504 ROSACEAE. [Geum. 
Pass, the Otira Gorge, and the Waimakariri Glacier, 7. ’. C.; a common plant in 
subalpine meadows and rocky places in Westland, Cockayne / Otago—Eyre Mountains 
and Routeburn, Poppelwell ; Mackinnon’s Pass, H. J. Matthews and F. G. Gibbs / Garvie 
Mountains and the Takitimu Mountains, Crosby Smith. 3000-5000 ft. January- 
February. 
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6. G. leiospermum Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. Xxvl (Lovay ave.— 
Small, slender, 3-6 in. high, silky or villous in all its parts. Radical leaves 
rosulate, spreading, 1-2in. long, pinnate; terminal leaflet }-} in. diam., 
broadly ovate or rounded, sometimes obscurely lobed, closely and unequally 
sharply toothed; lateral leaflets 6-8 pairs, gradually diminishing towards 
the base of the petiole, sharply toothed or incised ; cauline leaves or bracts 
few, deeply incised. Flowering stems few or several, erect or spreading, 
strict, terete, clothed with a short fine pubescence intermixed with long 
silky hairs, branched above, forming a few-flowered cymose panicle. 
Flowers small, white, }4in. diam.; pedicels elongating in fruit. Calyx- 
tube turbinate ; lobes ovate-deltoid, acute. Petals small, rounded. Fruit- 
ing-receptacle silky. Achenes numerous, spreading, jy in. long, perfectly 
glabrous, oblong-ovoid, somewhat turgid, narrowed into a short hooked 
or spirally recurved style-—TZ. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 130; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 128. 
Norra Istanp: Reporoa Bog, Ruahine Mountains, B. C. Aston. SouTH 
IstanD: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau, 7. F. C.: Mount Murchison, W. Townson / 
Canterbury—Broken River, J. D. Hnys and 7. F. C. | Otago—Upper Waipori, Mount 
Cardrona, The Cambrians, Pelrie/ Ben Lomond, near Queenstown, B. C. Aston! 
Garvie Mountains, Crosby Smith ; Haast Pass and Makaroro, Poppelwell. STEWART 
IsnAanp: Not common, Thomson! Cockayne. 1000-4000 ft., but descends almost 
to sea-level in Stewart Island. December—February. | 
Readily distinguished from all the preceding species by the smooth and glabrous 
achenes narrowed into a very short recurved style. ; 
