Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . J.£. ink. <ZB. lilk. //OrOr//l/1SP/ /VOr/IB/L/S^Bicckanan, Buchanan.—0)i the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. 346 This remarkable little plant agrees in several details with Hookersdescription of Notothlaspi rosnlatum (Handbook of New Zealand Flora);that species, however, being described as a pyramidal fleshy herb, with ascape thicker than the little finger, and a span high, presents sufficientdifferences to claim for the present plant a distinguishing name. Theillustrations given on pi. XXV. are dra
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . J.£. ink. <ZB. lilk. //OrOr//l/1SP/ /VOr/IB/L/S^Bicckanan, Buchanan.—0)i the Alpine Flora of New Zealand. 346 This remarkable little plant agrees in several details with Hookersdescription of Notothlaspi rosnlatum (Handbook of New Zealand Flora);that species, however, being described as a pyramidal fleshy herb, with ascape thicker than the little finger, and a span high, presents sufficientdifferences to claim for the present plant a distinguishing name. Theillustrations given on pi. XXV. are drawn from the largest specimens in acollection of over fifty. Hah.—Fine loose shingle slopes, where its fine thread-like roots pene-trate to a considerable depth, presenting an unique botanical form in theFlora of New Zealand, the leaves being arranged like a miniature umbrella,surmounted by a small dense ball of white flowers. Hectorella cccspitosa, Hook. Flora, vol. i., p. 27. Leaves densely imbricated round the stem, spreading, variable in formand size, linear-acuminate, o
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