. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. THE LIME-TREE FAMILY 243 beautifully veined, soft, and fade quickly when gathered. The flowers are produced in large drooping clusters, and are of a pure white, with crumpled petals, each single blossom being about an inch in dianreter. The petals are pointed, and are four or five in number. The fruit is dark-brown, and rough with long bristles. These spines are often an inch in length. It is unfortunate that this beautiful tree is now becoming Fig. 74. Entelea arborescens—Flower and Fruit (ij nat. size). However, it is easily cultivated from seed, and
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. THE LIME-TREE FAMILY 243 beautifully veined, soft, and fade quickly when gathered. The flowers are produced in large drooping clusters, and are of a pure white, with crumpled petals, each single blossom being about an inch in dianreter. The petals are pointed, and are four or five in number. The fruit is dark-brown, and rough with long bristles. These spines are often an inch in length. It is unfortunate that this beautiful tree is now becoming Fig. 74. Entelea arborescens—Flower and Fruit (ij nat. size). However, it is easily cultivated from seed, and will grow in any sheltered situation. The wood is remarkably light, and was used by the Maoris in the construction of floats for their fishing-nets, and of small rafts. It IS about half the weight of cork, and the whau is sometimes, therefore, termed " the cork-wood ; Mr. T. Kirk suggested that it might be utilized for 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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