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Clematis. | RANUNCULACEAE. 431 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 637: Raoul Choia (1846) 47; Hook. f. Handob. 
V.Z. Fl. (1864) 2; LT. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 3; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. FI. 
CS _ (1906) 3. _C. hexapetala Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 230; A. Rich. #l. Now. 
Zel. (1832) 288. C. Forsteri Gmel. Syst. (1791) 873. C. Colensoi Hook, f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 6, t. 1 (not of Handb. N.Z. F.). | 
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Nortu Isnanpr From the Kaipara Harbour to Cook Strait, not uncommon, 
especially in the Upper Waikato and Taupo districts. SouTH IsLAND; Queen 
Charlotte Sound, Forster ; near Moutere (Nelson), 7’. FP. C. Recorded from Canterbury 
| (J. B. Armstrong), Otago (Lindsay), and the Bluff Hill (7. Kirk). Pikiarero. 
September—November. 
Easily separated from ©. indivisa by the smaller size, narrower pale-green leaves, 
which are almost always toothed, and by the smaller flowers. The leaves of the young 
plants pass through the same changes as those of C. indivisa. 
3. ©. australis 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 3.—Stems and branches 
slender, much branched, glabrous or pubescent at the tips. Leaves 
3-foliolate, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous (especially in the small-leaved 
forms) ; leaflets very variable in size, }-lin. long, pinnate or pinnately 
lobed, segments or lobes usually again toothed or lobed. Flowers white, 
1_] in. diam., in few-flowered panicles or solitary on long slender peduncles 
clustered in the axils of the leaves. Sepals 5-8, downy. Achenes 
narrowed into the style, usually pilose, sometimes glabrous when fully 
mature.-- Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 3. 
Sourn Isnanp: Hilly and mountain districts in Nelson and Canterbury, not 
uncommon. 500-3500 ft. November—January. 
A puzzling plant, large states of which can only be separated from C. hexasepala 
by the pinnately divided leafiets, while smaller forms come very nearly to CO. Colensoi- 
var. rutaefolia, from which, however, it can usually be distinguished by the larger white 
flowers and more pointed sepals. 
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4. €. Colensoi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 2.—Stems and 
| branches slender, glabrous or silky at the tips. Leaves 3-toliolate, mem- 
lon ey |S aa na a Uae Bae pe AY ft Es j ie Bs SE | aS awanatoa. 
Is Clematis colensoi, Hook.f. a true species? 
TSN i Zigchs vol. oT, De 50. Ckn. & Allan. 
Clematis australis, T. Kirk. 
",...ethe flowers are invariably yellow." 
Ckn. & Allan in T.N.Z.I. vol. 57, pe 50. 
D. &, LOCLUA MUOUL UMNO \(1LO4U) 40, Le 24.—-vWvTiis svUul, WuUUy, , 
branches numerous, intertwined, often covering bushes or small trees ; 
young shoots clothed with fulvous pubescence. Leaves 3-foliolate, slightly 
coriaceous, usually thinly pubescent on both surfaces, but often becoming 
glabrous when old; leaflets 1—2 in. long, all stalked, ovate or ovate-cordate, 
