Flora of New Zealand Series

T. implexicoma (Miq.) Hook. f. var. chathamica F. Muell. Veg. Chath. Is 1864, 12.

Trailing or lianoid herb or subshrub with terete branching softly woody stems up to ± 3 m. long. Lvs on flattened petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina fleshy, papillose, (1)-2-3-(5) × 1-3 cm., obtuse, deltoid to broad- ovate to ovate-rhomboid, rather abruptly narrowed to petiole. Fls on slender peduncles ± 5 mm. long, solitary or occ. paired, occ. unisexual; per. yellow. Calyx tube subglobose; stamens 10-20; ovary 2-(3)- celled; styles 2-(3). Fr. 5-7 mm. diam., subglobose, succulent, bright to dark red, not horned; seeds 1-3.

DIST.: K., Three Kings, N., S., St., Ch. Coastal sands, dunes, rocky places; lianoid where support available. Inland on rock, Upper Waipara River, BD 33657, A. J. Healy.

FL. 9-1. FT. 10-3-(6).

Small forms of uncertain status with plant hardly > 10 cm.; lvs ± 5 mm.; frs ± 2 mm. have been collected in various localities.