. Plants of New Zealand. rate. INIale flowers 1-3; perianth5-toothed. Fruiting involucre ovate. Nuts winged ; wings toothed. NorthIsland : mountainous districts ; South Island : abundant. The * Black Bircli orRed Bircli. N. Solandpi iSolanders Beech). Trunk 100ft. in height, in diameter. Bark white in young trees,black in old. Young shoots very downy. Leaves long, oblong, obtuse,entire, oblique at the base, white below. Male flowers solitary ; perianth involucre, hairy or shining, fin. long ; segments with scales entire ortoothed. North Island : mountain fore
. Plants of New Zealand. rate. INIale flowers 1-3; perianth5-toothed. Fruiting involucre ovate. Nuts winged ; wings toothed. NorthIsland : mountainous districts ; South Island : abundant. The * Black Bircli orRed Bircli. N. Solandpi iSolanders Beech). Trunk 100ft. in height, in diameter. Bark white in young trees,black in old. Young shoots very downy. Leaves long, oblong, obtuse,entire, oblique at the base, white below. Male flowers solitary ; perianth involucre, hairy or shining, fin. long ; segments with scales entire ortoothed. North Island : mountain forests ; South Island : alt. 3,, * White Birch. Fl. N. clifToPtioides (The Cliffortia-likc Beech). A small tree, with leaves rounded or cordate at the base, in other respectsresembling N. Solandri. North Island : Ruahine Mountains ; South Island :Alps of Nelson and Canterbury. (Cliffortia is a genus of the Rosaceae.) The* Mountain Birch. *These names are common but unreliable. THE BEECH FAMILY 135. Fig. 38. Nothofagus Menziesii. Flower and leaf (j uat. size). 136 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Urticaceae. The Nettle Family. Distribution.—A family of under 500 species found in almost every partof the globe. The Nettles are the best-known jjlants belonging to it. Thestamens are bent down in the bud and often explode when ripe. Some of thespecies yield remarkably tenacious fibres, which are used in cordage. (Namefrom the Latin, signifying to hum, from the burning, stinging sensation causedby the hairs of the nettles.) Key to tlie Genera. 1. Tree, juice milky. Male flowers spiked. Paratropbis, p. or herbs, juice watery. 2 2. Leaves with stinging bairs. Flowers in spikes or racemes. Urtica, p. witbout stinging bairs. Flowers in cymes or clusters. 3 3. Shrubs. Leaves entire. Stamens, 4. Parietaria, p. 138Herbs. 4 4. Herbs, leaves crenate. Stamen 1. , with red brown leaves. Flowers in a flesby receptacle. Elatostema, p. 138. iNot
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