisa, and best distinguished by its smaller 
narrow ovate-cordate, often lobulate leaflets, small flowers, and very narrow 
anthers. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous; leaflets 1-1£ in. long, coriaceous, 
ovate-lanceolate, serrate or lobulate, rarely entire. Peduncles pubescent. 
Flowers white, 1-2 in. diam. Sepals 6, broadly linear, obtuse, downy. An- 
thers long, linear, obtuse. Achenes pilose. — C. hexapetala, Forst. 
Northern Island : sandy banks on the east coast, Colenso. Middle Island, Forster: 
Upper Awatere Valley, Sinclair. I have examined an authentic specimen of this, gathered 
and named by Forster, in Mus. Paris, and find that the plant which I formerly called Colensoi 
is the true hexasepala. 
3. C. foetida, Raoul, Choix, xxiv. t. 22 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 7. Leaves as in 
C. parviflora, but coriaceous, larger, and glabrous below. Panicle densely 
tomentose, as are the sepals. Flowers small, -|— f in. diam., foetid (Raoul). 
Sepals 4-6, linear. Filaments slender; anthers shortly linear-oblong. 
Achenes silky. 
Var. 0. depauperata, FI. N. Z. 1. c. Leaflets narrow-linear, very small, ^-li in. diam. 
Peduncles short, 1-flowered. 
Common in the Northern and Middle Islands. Var. 0. Lake Rotoatara, Colenso ; 
Canterbury, Travers. The large leaflets and deuse tomentum on the inflorescence distin- 
guish this from parviflora and Colensoi, and the small flowers and narrow sepals from 
hexasepala. 
4. C. parviflora, A. Cunn. ,- — FI. N. Z. i. 7. A slender climber, more 
or less covered with fulvous pubescence. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets ^-1 in. 
long, ovate-cordate, usually broad, subacute, entire or lobed, pubescent chiefly 
beneath. Flowers -5— 1 in. diam. Sepals covered with silky pubescence, 
narrow-linear. Filaments slender, anthers short, broad, with a minute swell- 
ing at the apex of the connective. Achenes silky. 
Var. 0. depauperata. Leaflets very small. Sepals narrowed into long slender points. 
— Perhaps a distinct species. 
Northern Island : abundant on skirts of woods, Banks and Solander, etc. Var. 0, 
Nelson, Travers. 
5. C. Colensoi, Uook. f. — C. hexasepala, FI. N. Z. i. 7 (not DC.). A 
