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Seed of Clematis indivisa

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Identifier: plantsofnewzeala1906lain (find matches)
Title: Plants of New Zealand
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Laing, R. M. (Robert Malcolm), b. 1865 Blackwell, E. W. (Ellen W.)
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd.
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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rence to the angular calyx-tube.) 2 sp. Tetragonia expansa. An erect, branched, fleshy herb. Leaves 1 in.-3 in. long, glistening withpapillae. Flowers solitary or in pairs, sessile or with very short stalks. Cahx4-lobed. Stamens 12-16. Styles 3-8. Ovary 3-8-celled. Fruit angular,usually with 2-4 horns. New Zealand Spinach. Kermadecs to StewartIsland : on the seashore. Fl. Dec. to Feb. Ranunculaceae. Buttercup, Anemone, and Clematis Family. Distribution.—A family of about 700 species, found chiefly in temperate andcolder regions. It includes about 50 New Zealand species. Most plants of theorder contain an acrid juice which is almost invariably poisonous. Some furnishvaluable drugs, e.g., Hellebore and Aconite. Others are cultivated on accountof their beauty, such as Ranmiculus, Anemone, Christmas Rose, Columbine^Larkspur, and Clematis. Key to the Genera. 1. Climbing shrubs Clematis.Herbs. 2 2. Petals none. Caltha.Petals present, Rannncuhis. BUTTERCUP, ANEMONE, AND CLEMATIS FAMILY 161
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Fig. 45. Seed of Clematis indivisa (J uat size). Clematis, so lovely in decline,Whose star flowers, when they cease to shine,Fade into feathery wreaths, silk-bright.And silvery-curled. Domett. 12 162 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND Genus Clematis. Shrubs climbing by twining petioles, with opposite compound leaves.Flowers dioecious. Corolla wanting, sepals petaloid. (Name from the Greek,signifying a vine-shoot). 9 sp. Two peculiarities of New Zealand plants are well illustratedby this genus. (1) A large number of our flowers are greenand inconspicuous, or at least not brightly coloured ; (2) anunusually large proportion of the species have stamens andpistils on different individuals. The genus Clematis in other lands contains many species,which are blue, purple, or yellow. New Zealand has ninespecies. Two of these have white flowers; in the remainderthe flowers are greenish-yellow or yellowish. In none arethey brightly coloured, and this lack of colour one findsthroughout the flora. The New Zeal

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Ellen Wright Blackwell  (1864–1952)  wikidata:Q5365071
 
Ellen Wright Blackwell
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pseudonym: Grace Winter; Ellen W. Blackwell; E. W. Blackwell; Mrs Thomas Maidment; Ellen Maidment
Description British writer, botanist and photographer
Date of birth/death 7 October 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 24 February 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Northampton Portsmouth
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and Frank Bartrum Blackwell
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1906
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  • bookid:plantsofnewzeala1906lain
  • bookyear:1906
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Laing__R__M___Robert_Malcolm___b__1865
  • bookauthor:Blackwell__E__W___Ellen_W__
  • booksubject:Plants
  • bookpublisher:Christchurch___Whitcombe_and_Tombs__Ltd_
  • bookcontributor:The_LuEsther_T_Mertz_Library__the_New_York_Botanical_Garden
  • booksponsor:The_LuEsther_T_Mertz_Library__the_New_York_Botanical_Garden
  • bookleafnumber:176
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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  • BHL Consortium
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