. Plants of New Zealand. Fig. 21. Cabbage Tree Bush. A similar arrangement is to be found in DracophyUunilatifoUum. Copdyline australis. {Ti-kouha. Tlie Cabbage Tree, or Palm Lily). This is allied to the celebrated Ti {Cordyliiie terminaUs) ofthe South Sea Islands, which formed an important part of thefood of the Polynesians. The prepared roots were eaten, and ^4 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND from them an intoxicating drink was also obtained. The leavesare eaten by cattle. They are also used in thatching, and arough kind of cloth is woven from the fibres. The genus isfound over the greater part of the
. Plants of New Zealand. Fig. 21. Cabbage Tree Bush. A similar arrangement is to be found in DracophyUunilatifoUum. Copdyline australis. {Ti-kouha. Tlie Cabbage Tree, or Palm Lily). This is allied to the celebrated Ti {Cordyliiie terminaUs) ofthe South Sea Islands, which formed an important part of thefood of the Polynesians. The prepared roots were eaten, and ^4 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND from them an intoxicating drink was also obtained. The leavesare eaten by cattle. They are also used in thatching, and arough kind of cloth is woven from the fibres. The genus isfound over the greater part of the tropical old world, butchiefly in New Zealand, Australia, and the islands of thePacific. There are several interesting species found in NewZealand—some tall and palm-like,—others stemless, sending. Vi^. -ii. Luzuriafia luar^inata (3 nat. siz up their long, narrow leaves straight from the crown of theplant just above the soil. The cabbage-tree forms one of the most striking objects ofthe New Zealand bush scenery. Its inappropriate name issaid to have been given by the early settlers, who used theyoung and tender heads in [)lace of cabbage. Pahu Lily,however, is a better term. The long bare stems, withtheir bushy heads of grass-like leaves, cannot be confoundedwith those of any other tree, and give to the landscape a THE LILY FAMILY 95 •strangely tropical appearance. It is one of the largest of theliliaceous plants. Colenso states that he once saw a specimen,
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