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THE ART ALBUM OF NEW ZEALAND FLORA. 



1. CALTHA NOV.E ZELANDI^ {Rook., F.) The New Zealand Caltlia. 



Specific Character. — Short, stout, tul'ted, glabrous 

 perennial, with a thick rootstock, numerous radical leaves, 

 and short, thick, 1-flowered scape. Leaves spreading ; blade 

 ovate-oblong, notched at the apex, deeply cordate, and auricled 

 at the base, with the obtuse auricles turned up and appressed 



to the surface of the leaf. Petioles, l-ti in,, dilated at the base 

 into large membranous sheaths. Flowers, 1-2 in. diam. 

 Sepals, 5-7, linear siibulate. Stamens short, very numerous. 

 Carpels 5-7, broadly ovate, gibbous; style short, hooked. — 

 IJandboolc of New Zealand Flova^ p. 9. 



Description, etc.— Fig. 2, Plate No. 5.— The "NATIVE CALTHA."— Northern 

 Island, top of the Ruahine mountains. Middle Island, alpine districts, at an altitude of 

 from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. The C. iutroloha of Tasmania and Victoria is very closely 

 allied to this species. The true Marsh Marigold, Cpalustrls, is a stout herhaceous plant, 

 with hollow stems, large, glossy, roundish-notched leaves, heart-shaped at the base, and 

 conspicuous bi'ight yellow flowers. It is a native of Europe, Western Asia, and North 

 America, growing in marshy meadows and about the margins of ponds, rivers, and brooks. 

 The flowers, if gathered before they expand, are said to be a good substitute for cajiers. 

 The juice of the petals, boiled with alum, stains paper yellow. The Caltha of the Latin 

 2)oets is considered to be the common Garden Marigold. 



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