MAORI NATURE NOTE.
FOR THE “DAILY TIMES.”
(Copyright, J.H.S.)
PUNUI (a great heap), a handsome plant of unusual appearance, growing mostly among the small islands off the northern shores of New Zealand. Round leaves, about twelve inches in diameter, in which the veins and rich shades of dark green show to advantage. The flower is in masses, yellow tinged with purple. For the foliage alone it is cultivated as a pot plant, but the receptacle is generally a hogshead 1 . It loves the warmth of a conservatory. In Formosa, art .paper is made from the white pith of a similar plant. Another use for this snowy pith is in making artificial flowers of the ’best quality. The berry is the size of a pea, and when ripening shows changes in the colouring of its shiny surface. All New Zealand varieties growing in this country are endemic.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 June 1930, Page 5
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146MAORI NATURE NOTE. Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 June 1930, Page 5
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