. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 33'2 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Rapanea salicina (The Willow-leaved Bctpanea). A small tree, sometimes 40 ft. in height, with narrow, shining leaves, 4 6 in, long, produced chiefly at the tips of the hranches. Flowers in numerous small fascicles on the hare hranches, whitish-green, ylj in. hroad. Berry red, J in. long. Both islands. PL Maori , Toiv. The timber of this tree is of a red colour, and is beautifully veined. It is nrach used by cabinet-makers, but is not sufficiently durable for outside Fig. 109. Stjiibelia acerosa (^
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 33'2 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Rapanea salicina (The Willow-leaved Bctpanea). A small tree, sometimes 40 ft. in height, with narrow, shining leaves, 4 6 in, long, produced chiefly at the tips of the hranches. Flowers in numerous small fascicles on the hare hranches, whitish-green, ylj in. hroad. Berry red, J in. long. Both islands. PL Maori , Toiv. The timber of this tree is of a red colour, and is beautifully veined. It is nrach used by cabinet-makers, but is not sufficiently durable for outside Fig. 109. Stjiibelia acerosa (^ nat. size). Rapanea Upvillei (D'Urville's Rapanea). A small tree, sometimes 20 ft. in height. Leaves reddish-brown, with waved margins, 1 in. long. Flowers small, white, in fascicles on the lateral branchlets. Berry l^ in. , black. Fl. Native name Mapnu, ilnpoH, or ]\Iatipu. The name Blatipo is generally applied by Europeans to Pittosporam tenuifulium, but this is apparently the plant to which the JIaoris attached the name. It hears some reseinblance to Pittosporum temiifolium, but can be readily distinguished hy the reddish colour of the leaves. Common in both 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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