FLORA OF KEW ZEALAND.
N a t . O r d . I . UANUNCULACEyE, J u ss .
Gen. I . C L EMA T IS , U m i.
Sépala 4 - 8 , « stiv a tio n e valvata. P é ta la 0. S tam in a 6 - 0 0 . Carpella plurima, in caudam phi-
mosam prodncta.
One of the most cons2)icuous and beautiful genera of New Zealaud plants. I t may be recognized by its
climbing or trailing h a b it; compound leaves; copious clusters of white or green, often sweet-scented flowers; its
perianth of six to eight linear or oblong pieces, downy, united at the margins only in b u d ; its numerous stamens
generally conflned to the flowers of one p la n t; and many pistils, wliich 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 and north temperate zone. C. hexasepala
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 p istils; and 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 Kkr¡¡ia, a v'me-shoot, which the long branches
resemble in habit of growth.)
1. Clematis indivisa, W illd .; foliis te rn a tim sectis coriaceis p uberulis glabratisve, foliolis 1 -4 -iu i-
cialibus longe petiolatis lineari-oblongis v. la te ovato-cordatis iiitegris sinuatis lobatisve, fioribus 1 -2 unc.
diametr. paiiiculatis, pedunculis pedicellisque p uberulis v. tomentosis, sepaUs 6-8 late v. an g u ste oblongis
o btusis, staminibus 8, antheris muticis, carpeUis puberulis. DC. Prodr. v. 1. p . 5. A . liic h . Flora.
A . Cunn. Prodr. R a o u l, Choix de Plantes. Hook. B o t, Mag. t. 4 3 9 8 . C. integrifolia, Forst. Prodr.
H a b . N o rth e rn an d Middle Islan d s. Bay of Islan d s to Otago, ab u n d an t in th e sk irts of woods,
Forster, etc. FI. October. N a t. name, " P u awhananga.” (Cult, in England.)
Readily recognized by the gi*eat 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 theii- abundance: they are one to two inches in diameter, and very sweet-scented. I t is
the most common species, and far handsomer than its English congener the Traveller’s Joy.
2. Clematis Hook. f il.; foliis te rn atim sectis coriaccis, foliolis (A -l-u n cia lib u s) longe petiulatis
ovato-cordatis sinuato-lobatis rarius integerrimis glaberrimis venosis, fioribus (A unc. diametr., fcemi-
neis minoribus) paniculatis, peduilculis pubescentibus, sepalis 6 tomentosis linearibus obtusis, staminibu.s
in Í1. d plurimis, ^ paucis, antheris linearibus obtusis. C. odorata. B a n k s et Sol. M S S . et Ic. T a b . I.
HiXB. N o rth e rn Islan d , sandy banks on th e east coast. B a n k s a n d Solander, Colenso.
A very different-looking plant at first sight from C. indivisa, but not easily recognizable in all sta te s: 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 la t e I. C. Colensoi, male and
hermaphrodite flowers. Fig. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, a carpel:—magnified.
3. CMrafAis hexasepala, D C .; foliis te rn atim rarius b itern atim sectis, pedunculis pedicellisque glabratis,
foliolis (parvis | unc. longis) late ovatis ovato-cordatisve irregulariter dentatis lobatis v. fere 3-partitis,
fioribus racemoso-paniculatis ^ A J ' f unc. diametr,, sepalis 6 lineari-oblongis pubescentibus, staminibus
fl. (J 00, a . $ 6- 8, antheris oblongis muticis, carpellis sericeis. DC. Proclr. v. 1. p . 5. A . Pro d r.
U n d l e ) B o t. Reg. v . 33. t. 4 4 . Ra o u l, Choix de P la n tes. C. hexapetala, Forst. Prodr.
Var. n tm fo lia ; foliis b itern atis b ip in n atisre , foliolis 3 lin. longis.
H a b . N o rth e rn Is lan d an d n o rth e rn p arts of th e Middle Islan d , Forster, etc. S, Nelson, B idw ill.
Fl. 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. I t is to be recognized by its small green flowers, the sepals of which are neither so smaU and narrow
L in C.parvijhm, nor so downy as in C.fmtida. The leaves are mnch smaller than in either of the foregoing, more
cut, with broad, often rounded lohed leaflets. In var. fi, these are quite decompound, like Ene leaves. Dr. Lindley
proposed a generic name, Triquadria, for tliis, from the constant prevalence of six sepals and as many stamens in
the hermaphrodite flower; but these characters, though constant only in this kind, 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 jilant.
4. ClematisiMrcz/ora, A. C u n n .; plus miuusve tomentoso-pubescens p illsfu lv is, foliis te rn a tim sectis,
foliolis (f-unoialibus) ovato-cordatis subacutis integerrimis v. paucilobatis su b tu s prmcipue pubescentibus,
fioribus in paniculam subtrichotome ramosam irreg u la rite r dispositis parvis (1 - | unc. d iam e tr.), sepalis
pubescentibus 11. ? anguste linearibus, filamentis gracilibus, antheris b rev ite r oblongis, carpellis sericeis.
A. Cunn. Prodr. Raoul, Choix de Plantes.
H a b . N o rth e rn Islan d , ab u n d an t on th e skirts of woods, A . Cunningham, etc. F l. Novembe r. N a t.
name, " Poko-Poko nui-ha-ura.”
The fulvous somewhat silky pubescence of this species readily distinguishes i t ; as do the generally entire, rather
membranous leaflets; smali flowers with very narrow sepals; and especially the broad short anthers, which are
common to this and the following only.
5. Clematis fcefida, R ao u l; foliis te rn a tim sectis, foliolis (majusculis | - l i unc. longis) ovatis ovato-
cordatisve integerrimis v. sinuato-dentatis, fioribus in paniculam subtrichotome ramosam dense tomentosam
dispositis, fioribus parvis (4---| u n c.), sepalis 4 - 6 lineari-oblongis extus dense tomentosis, filamentis gracilibus,
antheris breviter oblongis, carpellis sericeis. Ra o id , Choix de Pla n tes, p . 24. t. 22.
Var. /3 ? depauperata ; foliolis anguste linearibus i-u n c ia lib u s v. minimis 1 - 2 lin. longis, pedunculis
brevibus 1 -floris.
H a b . N o rth e rn an d Middle Islands. Bay of Islan d s, Colenso, etc. Ban k s’ P en in su la , R a o u l. F l.
November. Var. /3. Lake Rotoatara,
Very closely allied to C. parviflora, differing in the larger leaves, which are not pubescent below; and the thick
toinentum on the panicle of flowers, which extends over the sepals. M. Raoul describes the female flowers as
having no stamens, but I find them often present; he remarks, too, that the flowers are fetid. The var. ,3. seems
to be a starved state of the p la n t; but it is in hermaphrodite flower only, and too imperfect to pronounce upon.
Gen. I I . MYOSURUS, B i ll.
Sépala 5, basi deorsum producía. Pé ta la 5, u n g u e filifonni tubuloso. Stamina 5 -0 0 .
sicca, 1 -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 solitai*y flowers, and, when in fruit, short or long spikes of densely packed little seed-vessels (whence the
name, /ados ovpa, mouse-tail).