Plagianthus betulinus 
Natwe of New Zealand. 
Nat. Order: Matvacez. Tribe: MALVEz: 
Plagianthus betulinus, Canningham ex Hooker fil, “ Fl. N. Zeal.” i. 29 
(1854); Kirk, “ Forest, Fl. N. Zeal.” 207, t. 103 (1889); 
Philippodendrum regiun, Poiteau, ‘Ann. Sc. 
Nat.” ser. 2, vol. viii. t. 3. 
Introduced into England in 1870. A remarkably graceful 
tree, which, as its name implies, bears a considerable likeness 
to the birch. It is a native of New Zealand, distributed 
generally over the Southern Island; it also occurs on 
Stewart Island and in the Chatham Islands. It is a very 
rapid grower. The leaves are small—not more than an inch 
long and half an inch wide. It grows from forty to sixty feet 
high in New Zealand, and I should not be surprised to see it 
attain that height in this country if in a fairly sheltered 
position. This specimen has not been in the garden very 
long, and it is already nearly twenty feet in height. 
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