Gunnera dentata Kirk
Type locality: Broken River Basin. Type: W, 1112, T. Kirk, Jan. 19, 1876.
Stolons sts below surface, rather stout, branched, up to c. 3 dm. long. Lvs on rather broad pilose amplexicaul petioles up to ± 5 cm. long. Lamina coriac. to submembr., narrowly ovate- to elliptic-oblong, acute or obtuse, grey-green, 8-15-(25) × 7-15 mm., sparsely hairy, coarsely and irregularly dentate, occ. lobed. Infl. 2-7 cm. long, fls sessile. ♂ with ovate to triangular acuminate, ± pilose bracts c. 2.5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes ± cucullate; petals 2, linear-oblong, up to 3 mm. long; filaments hardly 1 mm. long. ♀ on rather stout scapes; bracts minute, calyx-lobes narrow-triangular, silky; styles up to ± 5 mm. long. Drupes at first close-set, clavate to obconic, ± pend., red, ± 3-4 mm. long.
Dist.: N., S. Lowland to lower subalpine wet ground by streams or bogs or grassland from lat. 38° 30' southwards.
Hooker's var. ß of G. prorepens (Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 68) -"Smaller, leaves ovate-oblong, narrowed into the petiole, deeply toothed, probably a distinct species" belongs here. The type has petioles up to 6 cm. long, slender, ± pilose; lamina 15-20 × 7-10 mm., coarsely irregularly dentate-apiculate.
