. Plants of New Zealand. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY Gemis Br achy glottis. 431 Shrubs or trees. Branches and under surfaces of leaves white with numerous, in large panicles. Achenes short, papillose. Pappus-hairsseriate. 2 sp. Brachyglottis repanda {The Wavy-leaved Bangiora).Stems 8 ft. in height. Leaves 1^ in. long, soft, dull green above,milky-white below, wavy in outline. Flower-panicles drooping, usually ^^in. long, whitish, bracts of involucre shining. North Islandchiefly. Fl. Fig. 154. Brachytilottis repanda (i nat. siz
. Plants of New Zealand. DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY Gemis Br achy glottis. 431 Shrubs or trees. Branches and under surfaces of leaves white with numerous, in large panicles. Achenes short, papillose. Pappus-hairsseriate. 2 sp. Brachyglottis repanda {The Wavy-leaved Bangiora).Stems 8 ft. in height. Leaves 1^ in. long, soft, dull green above,milky-white below, wavy in outline. Flower-panicles drooping, usually ^^in. long, whitish, bracts of involucre shining. North Islandchiefly. Fl. Fig. 154. Brachytilottis repanda (i nat. size). Brachyglottis Rangioma {The Bangiora). stems 8 ft. in height. Leaves 6 in. long, glossy, often unequal atthe base. Flower panicles axillary or terminal, with an entire ovate leaf at thebase of the branch. Involucres purple. North Island chiefly. Fl. July-Sept. Plants of this genus are well known to the Maoris, under thename Bangiora. The leaves were much used by them forapplication to wounds, and old sores. Possibly the poisonousprinciple found in them is antiseptic, and thus the wound wascleansed by the use of the leaf. Horses are not infrequentlypoisoned by eating the foliage of Br achy glottis. The late endeavoured to isolate the poisonous principle, but failed 436 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND to do SO, though he obtained some curious reactions with thebalsamic exudation from the stem of the freshly cut shrub. ?= The leaves of Brachyglottis rangiora are very handsome, andrival in size those of Entelea or Meryta. The fl
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