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Gen. I. CLEMATIS, lim i.
4 -8 , iestivatione valvata. Petala 0. Stamina G-00. Carpella plurima, in caudam plu-
mosam producta.
One of the most conspicuous and beautiful genera of New Zealand plants. It may be I’ecognized by its
climbing or trailing habit; compound leaves; copious clusters of wliite or green, often sweet-scented flowers; its
perianth of six to eight linear or oblong pieces, downy, united at the margins only in bud; its numerous stamens
generally conflued to the flowers of one plant; and many pistils, which after flowering are lengthened into feathery
awns. Several of the New Zealand species very closely resemble the Tasmanian. The genus, though abundant
in both these islands, and found as far south as Akaroa and Otago (lat. 46° S.), is not known to inhabit South
America beyond the thirty-sixth parallel: it prevails in the tropics aud north temperate zone. 0. hexa&epala
differs from all its congeners in having very generally only six petals, and as many stamens. All the kinds have
many stamens on the large flowers of one plant, which is male, bearing no pistils; aud but few stamens on the
flowers of other plants, which flowers are hermaphrodite and smaller. All the leaflets of the young individuals are
much cut and divided, and very variable in shape and size. (Name from kXtj/jo, a vine-sJioot, which the long branches
resemble in habit of growth.)
1. Clematis indivisa, "Willd.; foliis ternatim sectis coriaceis paberulis glabratisve, foliolis 1-4-im-
cialibus longe petiolatis lineari-oblongis v. late ovato-cordatis iutegris siniiatis lobatisve, floribus 1 -2 nnc.
diametr. paniculatis, pedunculis pedicellisque puberulis v. tomentosis, sepalis 6-8 late v. anguste oblongis
obtusis, staminibus 8, antheris muticis, carpellis puberulis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p . 5. A. Rich. Flora.
A. Cunn. Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Plantes. Hook, JBot. Mag. t. 4398. C. integrifolia, Forst. Prodr.
Hab. Northern aud Middle Islands. Bay of Islands to Otago, abundant in the skirts of woods,
Forster, etc. El. October. Nat. name, “ Puawhananga." (Cult, in England.)
Readily recognized by the great size of stem, leaves, and flowers, which is its main character; for, like all
the other species, it is highly variable. The trunk grows as thick as a man’s arm. The flowers often whiten the
skirts of the forests from their abundance : they are one to two inches in diameter, and very sweet-scented. It is
the most common species, and far handsomer than its English congener the Traveller’s Joy.
2. Clematis Colensoi, Hook. fil.; foliis ternatim sectis coriaceis, foliolis (|--l-uncialibas) longe petiolatis
ovato-cordatis sinuato-lobatis rarius integerrimis glaberrimis venosis, floribus (|- unc. diametr., fcemi-
neis minoribus) paniculatis, peduiiculis pubescentibus, sepalis 6 tomentosis linearibus obtusis, staminibus
in fl. d plurimis, ^ paucis, antheris linearibus obtusis. C. odorata, Banks et Sol. MSS. et Ic. T a b . I.
HzU3. Northern Island, sandy banks on the east coast, Banks and Solander, Colenso.
A very different-looking plant at first sight from C. indivisa, but not easily recognizable in all states: the
smaller size, cut leaves, and narrow sepals best distinguish it. The glabrous leaves, common to both, are very
coriaceous, and of a different texture from those of the four following kinds.—P l a t e I. C. Colensoi, male and
hermaphrodite flowers. Fig. 1 and 3, stamens ; 3, a carpel r—magnified.
3. Clematis hexasepala, DC.; foliis ternatim rarius biternatim sectis, pedunculis pedicellisque glabratis,
foliolis (parvis ^ unc. longis) late ovatis ovato-cordatisve irregulariter dentatis lobatis v. fere 3-partitis,
floribus racemoso-paniculatis ^ i f unc. diametr., sepalis 6 lineari-oblongis pubescentibus, staminibus
fl. (J 00, fl. $ 6- 8, antheris oblongis muticis, carpellis sericeis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p . 5. A. Cunn. Prodr.
Lindle), Dot. Beg. v. 32. t. 44. Baoul, Choix de Plantes. C. he.tapetala, Fm-st. Prodr.
Var. /3. rutafolia; foliis biternatis bipinnatisve, foliolis 3 lin. longis.
H a b . Northern Island and northern parts of tbe Middle Island, Forster, etc. 13, Nelson, Bidwill.
El. November. (Cult, in England.)
The sweet-scented flowers of this plant are well known in the Colony, and have entitled it to cultivation in English
greenhouses. It is to be recognized by its small green flowers, the sepals of which are neither so small and narrow
L in C.panijlora, nor so downy as in O.fcetida. The leaves are much smaller than in either of the foregoing, more
cut. witli broad, often rounded lohed leaflets. In var. ft, these are quite decompound, like Rue leaves. Dr. Lindley
proposed a generic name, Triquiuhia, for this, from the constant prevalence of six sepals and as many stamens m
the hermaphrodite flower; but these characters, though constant only in this kmd, prevail in the others, all of which
have few stamens and generally six sepals in the hermaphrodite, and many stamens with six to eight sepals in
the male plant.
4. parviflora, A. Cunn.; plus minusve tomentoso-pubescens pilisfulvis, foliis ternatim sectis,
foliolis (f-uncialibus) ovato-cordatis subacntis integerrimis r. pancilobatis snbtus prtecipue pubescentibus,
floribus in paniculam subtricliotome ramosam irregulariter dispositis parvis (i-% unc. diametr.), sepalis
pubescentibus fl. ? anguste linearibus, filamentis gracilibus, antheris breviter oblongis, carpellis sericeis.
A. Cunn. Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Plantes.
H ab. Northern Island, abundant on th e skirts of woods, A. Cunningham, etc. El. November. Nat.
name, “ Poko-Poko nui-ha-nra."
The fulvous somewhat silky pubescence of this species readily distinguishes i t ; as do the generally entire, rather
membranous leaflets; small flowers with very naiTow sepals; and especially the broad short anthers, which are
common to this and the following only.
5. Clematis fcetida, Raoul; foliis ternatim sectis, foliolis (majusculis f - l i unc. longis) ovatis ovato-
cordatisve integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis, floribus in paniculam subtricbotome ramosam dense tomentosam
dispositis, floribus parvis (-|.-| unc.), sepalis 4 -6 lineari-oblongis extiis dense tomentosis, filamentis gracilibus,
antheris breviter oblongis, carpellis sericeis. Raoul, Choix de Plantes, p . 24. t. 22.
Yar. depauperata ; foliolis anguste linearibus i-uncialibus v. minimis 1 -2 lin. longis, pedunculis
brevibus 1 -floris.
H a b . Northern and Middle Islands. Bay of Islands, Colenso, etc. Banks’ Peninsula, Raoul. El.
November. Yar. ¡3. Lake Rotoatara, Colenso.
Yery closely allied to C. parvijlora, differing in the larger leaves, which are uot pubescent below; and the thick
tomentum ou the panicle of flowers, which extends over the sepals. M. Raoul describes the female flowers as
having no stamens, but I And them often present; he remarks, too, that the flowers are fetid. The var. /3. seems
to be a starved state of tbe plant; but it is in hermaphrodite flower only, aud too imperfect to pronounce upon.
Gen. II . MYOSURUS, Bill.
Sépala 5, basi deorsum producta. Peíala 5, ungue filiformi tubuloso. Stamina 5-00. Carpella
sicca, l-sperma, in spicam densam fructiferam elongatam disposita.
Very small herbaceous plants, with a few linear leaves from the root; and several scapes or stems, bearing
minute solitaiy flowers, and, when in fruit, short or long spikes of densely packed little seed-vessels (whence the
name, fivos ovpa,