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Genus Br achy glottis. 



Shrubs or trees. Branches and under surfaces of leaves white with tomentum. 

 Heads numerous, in large panicles. Achenes short, papillose. Pappus-hairs 

 seriate. 2 sp. 



Brachyglottis repanda (The Wavy-leaved Eangiora). 



Stems 8 ft. -20 ft. in height. Leaves 1 in. -6 in. long, soft, dull green above, 

 milky-white below, wavy in outline. Flower-panicles drooping, usually terminal. 

 Heads if in.-& in. long, whitish, bracts of involucre shining. North Island 

 chiefly. Fl. Aug. -Oct. 



Fig. 154. Brachyglottis repanda (J nat. size). 



Brachyglottis Rangiora (The Eangiora). 



Stems 8 ft. -14 ft. in height. Leaves 6 in. -9 in. long, glossy, often unequal at 

 the base. Flower panicles axillary or terminal, with an entire ovate leaf at the 

 base of the branch. Involucres purple. North Island chiefly. Fl. July-Sept. 



Plants of this genus are well known to the Maoris, under the 

 name Eangiora. The leaves were much used by them for 

 application to wounds, and old sores. Possibly the poisonous 

 principle found in them is antiseptic, and thus the wound was 

 cleansed by the use of the leaf. Horses are not infrequently 

 poisoned by eating the foliage of Brachyglottis. The late Mr. 

 Skey endeavoured to isolate the poisonous principle, but failed 



