Plate 174.-PIMELEA ARENARIA. 



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^'^.r^tkit'"''- - '"■ ""-'■ ' ''''■' ^-^- /• — • A^.^. n 244; ..._. 



support a very pec; ar a d irlt-t^ ''7"i^ "" ^'^^ '""^*-^^« ^^ New Zealand 

 out the whcle leng of tit Cii Z ^^f.^^^""' remarkably uniform through- 

 several other specie? re eqt 11? b3rntaf the N Z 'p^^'^"^ ^o Coprosrna aceJsa, 

 arenaHa, the subject of tl?is p Ite is one of the^ .1 T "^'^/^^'^ ^^'^^^ ^^'^^^^^^ 

 Wthe norther!, extreme ^ tJ^X^es^Vf'? vt^^'s S^^ °lf r^^^T""^^^^ 

 such an abundant species as the Cofrosma. ^''''^ ^*^^'^- ^* ^^ ^ot, however, 



Pimelea arenaria was discovered fliTrino- rr.r.i,'„ « ^ • -^ • 

 by Banks and Solander it ToC It ?, . ? ''* "?"'* "' ^^6^' ^eing collected 

 seem to have been obs ved bv fhe 'Ct ''/'^ '* n^'T!^^>' ^^^- ^' ^oes not 

 D'Urville during the voyage of the ''^^^^^^^^ ^°°^^ «.<^^«^^ ^«it' «r by 



Allan Cunningham near^hf entrance tt the Hol'i ' p"" '^ ""'"' ''^'''"^ ^^ 



by Richard Cunningham at TTkou Sv bt ^""^T^-^ ^^7^' ^^d a few years later 

 Since then it has bW observed I^" btl "J i ^7 "^ ^'^"^^^ "^^ ^Tiangaroa. 

 of either the North or the Sou h Island TtT T ' V^'^" T"^^"^'' *^^ ^°^'*-li^e 

 Islands by D.effenbach fnd otlt explters ''" '"^ ^^'^"^^'^ «^ *^^ Chatham 



Pimelea arenaria is practically confined to ci.,nr1 ^,„..c, 

 mam stems are usuaUy prostrate L^ p-wI. ^ ? s-md-dunes or sandy coasts. Its 

 from them arise numemirerect o^ t'nT I" '" '^^'^'^"^ depth with sand ; but 

 which are seldom mucrmrre hTn 2^^^^ cory„^bosely divided branches, 



a compact patch of some h tie s ze l£ mot f .i ^ «^g^%Pi^^* ^^'^J thus form 

 are tough, flexible and cord like W) ? ?/ *t' '?"""' ^^ ^^^^^^^^« the branches 



send ou? adven?£o;fro:tf 'A:-ha! :^^^^^^^^^ ^ S' ''^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^• 



---.c. ....... :.:SSf- 1^"^ -- -- S-e of 



undettLfte^^'Tltwrg^^^^ branches and the 



somewhat curious that it " fosddomt: i^ gSLr'' Th?flr^'"""-' ^'^' '' '' 

 heads at the tips of the branches «nH .J ^, ^^- ^.^^e flowers are m compact 

 easUy recognized btbettsmatrknH^^^^^^ the females bebg 



a larger papiUose stigmlT^ ^^ ^'"'^''' ^^^^ ^^^'"^ ^^^g ^ l^^g^^ «tyle and 



branir fot^reptrmg cTol^Se t i.^T" f Y™^^^"^^ "«^^ '''' ^^^ ^ark of the 

 has long smc'e ZZ' '^Tt'tl^tlLt t^^^i^^ ^1^^^ .^^^ ,^ P^^t^ winch 



has^long sm^ .ase^ The ^^^^Jl^ ^^^^^^^ ::S^:^^Z!:^t 



Havw"^j-,,2:S sx;-- ::x':z -rrT ^°"T'* ^^ ^''^ -'*-- *- ^^- ^-^^^ 



flower ( X 4) ; 3, per.anth kid open x 4- 4 and I tlr^lt''^ "^P^"":^ ^'''' ' ^ 3) ; 2, femal 



