. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY 425 intended " to keep the cold out," but also to protect it from loss of heat by excessive radiation, to the clear cold skies of winter.* Genus Gimphalkun. Woolly or cottouy herbs. Lea\-es alternate. H eads small, solitary, fascicled or 111 corymbs. Florets all fertile, bracts usually white. Achene small, hairy. Pappus-hairs in 1 series, sometimes united at the base. (Name from the Greeli, referring to the wool with which the plants are covered). 10 Fig. 147. Gnaplmliuui triiierve. Gnaphalium luteo-album (Tl
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY 425 intended " to keep the cold out," but also to protect it from loss of heat by excessive radiation, to the clear cold skies of winter.* Genus Gimphalkun. Woolly or cottouy herbs. Lea\-es alternate. H eads small, solitary, fascicled or 111 corymbs. Florets all fertile, bracts usually white. Achene small, hairy. Pappus-hairs in 1 series, sometimes united at the base. (Name from the Greeli, referring to the wool with which the plants are covered). 10 Fig. 147. Gnaplmliuui triiierve. Gnaphalium luteo-album (Tlw Yellounslt-wJiite Gnaphalium). Annual or biennial. Leaves narrow, i^in--'-^ 'H- long, woolly, the upper ones without foot-stalks. Heads fascicled, i in. long, yellowish-brown. Bracts shining. Achene dotted with pits. Both islands ; Stewart Island. PI. Dec- March. A common weed. Genus Baoulia. Small, tufted, alpine lierljs, often growing in dense masses. Leaves ver\' small, imbricate, often silky or woolly. Heads small, terminal, solitary. *r. Trans. XXXII., i>. 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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