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7. G. pusillum Petrie in Trans, N.Z. Inst. xxviii (1896) 538.—Small, 
depressed, 1-2 in. high. Leaves few, all radical, rosulate, obovate-spathulate 
in outline, ?-lin. long, sparsely covered with rather long strigose hairs, 
pinnate; terminal leaflet }+in. broad, rounded, crenate-toothed ; lateral 
leaflets 5-8 pairs, gradually diminishing in size, bluntly toothed. Seapes 
1-2 in. high, I-flowered, simple, naked or with 1-3 minute bracts, finely 
and closely pubescent. Flowers minute, white. Calyx-tube broadly 
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silky above, white with appressed silvery tomentum veucaur, .aflets 
numerous, $—l in. long, oblong or obovate or rounded, alternate ones often 
minute, deeply and sharply toothed or incised. Peduncles from the root- 
stock or rooting nodes, 2-6in. long, 1-flowered. Flowers 3-1 in. diam., 
yellow. Calyx silky and villous; lobes lanceolate or oblong; bracteoles 
lobed and cut. Petals obovate. Achenes glabrous or nearly so; receptacle 
villous.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 54; Handb. N.Z. Fl, (1864) 54; 
T. Kirk Students’ #l. (1899) 131; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 130. 
Var. 6, . anserinoides..— Leaflets smaller, }-$in. long, sessile or petioled.— 
P. anserinoides Kaoul Choix (1846) 28. 
Norte AND Sours Isianps, CuarHam Istanps: Common in moist places from the 
Auckland Isthmus southwards, ascending to nearly 3000 ft. Silver-weed, Decem- 
ber—January. 
The typical form of the species is almost cosmopolitan; the var. anserinoides, 
which is often difficult to distinguish from it, is said to be endemic. It is much the most 
plentiful state in New Zealand. 
4, ACAENA Linn. 1777: 
Silky-pilose or glabrous perennial herbs; stems branched, prostrate or 
decumbent at the base; flowering branches scapiform, ascending or erect. 
Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate ; leaflets toothed or incised ; stipules 
