. Plants of New Zealand. s. Key to the Geneva. (a) Leaves net-veined. Fruit a berry. Climbing shrubs. Ehipogonum, \>. 90. Creeping herVjs. Luzuriaga, p. 92.(6) Leaves parallel-veined. Fruit a berry. Glabrous terrestrial herbs. Berries blue. Dianella, p. 98. Tufted silky herbs, usually epiphytic. Astelia, p. 98. Trees, or rarely herbs. Flowers white. Cordyline, p. 9-2.(c) Leaves parallel-veined. Fruit a capsule. 1. Flowers racenied, yellow, with spreading i)erianth. panicled. 2 2. Flowers white, perianth si)reading. Pedicels jointed. Arthropodiuui p. red and ye
. Plants of New Zealand. s. Key to the Geneva. (a) Leaves net-veined. Fruit a berry. Climbing shrubs. Ehipogonum, \>. 90. Creeping herVjs. Luzuriaga, p. 92.(6) Leaves parallel-veined. Fruit a berry. Glabrous terrestrial herbs. Berries blue. Dianella, p. 98. Tufted silky herbs, usually epiphytic. Astelia, p. 98. Trees, or rarely herbs. Flowers white. Cordyline, p. 9-2.(c) Leaves parallel-veined. Fruit a capsule. 1. Flowers racenied, yellow, with spreading i)erianth. panicled. 2 2. Flowers white, perianth si)reading. Pedicels jointed. Arthropodiuui p. red and yellow, tubular. Phormium, p , solitary, in spathes (sheathing bracts), when in bud. Herpolirion, p. 108. Genus Bhipogonum. A genus of three species, one New Zealand and two Australian. Rope-likeclimbers with alternate leaves, and racemes of greenish flowers. Perianth of 6leaflets. Stamens, 6; longer than the petals. Fruit, a berry, scarlet. (Namefrom the Greek, me-AXimg jointed ttvig). 1. sp. THE PALM FAMILY 89. Fig. 19. Abnormally branched Nikan (Rhopalostylis sapida). 90 PLANTS OP NEW ZEALAND Rhipogonum scandens {The Climbing Rhijjogonum). This is one of the most curious plants of the order. Noone who saw for the first time the black, snaky liane-likestems of the siipple-jaclx, would dream of relegating this plantto the lily tribe. The flower is green and inconspicuous, andis borne in long spikes or racemes, at the end of the is only by noting the number and arrangement of petalsand stamens, that one can realize that the Rhipogonum is alily. This strangling creeper forms one of the chief obstaclesin getting through the bush ; and occasionally renders progressimpossible. The browm and black ropes hang and twisteverywhere, binding one tree to another, and forming loopsand nooses above and below. The leaves, which are seenin any number only near the ends of the shoots, are opposite,oval, and entire, thick and leathery, with a metallic sheenupon them. The berr
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