. Plants of New Zealand. Via. 1117. Kpacris pauciflora (j nat. size.) Shrubs. Leaves rigid, pmigent, parallel-veined below. Flowers small, white or yellowish. Corolla funnel-shaped, or urn-shaped. A genus of the Pacific Islands and Australasia, with about 30 species. (Name from the Greek, meaning hard or rough, in reference to the leaves). 5 sp. THE HEATH FAMILY 329. Fig. 108. Dracophylluui unitlorvim (| nat. size). 330 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Styphelia acerosa [The Prickly Skjx)helia). A shrub or small tree, with blackish branches. Leaves about J § in. long,,acerose, linear. Margins often r
. Plants of New Zealand. Via. 1117. Kpacris pauciflora (j nat. size.) Shrubs. Leaves rigid, pmigent, parallel-veined below. Flowers small, white or yellowish. Corolla funnel-shaped, or urn-shaped. A genus of the Pacific Islands and Australasia, with about 30 species. (Name from the Greek, meaning hard or rough, in reference to the leaves). 5 sp. THE HEATH FAMILY 329. Fig. 108. Dracophylluui unitlorvim (| nat. size). 330 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Styphelia acerosa [The Prickly Skjx)helia). A shrub or small tree, with blackish branches. Leaves about J § in. long,,acerose, linear. Margins often recurved, with 3-7 parallel veins on the under white or red, J § in. in diameter. Abundant throughout the islands,variable. Fl. IMaori name Mingi-viingi. {Cyathodes acerosn ofOheeseman.) S. rohusta is a very distinct and handsome species from the empetrifolia is a sub-alpine species. These shrubs have a slight resemblanceto young plants of the genus Podocarjms. Genus DyacoplnjUnm. Shrubs or trees. Leaves long, rigid, grass-like, with sheathing bases, andgenerally crowded to the ends of the branches, which are marked by the ring-scarsof the fallen leaves. Flowers in racemes or spikes, rarely solitary. Corollatubular or bell-shaped, generally white. Anthers 5, sessile at the mouth of thecolumn. Disk of 5 erect scales. (Name
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