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not in flower or fruit. Their branches are stiff and wiry, and interlace 

 one with the other into a dense mass. A similar form is assumed 

 by trees and shrubs subject to constant wind, especially if combined 

 with a dry station. 



If seed of the small-leaved kowhai (Sophora microphylla) be sown, 

 a "small and erect plant soon appears. But after a time this puts forth 



FIG. 24. Young Plant of Veronica lycopodioides ; which had in part assumed the 

 adult form with scale-leaves, putting forth true leaves in consequence of 

 cultivation in moist air and rather feeble light. [Photo. L. Cockayne. 



zigzag branches, and in a year or two a shrub of dense habit, similar 

 to those mentioned in the last paragraph, results. But it does not 

 remain always such a shrub, for in due course its upper part will grow 

 into a tree, with erect branches and large leaves. 



