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A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 637; Raoul Choixz (1846) 47; Hook. f. Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 2; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 3; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
CS _ (1906) 3. _C. hexapetala Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 280 ; A. Rich, Fl. Noww. 
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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. Fl.) 
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— Norru IsnanpD From the Kaipara Harbour to Cook Strait, not uncommon, 
especially in the Upper Waikato and Taupo districts. _Sourn ISLAND: Queen 
Charlotte Sound, Forster ; near Moutere (Nelson), 7’. F. 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. C. 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, 4-lin. long, pinnate or pinnately 
lobed, segments or lobes usually again toothed or. lobed. Flowers white, 
t_] 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. 
Sours Istanp: 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 C. Colensot- 
var. rutaefolia, from which, however, it can usually be distinguished by the larger white 
flowers and more pointed sepals. 
4. ©. Colensoi Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 2.—Stems and 
branches slender, glabrous or silky at the tips. Leaves 3-foliolate, mem- 
| branous or slightly coriaceous; leaflets stalked, 3-1} in. long, crenate, 
| unequally toothed or 3-lobed, or again ternately or pinnately divided. 
| Flowers greenish-yellow, 4-1 in. diam., in few- or many-flowered panicles, 
jor more usually solitary on slender peduncles fascicled in the axils of the 
leaves. Sepals 5-8, oblong, silky. Anthers linear. Achenes silky or 
sometimes nearly glabrous when mature.—T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 3; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 3. C. hexasepala Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 
i (1853) 7 «not of DC... 
Var. rutaefolia Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 7.—Leaves biternate or bipinnate ; 
secondary leaflets often stalked. Usually smaller than the type. 
Nortu Istanp: Both varieties common about Wellington, and extending north- 
ward to Hawke’s Bay and Cape Egmont. Souru Istanp: Nelson—Wairau Valley, 
Buller Valley, 7. F. C. Canterbury—Kowai River, Petrie! Ashley Gorge, Cockayne / 
Sea-level to 3000 ft. November—January. 
A variable plant, not always readily distinguishable from states of C. hevasepala 
or C. australis. 
5. C. foetida Raoul Choix (1846) 25, t. 22.—Stems stout, woody ; 
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 
clabrous when old ; leaflets 1—2 in. long, all stalked, ovate or ovate-cordate, 
