. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY Genus Vittadinia. 411 Herbs, with a woody rhizome. Ray-florets numerous ; disl;-florets fewer. Achenes narrow, compressed, ribbed. Pappus unequaL A genus of about thirteen species, chiefly natives of the Sandwich Islands. 1 sp. Vittadinia australls (The Southern VittacUma). Stems high. Branches slender, leafy. Leaves J in,-J in. long. Head solitary, terminal. Rays white. PL liO. Olearia numuiularifolia (§ nat. size). Geims Olearia. Shrubs or tress. Leaves very hard, leathery, usually white or buff-colo
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY Genus Vittadinia. 411 Herbs, with a woody rhizome. Ray-florets numerous ; disl;-florets fewer. Achenes narrow, compressed, ribbed. Pappus unequaL A genus of about thirteen species, chiefly natives of the Sandwich Islands. 1 sp. Vittadinia australls (The Southern VittacUma). Stems high. Branches slender, leafy. Leaves J in,-J in. long. Head solitary, terminal. Rays white. PL liO. Olearia numuiularifolia (§ nat. size). Geims Olearia. Shrubs or tress. Leaves very hard, leathery, usually white or buff-coloured on the under-surface. Heads terminal or axillary, varying much in size. Florets usually numerous, .5-lobed. Anthers 5. Pappus of one or more rows of hairs. Achenes ribbed. (Name from Olea, the Olire, in allusion to the shape of the leaves, in some of the species.) . sp. Distribution.—This is a large New Zealand and Australian genus of shrubs and trees. All the New Zealand forms, however, are endemic, thus indicating that the Australian species have long been separated from ours by the Tasman Sea. Some of the most beautiful of the New Zealand shrubs belong to this genus. As in most genera with many species, a great amount of variability is found. Thus Dr. Cockayne* points out that in 0. semidentata of the Chatham 'Trans. XXXIV. ii. 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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