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3. R. sehmidelioides 4-Cunn: Precur. (1839) n. 568.—A scrambling 
or climbing shrub; branchlets usually unarmed, often intertwined, forming 
a dense bush; young shoots pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; 
leaflets 2-4 in. long, orbicular-ovate or ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 
coriaceous, acute, rounded or cordate at the base, coarsely and irregularly 
toothed, usually tomentose or pubescent beneath; petioles and midribs with 
recurved prickles. Panicles 2-8 in. long; branches and pedicels stout, hispid | 
or setose or pubescent. Flowers 4 in, diam., whitish, dioecious. Calyx 
tomentose. Petals broad, rounded. Fruit ¥in. diam., pale-yellowish, juicy. 
—Raoul Chovs (1846) 49; 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 126; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 125. RB. australis var. schmidelioides Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Zel. 1 (1853) 53; Handb. N.Z, Fl, (1864) 54. ae ‘ 
SctN tn thew O Oe S pA Cerin Ay. Wate: Meets 19 34. 1 DEN. 
Var--coloratus 7. Kirk i.c. — Leaflets rugose, white beneath with appressed. 
tomentum. : 
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NortH AnD Soutu Istanps, Stewart Istanp.—Not uncommon throughout, but 
mostly in lowland districts. October-November. 
Dr. Cockayne has pointed out (Report on the Waipoua Kauri Forest, p. 28) that 
this species possesses a juvenile state very different to the adult. It forms large creeping 
masses covering the ground, furnished with thin and small reticulately veined leaves, 
which have little resemblance to the much larger stiff and coriaceous leaves of the 
fully-grown plant. 
4. R. parvus Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. vi (1874) 243, t. 22, £. 2 and 3.— 
A dwarf prostrate glabrous shrub ; stems creeping, 12-18 in. long, sometimes 
partly buried in the soil and rooting at the nodes ; bark red; prickles few. 
Leaves 1-foliolate ; leaflets bronzy, coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, linear or linear- 
lanceolate, acute, slightly cordate or truncate at the base, acutely dentate ; 
teeth almost spinous; petioles and midrib with a few stout prickles. 
Flowers few, dioecious, in short terminal or axillary panicles or solitary ; 
pedicels pubescent. Calyx-lobes silky - pubescent, acuminate, reflexed. 
Petals white, barely exceeding the calyx. Fruit large, }-1 in. long, oblong, 
juicy.—T’, Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 126; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) f 
126; fll. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 37. © t 
South Istanp: River-valleys on the western side of the Southern Alps. Heaphy 
River, J. Dali ; Cobb Valley, F. G. Gibbs! Upper Wangapeka Valley, 2. J. Kingsley ; 
Builer Valley, 7. Kirk ; Lyell River, Dr. Gaze; Lake Brunner, Hector / Teremakau b | 
Valley, 7. Kirk! Otira Valley, Cockayne! Petrie! T. F. C.; Lake Mapourika and + 
Omoroa River, Cockayne ; Arahura and Styx Valleys, J. H. Holloway. Altitudinal : 
range 25053000 ft. 
A remarkably distinct species, always easily recognized by its small size, 1-foliolate 
leaves with sharply dentate margins, long-acuminate sepals, and large oblong ‘fruit. 
Closely related to it is &. Barkert (Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlii (1910) 326). This 
is based on cultivated specimens originally derived from a single wild plant—the only 
one known—observed by the late Mr. 8. D, Barker at Inchbonny, near Lake Brunner, 
Westland. It is now widely spread as a cultivated plant, but during a period of 
19 years only one instance has been recorded of the production of flowers. It is 
probably a hybrid between &. ausiralis and R. parvus. From the latter it differs in 
the much larger size, in the leaves being trifoliate, not simple, and in the leaflets having 
their margins serrate, not dentate. 
2. GEUM Linn. = 
Perennial herbs. Radical leaves crowded, often rosulate, pinnate or 
pinnatisect ; leaflets toothed or incised, the terminal one often much larger 
than the others’; stem-leaves usually small and bract-like. Flowers in a 
