Bowlesia tropaeolifolia
ζ*Bowlesia tropaeolifolia Gillies et Hook. ζ* is known from 2 early gatherings only, and does not seem ever to have established in N.Z. A decumbent to climbing, perennial herb up to 40 cm high, clothed in stellate hairs. Lvs simple, reniform, 3-5-lobed, stipulate, petiolate. Umbels simple, 2-5-flowered; bracteoles several, linear. Fr. ovoid, 4-angled, 1-3 mm long, clothed in stellate hairs. Bowlesia was first recorded from ballast in Wellington as B. tenera [Kirk, T., Trans. Proc. N.Z. Inst. 28 : 504 (1896)] but the specimens are referable to B. tropaeolifolia. The other collection is from Palmerston North. (W. and C. South America, 1896).
