. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. '240 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Tlie leaves of the Wild Irishman are fairly abundant in spring, become fewer in summer, and are altogether wanting in autumn and winter. Most of the shoots are reduced to green l)ungent spines, sometimes with brown tips. These when old lose their chlorophyll, and become very hard and dry. They ai-e then so strong and needle-like, that they were often used. Fit^. 73. Discaria toumatou (i nat. size). (Jloist air loriii on the left, ordinary form on the ri^ht.) by the Maoris for tattooing, when bone or other needles were improcural)le.
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. '240 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Tlie leaves of the Wild Irishman are fairly abundant in spring, become fewer in summer, and are altogether wanting in autumn and winter. Most of the shoots are reduced to green l)ungent spines, sometimes with brown tips. These when old lose their chlorophyll, and become very hard and dry. They ai-e then so strong and needle-like, that they were often used. Fit^. 73. Discaria toumatou (i nat. size). (Jloist air loriii on the left, ordinary form on the ri^ht.) by the Maoris for tattooing, when bone or other needles were improcural)le. IJR. L. Cockayne's Expekiment. The small deciduous leaves, and hard green acuminate shoots of Discaria at once proclaim it a plant of dry localities. As a matter of fact, it is found chiefly on sand-dunes, on arid or clayey hill-sides, and on stony plains. That it should acquire such a highly xerophytic structure is therefore little to be. 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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