. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 17(3 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND The tawa seed provides the Maori with tw(j proverbs Ka niiihi te who ki to riri ! W'ell done tawa kernel fighting away ! He ta\\a para ! He whati kaii taana. A tawa pulp ! He only runs away !. Fig. 51. l-ieilsc'hmiedia 'I'arniri (H nut. size). The hard date-like st(jne of tlie tawa fruit synibohzes the hero, wiiilst the fiesliy pulp is tlie eniljlem (jf tlie coward. Ctciiiis ('(issjiflid. Herliaceous plants, leatless, parasitical upon shrnlis, to which they attiich themselves hy suckers. Stems very sleiifler. Flowers in heads,
. Plants of New Zealand . Botany. 17(3 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND The tawa seed provides the Maori with tw(j proverbs Ka niiihi te who ki to riri ! W'ell done tawa kernel fighting away ! He ta\\a para ! He whati kaii taana. A tawa pulp ! He only runs away !. Fig. 51. l-ieilsc'hmiedia 'I'arniri (H nut. size). The hard date-like st(jne of tlie tawa fruit synibohzes the hero, wiiilst the fiesliy pulp is tlie eniljlem (jf tlie coward. Ctciiiis ('(issjiflid. Herliaceous plants, leatless, parasitical upon shrnlis, to which they attiich themselves hy suckers. Stems very sleiifler. Flowers in heads, spikes or panicles. Perianth of G segments. Stamens 12, 8 of which arc iinperfect. Anthers 2-celled. Fruit enclosed in the rieshy perianth. A large genus, chiefly Australian. (Name from the Orcck, signifying the dodder, in allusion to the resemblance between the two plants). 1 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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