PIMELEA PROSTRATA, Hook. fl. 
Natice Name : — Tauhinau. 
This pretty little shrub must be familiar to most people in New Zealand, 
especially in Auckland, where it grows in great abundance; the long sprays of 
masses of little flowers make it look like large white feathers, but the colour 
soon changes to a light brown. It grows amongst the tea-tree shrub 
(Leptospermum Scoparium) on clay hills. “ It is a member of a very large 
Australian and Tasmanian genus. They abound on all the coasts, especially of 
New Zealand, forming small shrubs, easily recognised by their decussate leaves 
and very tough bark used for cordage, paper, etc.” Hook. fil. Flowers in 
November. 
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