Identifier: plantsofnewzeala1906lain (
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Plants of New ZealandYear:
1906 (
1900s)Authors:
Laing, R. M. (Robert Malcolm), b. 1865 Blackwell, E. W. (Ellen W.)Subjects:
PlantsPublisher:
Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd.Contributing Library:
The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical GardenDigitizing Sponsor:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:nto charcoal for the manufacture of gunpowder. Aristotelia fputicosa (The Shrubby Aristotelia). A much-branched shrub, 3ft.-6ft. high. Flowers solitary, or in small cymesor racemes. Leaves linear, lanceolate to elliptic, oblong, entire, crenate orserrate. Fl. Oct.-Nov. A sub-alpine plant of the most variable habit, and extrememutability of leaf form. These changes of form may be due tothe extreme sensitiveness of the plant to alteration of environ-ment, or it may possibly be due to the fact that the plantis undergoing mutation (v. Veronica). At any rate, few ofour variable species afford more promising material forexperiment. Like so many other New Zealand plants, in oneof its stages it resembles a twisted Coprosma (v. PlagianthuHbetulinus). The leaves of the seedlings are sometimessimilar to those of A. racemosa. The leaf form of the last-mentioned species, according to Dr. Cockayne, may, therefore,possibly be regarded as typical of the common ancestralstock. THE LIME-TREE FAMILY 247Text Appearing After Image:Fig. 76. Elaeocarpus dentatus. (Six flowers life size. 248 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Gemis ElceocarpuH. Soft-wooded trees, with alternate leaves, and long racemes of white orgreenish flowers. The two New Zealand species are endemic. Leaves coriaceous,serrate. Fruit a drupe. (Name from the Greek, signifying an olive and fruit,the drupe resembling an olive in appearance.) Elaeocappus dentatus (The Toothed Elceocarims). A round-headed tree, with trunk 1ft.-3ft. in diameter, and oblong-obovateleaves, with recurved margin. The leaves of E. Hookeriamts are linear, oblongor lanceolate, and the margins are flat. This distinction enables the two speciesto be separated. Maori name Hinau. Both islands. Fl. Oct.-Nov. One of the most beautiful flowering trees in the NewZealand bush. In a good season, the whole tree is coveredwith racemes of creamy, saucer-shaped flowers, each racemehaving the appearance of a spray of lily-of-the-valley. Thepetals are deeply fringed at the edges, and the leaves arestroNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
