. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 4' PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND many parts of tlie world there are no examples of these curious and interestnrg forms of vegetation, except amongst the mosses. In New Zealand, however, there is quite a large number of phanerogamic cushion-plants. The most typical examples are to be found in the genera Baoulia and Haastia. Wlien species of these genera are covered with woolly hairs,. Fi;4. 1-50. Helicbrysuni graiidice])S (i nat. wize). the\- may, from a short distance, so resemble a sheep, as to deceive the unwary. Hence has arisen the name, " vegetable slieep
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 4' PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND many parts of tlie world there are no examples of these curious and interestnrg forms of vegetation, except amongst the mosses. In New Zealand, however, there is quite a large number of phanerogamic cushion-plants. The most typical examples are to be found in the genera Baoulia and Haastia. Wlien species of these genera are covered with woolly hairs,. Fi;4. 1-50. Helicbrysuni graiidice])S (i nat. wize). the\- may, from a short distance, so resemble a sheep, as to deceive the unwary. Hence has arisen the name, " vegetable slieep," wln'ch is ai)phed to tlie species of Haastia, and to several species of Baonlia. The New Zealand forms of cushion-])]ant are found chiefl}- in stony river-beds { of the Waimakariri, liakaia, Waitaki), on rocky mountain sides, and also on shingle-fans. Their curious forms of leaf and stem. 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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