DAISY, DANDELION, AND THISTLE FAMILY 



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Genus Brachyglotti.s. 



Shrubs or trees. Branches and under surfaces of leaves white «-ith tonienturji. 

 Heads numerous, in large panicles. Acheues short, p;ipillosc. Pappus-hairs 

 seriate. '2 sp. 



Brachyglottis repanda {The Wavy-leaved Bangiora). 

 Stems S ft. --20 ft. in height. Leaves liin.-Gin. long, soft, dull green above, 

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

 Heads ^ in. -J in. long, whitish, bracts of involucre shining. North Island 

 chiefly. PI. Aug. -Oct. 



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



Brachyglottis Rangiora (TJie Baiujiora). 



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 Bangiora. 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 tire leaf. Horses are not infrequently 

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

 Skey endeavoured to isolate the poisonous principle, but failed 



