Flora of New Zealand Series

S. australis Endl. Prodr. Fl. norf. 1833, 67.

S. fretensis Hook. f. in Lond. J. Bot. 6, 1847, 473.

Stems angled, glab. or nearly so, up to 4 m. or more long, branched above. Lvs on petioles up to ± 10 cm. long; lamina rounded- to ovate-cordate, sinus open; 5-angled or 5-lobed, (5)-10-15-(20) mm. diam.; membr., scabrid with white-based hairs to almost glab.; margins coarsely dentate. Tendrils long, branched, spirally coiled. Fls greenish, up to c. 10 mm. diam.; ♂ in racemes on long peduncles; ♀ clustered on short peduncles. Frs about ovoid, compressed, 8-12 mm. long, beset with barbed spinose bristles.

DIST.: K., Three Kings, N. Coastal to lat. 39° 30', now mainly on islands. Mawhai.

FL.- FT. 10-4.

Solander's reference to Totaranui is possibly to the northern locality, not the southern. Our plants deserve further comparison with extra-New Zealand ones.