. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5 it. They have seen it m eaiiy uiorniiig, wlien every tawny thread had its strin^^- of clammy mist drops. Tliey have seen it again at midda\-, a parclied and thn-sty land, that seemed to be covered with broken yellow wavelets, tlymg before the tierce squalls of the nor'-wester. They liave stumbled tln-ougli the entangled tufts at night, too tn-ed to lift their feet. They have slept amongst tliem, t>-mg together bunclres to form a tunnel in which they might be sheltered from the cutting night winds of the plain. In many places
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5 it. They have seen it m eaiiy uiorniiig, wlien every tawny thread had its strin^^- of clammy mist drops. Tliey have seen it again at midda\-, a parclied and thn-sty land, that seemed to be covered with broken yellow wavelets, tlymg before the tierce squalls of the nor'-wester. They liave stumbled tln-ougli the entangled tufts at night, too tn-ed to lift their feet. They have slept amongst tliem, t>-mg together bunclres to form a tunnel in which they might be sheltered from the cutting night winds of the plain. In many places, particularly near water courses or shingly river beds, the toi-toi (Aniiido cuiiHpicua) largely replaces the tussock. It is the tallest and most conspicuous grass in the New Zealand Flora. It bears a considerable resemblance to. Fi!4. -l—NiM^Jer-heads. the magnificent Pampas Grass of the Argentine, now cultivated all over the world. It is not, however, so large or so beautiful as the American grass ; it flowers at a different season, and may readily be distinguished by the more graceful droop of the flowerstalk. The plumes of the pampas grass are taller, straighter, and stiffer than those of the toi-toi. The edges of streams on the tussock-clad plains are often fringed with flax and bulrush, whilst, in the water itself, stand numbers of blackened stumps about two feet high, bearing on their summits drooping brushes of long, coarse, green, or tawny threads. These are termed by the colonists, nigger-heads. This plant, (CJarex secta] carries out literally the advice of St. Augustine, and makes of its dead-self a stepping stone to. 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 Laing, R. M. (Robert Malcolm), b. 1865; Blackwell, E. W. (Ellen W. ). Christchurch : Whitcombe and Tombs
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