. Plants of New Zealand. eeply-toothed leaves, while those of the latter are long and Hoherias sometimes grow to a height of 40ft. The flowers are very beautiful, with snow-white petals andnumerous stamens. They are produced in fascicles in the axilsof the leaves, sometimes only two or three together, andsometimes in bunches of from twelve to twenty. The stamensare curiously arranged, being united, as in all the Malvaceae,into a tube, but breaking apart again lower still into separatebundles, each of which contains five or six stamens. Thefruit is dry, and the seeds pendulous. MALLO
. Plants of New Zealand. eeply-toothed leaves, while those of the latter are long and Hoherias sometimes grow to a height of 40ft. The flowers are very beautiful, with snow-white petals andnumerous stamens. They are produced in fascicles in the axilsof the leaves, sometimes only two or three together, andsometimes in bunches of from twelve to twenty. The stamensare curiously arranged, being united, as in all the Malvaceae,into a tube, but breaking apart again lower still into separatebundles, each of which contains five or six stamens. Thefruit is dry, and the seeds pendulous. MALLOWS AND RIBBON-WOODS 253 The wood of this tree is white and very tough. It isoccasionally used by cabinet makers, and makes excellentfirewood. A soothing drink was made from the bark by theMaoris. Genus Phigianthus. Shrubs or trees, with rough inner bark, and divaricating branches. Flowers-axillary or terminal. Leaves usually entire. Seeds pendulous. (Name fromthe Greek, signifying oblique, from the unequal petals). 3 Fig. 79. Holieria populnea, var. angustifolia (5 nat. size), Plagianthus divaricatus {The Wide-branched Bibbon-ivood). A curious shrub, with slender, widely-branched, tough stems. Leaves andflowers both minute. Leaves fascicled; flowers white, tubular, , 6-10. Fruit a round capsule containing one or two seeds. Bothislands. Fl. This plant is very different from the other species of thegenus. It grows only by the seaside, where it forms densebushes, which become very compact owing to the interlacingof the delicate sprays. Diels classifies it with Avicenniaas a mangrove plant, and, according to him, the stout ^54 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND cuticle and leaves rich in slime, show excellently howdependent the mangroves are upon the dampness of theatmosphere for their moisture. However, P. divaricatus,though found at the head of tidal creeks and estuaries is reallya plant of the salt meadows, and not of the tidal flats, and canscarcely be termed
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