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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
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m creeping. Leaves opposite, numerous, round, \ in. across. Flower-stem 2 in.-4 in. long, 1 in.-6 in. flowered. Corolla J in.-^ in. across, white,Capsule ^ in. long. Both islands: Ruahine Mountains, Southern Alps, Otago.Fl. Feb.-March. Oupi^-ia glandulosa (The Glandular Ourisia). A small, stout herb. Leaves closely imbricating, h in.-l in. long, ^ in.-; in.broad, thickly covered with rough glandular hairs. Flower-stems 1 in.-2 in. long.Flowers 1 in.-3 in., white, \ in.-; in. across. South Island: Mt. Sealy, SouthernAlps, Otago Lake district. Fl. Jan.-Feb. A genus of distinctly Antarctic distribution, found in themountains of Tasmania, New Zealand, South America and THE SNAP-DRAGON FAMILY 385 Fuegia. The beautiful white flowers, and large cordate leaves,bear some slight resemblance to those of the Chinese Prim-rose, and it is possibly on this account that 0. macrophyUais called by colonists, the New Zealand Primrose. The leavesdecrease in size, and become more coriaceous, the higher up
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Fig. 130. Ourisia macropliylla (h, nat. size) the mountains the plant is found. Thus Ourisia macrophijUa,with large, tender leaves, up to six inches in length, is foundin damp shady places at lower altitudes, reaching nearly tosea-level in Stewart Island. In Ourisia Colensoi, found on thetops of the Ruahine Range in the North Island, and at analtitude of 3,000 feet in the Waiau Mountains in the SouthIsland, the leaves are half an inch or less. In Ourisiaccespitosa, found on the Southern Alps at altitudes of from 386 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 3,500 to 6,000 feet, the leaves are thickly coriaceous, and onlyJ in.-J in. in length, whilst Ourisia glandulosa, found at theheight of 5,000 feet in the Otago lake district, has becomereduced to a patch-plant. Genus Ewplirasia. Herbs, with opposite leaves. Calyx 4-lobed, rarely 6. Corolla 2-lipped,5-cleft. Stamens 4. Capsiile oblong, 2-valved. A small genus, chiefly found inAustralia and New Zealand. The European species are j)artially parasitic.(Nam

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