. Plants of New Zealand. Shrubs or trees, often epiphytic. Leaves very thick and glossy, oblique,leaving a scar when they fall. Calyx 5-toothed; petals 5. Stamens, and pistillate flowers on separate trees. The New Zealand species-are endemic. 2 sp. Griselinia lucida {The Shining Broadleaf). From 3 ft. in height, often epiphytic. Leaves 4 in. long, verythick, shining. Flowers in axillary panicles, green or yellow, Petals 0. Drupe dark-purple. Both islands, but more common in thenorth. Fl. (Native name Puka. A name given to any broad-leavedtree).
. Plants of New Zealand. Shrubs or trees, often epiphytic. Leaves very thick and glossy, oblique,leaving a scar when they fall. Calyx 5-toothed; petals 5. Stamens, and pistillate flowers on separate trees. The New Zealand species-are endemic. 2 sp. Griselinia lucida {The Shining Broadleaf). From 3 ft. in height, often epiphytic. Leaves 4 in. long, verythick, shining. Flowers in axillary panicles, green or yellow, Petals 0. Drupe dark-purple. Both islands, but more common in thenorth. Fl. (Native name Puka. A name given to any broad-leavedtree). Griselinia littoifalis {The Broadleaf). A tree, sometimes 60ft. in height, differing from Griselinia lucida in it&terrestrial habit, and smaller, less glossy leaves, which vary from 1 length. Flower panicles small. The pistillate flowers possess 5 petals. Thistree, though often crooked in growth, is valued for its timber, which is verydurable. Both islands. Fl. THE CORNEL OR DOGWOOD FAMILY 299. Fig. 95. Griselinia littoralis. 300 PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND Araliaceae. The Family of Akaliads, or Ivyworts. Distribution.—This family is closely allied to the Umbelliferae, but ischiefly tropical in its distribution, though some species are found in Canada, America and Japan. The New Zealand species are all endemic. TheBritish Hedera Helix, the Common Ivy, is well-known, and much berries are emetic and purgative. TetrapaJiax x> furnishes therice-paper of the Chinese. The stems of this plant, which is found only inthe island of Formosa, are filled with a pure white pith, from which thepaper is made. This pith is also used in the making of artificial of the species of Aralia have slight medicinal properties. Key to the Genera. 1. Hei-ljs. Stilbocarpa, p. ).s or trees. 2 2. Leaves 9 in. long, entire, glossy. Meryta, p. smaller, simple or digitate. 3 3. Flowers in simi)le or compound umbels. 4Flow
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