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Acæna.]

1. A. novæ-zealandiæ, ''T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' iii. (1871) 177.—Stems prostrate, much branched, stout and woody at the base; branches ascending or erect, leafy, silky or nearly glabrous. Leaves 1½–3 in. long, usually glabrous above, silky beneath; leaflets 4-7 pairs, ⅓-¾ in. long, oblong or elliptical, rounded at both ends, coarsely serrate. Peduncles stout, terminating the branches, 2-6 in. long; heads globose, large, ¾-1¼ in. diam. in fruit. Calyx-tube narrow, obconic, 4-angled, pilose; lobes 4, persistent. Stamens 2-3. Fruiting-calyx narrow, 4-angled, slightly winged at the angles; bristles 4, very long, reddish-purple, barbed at the end. Achene coriaceous, narrow linear-oblong, widest in the middle, tapering to both ends.—Students' Fl. 133. A. macrantha, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxiii. (1891) 383.

2. A. sanguisorbæ, Vahl. Enum. i. 294.—Stems prostrate, much branched, often woody at the base; branches leafy, ascending at the tips, more or less silky. Leaves very variable in size, 1-3 in. or more; leaflets 3-6 pairs, ¼–¾ in. long, oblong or obovate or almost orbicular, membranous, deeply toothed or serrate, glabrous or nearly so above, silky-hairy beneath, the upper pairs usually longer than the lower. Peduncles slender, 2–6 in. long; heads globose, ½–¾ in. diam. in fruit. Calyx-lobes 4, persistent. Stamens 2. Stigma broad, fimbriate. Fruiting-calyx 4-angled, with a long barbed bristle at each angle. Achene narrow, broadest below the middle, tapering to the apex.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 566; Raoul, Choix, 49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 54; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 56; Benth. Fl. Austral'', ii. 434; Kirk, Students' Fl. 133. Ancistrum anserinæfolium, ''Forst. Char. Gen.'' 4. A. diandrum, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 52.

Var. pilosa, Kirk, l.c.—Leaves white with appressed silky hairs; teeth coarser.—Ancistrum decumbens, ''Gærtn. Fruct.'' i. 163, t. 32.