450 



PLANTS OF NEW ZEALAND 



Myosotis uniflora, 346 

 Myosurus aristata, 36 

 Myriophyllum, 295, 296 



elaMnoides, 295 

 Myrsinaceae, 52, 331 

 Myrsine, 53, 189 



Family, 331 

 Myrtaceae, 50, 270 

 Myrtle, 272 

 Mi/rtus, 22, 288 



bullata, 288 



obcordata, 288 

 ,, pedunculata, 

 Myrtle Family, 270 



Native Daisy, 410 



Natural permanence of Bush, 10 



Naupata, 392, 395 



Nei-nei, 329 



Nertera, 398 



,, depressa, 398 



die Jiondrae folia, 398 

 Nettle Family, 136 

 New Zealand Arbor Vitce, 66 

 Ash, 225 

 Bramble, 196 

 Cedar, 68, 222 ' 

 Club-mosses, 8 

 Currant, 246 

 Edelweiss, 432 

 Flax, 88, 102, 218 

 Laburnum, 214 

 New Zealand Laurel, 233 

 Lilac 186 



flora, amnities of, 30, 31 

 flora, Antarctic element in, 35-37 

 ,, flora, antiquity of, 27-30 



flora, Australian element in, 25, 



32-34 

 ,, flora, foreign elements of, 35 



flora, origin of, 24-26 

 ,, flora, South American element 



in, 25 



flowers, colour of, 162, 338, 349 

 Mulberry, 242 

 Oak, 350 

 Primrose, 385 

 Spinach, 160 

 Nightshade Family, 365 

 Nigger-heads, 5 

 Nihi-nihi, 344 

 Nikau Palm, 9, 48, 80, 84, 268 



abnormal, 86 

 ,, whares, 84 



Nitrogen, needful for plants, 182 

 Ngaio, 362 

 Ngawaka, 66 

 Ngutu-kakariki, 210 

 Nothofagus, 16, 29, 130, 132, 134, 150, 201 

 betuloides, 132 

 cliff ortioides, 15, 133, 134 

 fusca 133, 134 

 Menziesii, 132, 133, 137 

 Solandri, 15, 133, 134, 139, 142, 145 

 Nothopanax, 144, 260, 304 

 ,, anomalum, 305 

 Colensoi, 305 

 linear e, 305 

 ,, simplex, 305 

 Notothlaspi, 177, 178 



rosulatum, 157, 178, 179 

 Notospartium, 204, 208 



Number of flowering plants in New 



Zealand, 31 



Nux-Vomica Family, 335 

 Nyctaginaceae, 159 



Oak, New Zealand, 350 

 Oceanic islands, 26 

 Olea, 56, 334, 411 



,, Cunninghamii, 334 

 ,, lanceolata, 334 

 Oleaceae, 335 



Olearia, 22, 35, 323, 411, 414, 418, 422, 436 

 Allomii, 414 

 angulata, 414 

 ,, avicennice folia, 416 

 Buchanani, 414 

 Colensoi, 9 

 Forftteri, 416 

 ,, furfuracea, 415 



ilicifolia, 416 

 Olearia, insignis, 414 

 Lyallii, 347 

 ,, macrodonta, 416 

 ,, moschata, 416 

 ,, nitida, 415 



semi-dentata, 411, 414 

 virgata, 238, 239, 390, 416 

 Olive Family, 335 

 Onga-onga, 136 

 Onagraceae, 51, 290 

 Orchid Family, 109 

 Orchidaceae, 29, 35, 50, 109, 406 

 Orchids, fantastic forms of, 110 

 ,, pollination of, 112, 115 

 ,, structure of flowers, 111 

 Oreomyrrhis, 314 



Origin of fire, Maori legend of, 232 

 of New Zealand flora, 24-26 

 of New Zealand flora, theories 



of, 34 



Ortlioceras Solandri, 127 

 Osmosis, 296 

 Ourisia, 384 



ccespitosa, 384, 385 

 Colensoi, 385 

 glandulosa, 384, 386 

 macropliullfi, 384, 385 

 Oxalic acid, 215 

 Oxalidaceae, 52, 215 

 Oxalis, 215, 216, 217, 263 



corniculata, 216 

 ., magellanica, 37, 216 

 Ozothamnus, 372, 432 



Pachycladon, 177, 179 



,, novae-Zelandiae, 178 

 Pahautea, 168 

 Palm, 8 

 Palmaceae, 80 

 Palm Family, 80 

 Palm-lily, 93, 94 



Palms, paucity of in New Zealand, 28 

 Palm tree, 28 

 Pandanaceae, 80 

 Papataniwhaniwha, 410 

 Papilionaceae, 172, 203 

 Pappus, 407 

 Para-para, 159 

 Parasites, 16, 139, 344 

 Paratrophis, 136, 390 

 Paratrophis lieteropliylla , 136 



