. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 108 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND power of sucli cells is equal to of the best wrought iron or hannnered steel, while their ductility is from ten to fifteen times as great as that of iron. Moreover, such mechanical tissues a,re generally so arranged as to withstand the maximum amount of strain, though occupying the minimum amount of space m the leaf. Habitat : Both islands, and Norfolk Island. Fl. P. Cool'ianum, a small species, is fomid in Ijotli islands on dry hill sides. It is occasionally Fit,'. 29. Heri'nlirion No\'ae-Zelandiae. G Hern
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 108 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND power of sucli cells is equal to of the best wrought iron or hannnered steel, while their ductility is from ten to fifteen times as great as that of iron. Moreover, such mechanical tissues a,re generally so arranged as to withstand the maximum amount of strain, though occupying the minimum amount of space m the leaf. Habitat : Both islands, and Norfolk Island. Fl. P. Cool'ianum, a small species, is fomid in Ijotli islands on dry hill sides. It is occasionally Fit,'. 29. Heri'nlirion No\'ae-Zelandiae. G HernnJi nerpniirioii. Creeping, wiry lierl)s, with narrow, sheathing leaves. Plower-bnd enclosed in one or more spathcs. Perianth C-parted, tubular. Stamens (\. Fruit a capsule. A small alpine genrrs of two species, one found in New Zealand, and one in .Australia and Tasmania. (Name from the Greek, signifying a creepiiuj Ulii.) 1 sp. Heppolii-ion Novae-Zelandiae iTlie Xcw ZcaJaml Ileijioliriijii). This little plant is found in elevated swamps in Nelson and Canterbury, on the Taupo plains, and in lowland swamps in Otago and Stewart Island. The leaves are narrmv and glaiicous, long; the flowers -|:^in. across, white, or bine, almost sessile ; the bud is enclosed in a. single Fl. 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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