. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ¥^-. CELMISIA CORDATIFOLIA,;^;^. CoLENSO.—On neiv Ferns, 429 The following description of this plant indicates it to be closely alliedto Pomaderris apetala, LabilL, which is a native of Australia and Tasmania;but as it differs in its growing to a much larger size—that species being amere shrub like the kumera-hau (P. ellipticaj of New Zealand, whereasthe tree now described grows to a height of 20 feet, with large stems 6 or 6inches in diameter—I have thought it better to distinguish it by a specificname, and have adopted that by whi
. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . ¥^-. CELMISIA CORDATIFOLIA,;^;^. CoLENSO.—On neiv Ferns, 429 The following description of this plant indicates it to be closely alliedto Pomaderris apetala, LabilL, which is a native of Australia and Tasmania;but as it differs in its growing to a much larger size—that species being amere shrub like the kumera-hau (P. ellipticaj of New Zealand, whereasthe tree now described grows to a height of 20 feet, with large stems 6 or 6inches in diameter—I have thought it better to distinguish it by a specificname, and have adopted that by which it is known to the Maoris, Pomaderris iaimti, A small shrubby tree, 20 feet high, with numerous irregular branches;smooth brownish-grey bark ; young branches and under side of leavescovered with Avhite stellate tomentum ; leaves 2 to 3 inches long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both ends, irregularly crenulate, glabrous and darkgreen on the upper surface, with distant stellate bases on young leaves,principal veins very prominent, buff-coloured. Flower
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