. Plants of New Zealand. roduced into Englandin 1831, specimens of it were sold at £5 each. It grows wellin Dunedin, but is apt to be cut back in winter by the moresevere and continuous frosts of Christchurch. The plant—always rare—-is now scarcely ever seen exceptin gardens, and is becoming extinct on the mainland, thoughstill to be found on the cliffs round Lake Waikare-Moana, andon the Great Barrier Island. At one time it was comparativelycommon in the East Cape district, and in the early days it was-seen near the Bay of Islands. It would probably have beenlong ago exterminated, had it not
. Plants of New Zealand. roduced into Englandin 1831, specimens of it were sold at £5 each. It grows wellin Dunedin, but is apt to be cut back in winter by the moresevere and continuous frosts of Christchurch. The plant—always rare—-is now scarcely ever seen exceptin gardens, and is becoming extinct on the mainland, thoughstill to be found on the cliffs round Lake Waikare-Moana, andon the Great Barrier Island. At one time it was comparativelycommon in the East Cape district, and in the early days it was-seen near the Bay of Islands. It would probably have beenlong ago exterminated, had it not been cultivated by theMaoris, and also by the Europeans. The flowers are pollinatedby birds [cf. Phormium, Sophora, , etc.) GetuiH SopJiora. Trees with pinnate leaves, and conspicuous flowers. Calyx very broad ; wings shorter than the keel. Stamens 10, free. Podangled or 4-winged ; seeds oblong. (Name from So2)]iero, the Arabic for apapilionaceous-flowered tree.) PEA, CLOVER, WATTLE, ETC. 211. Fig. 64. Sophora tetraptera (5 nat. size). 212 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Sophora tetraptera {The Yelloiu Koivhai). A handsome tree, sometimes 40 ft. in height, with pinnate leaves and largegold-coloured blossoms. Leaves curled in bud, like the fronds of a fern. Thetrees are often bare of leaves in the early spring, and the flowers are produced inthe axils of the leafless branches. Leaflets very variable, in from 6-40 greenish ; stamens hanging loosely below the petals. Standard scarcelyreflexed. Pods 1 in. long, with four membranous wings. Both Sept. Maori name Kowhai. Var. grandiflora. Trunk sometimes .3 ft. in diameter. Flowers large, deep-coloured ; standard slightly reflexed. Leaflets in 10-25 pairs. Var. microjihylla. Standard not reflexed. Stamens exserted. Leaflets in25-40 pairs. Flowers rather broader than in grandiflora. Var. prostrata. Stems prostrate. Flowers small. Stamens in 2-4 pairs. We have followed t
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