. Plants of New Zealand. Both islands : common. Also in Norfolk Island, Australia andTasmania. Fl. Nov. Muhlenbeckia complexa. {The Clasping Milhlenbeckia). Stems slender, creeping or climbing, interlacing, wiry, grooved. Leavesshining, J-inch -^inch long, rounded or heart-shaped. Flowers in s^jikes orpanicles, few. Nut black, enclosed in the white fleshy perianth. Both Nov. Muhlenbeckia axillaris. {The Axillanj-Floivered Milhlenbeckia). A small, variable si^ecies, with slender, tufted branches. Leaves small,shining, t*!!!!!-iii^-long, oblong, obtuse. Flowers axillary, solitary. Pe
. Plants of New Zealand. Both islands : common. Also in Norfolk Island, Australia andTasmania. Fl. Nov. Muhlenbeckia complexa. {The Clasping Milhlenbeckia). Stems slender, creeping or climbing, interlacing, wiry, grooved. Leavesshining, J-inch -^inch long, rounded or heart-shaped. Flowers in s^jikes orpanicles, few. Nut black, enclosed in the white fleshy perianth. Both Nov. Muhlenbeckia axillaris. {The Axillanj-Floivered Milhlenbeckia). A small, variable si^ecies, with slender, tufted branches. Leaves small,shining, t*!!!!!-iii^-long, oblong, obtuse. Flowers axillary, solitary. Perianthfleshy in fruit. Both islands: chiefly in mountainous districts. Fl. Genus Hum ex. Herbs, rarely shrubby. Stipules ragged. Flowers in racemes or panicles,inconspicuous, green or reddish. Sepals, G, the 3 inner enlarged. Styles a triangular nut, covered by the three enlarged inner sepals. A large andwidelv distributed genus, to which belong the Docks and the Sorrels. 2 sp. THE BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 153. Fig. 43. Muhlenbeckia complexa (^ nat size) 154 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Rumex flexuosus. {The Tortuous Dock). A much branched herb, 1ft. - 2ft. long, prostrate, shining. Leaves 4-in. - , linear-oblong, sometimes waved at the margins. Flowers in distinctwhorls. Lohes of perianth in fruit tVi^- long, veined, sometimes with 1-4spines, keeled. Keel sometimes spiny. Both islands : common. Fl.
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