. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 1-2(5 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Geii US Pterustijlifi. Slender, leafy, shining* herbs, with tuberous roots, and solitary green tlowers. Leaves radical or cauline. Column broadly whiged. Pollen-masses 4. A genus confined to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. (Name from the Greek, signifying a iviiiffcd coUfinn). 11 Fif^. 35. Corysanthes iiiacrantha (fj nut. size). Pterostylis Banksii (Hanks' Pterosti/Us). A tall, slender herb, w'ith numerous alternate leaves, and solitary, hood- shaped green tlowers, striped with white. Stem high ; flower
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 1-2(5 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Geii US Pterustijlifi. Slender, leafy, shining* herbs, with tuberous roots, and solitary green tlowers. Leaves radical or cauline. Column broadly whiged. Pollen-masses 4. A genus confined to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. (Name from the Greek, signifying a iviiiffcd coUfinn). 11 Fif^. 35. Corysanthes iiiacrantha (fj nut. size). Pterostylis Banksii (Hanks' Pterosti/Us). A tall, slender herb, w'ith numerous alternate leaves, and solitary, hood- shaped green tlowers, striped with white. Stem high ; flower long. P. gratninen is very similar to F. Banksii. Both islands. Fl. Genus T]iel//iiiitiri. Erect, tuberous-rooted herbs. Leaves 1 or 2, narrow, with a membranous sheath below. Flowers in a short spike, blue, purple, or yellow. Column hooded. Pollen masses 4. A large genus, found only in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the mountains of Java. (Name from the Greek, in allusion to the hooded column capping the anther). 8 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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