item details
NameQuintinia serrata. Plate 33 from the book: The native flowers of New Zealand
ProductionMrs Georgina Hetley; artist; 1888; London
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd.; publisher; 1888; London
Leighton Brothers; printer; 1888; London
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington Ltd.; publisher; 1888; London
Leighton Brothers; printer; 1888; London
Classificationrare books
Materialsprinting paper, lithographic ink
Materials Summarychromolithograph
Dimensionspage: 265mm (width), 367mm (length)
Registration NumberRB001454/033a
Overview
Plate 33 of 36 from Georgina Hetley's The native flowers of New Zealand (1888). The coloured illustration is accompanied by the following text describing the plant:
QUINTINIA SERRATA
A small Australian and New Zealand genus. The only New Zealand species are shrubs or small trees, with lepidote scales, that secrete a visced exudation. Hook. fil. Q. Serrata is a tall tree, and when I saw it on the Thames Ranges, Auckland, New Zealand, it looked very beautiful covered with long racemes of white flowers. It grows in the North and also in the Middle Island, Aorere Valley. Altitude, 1,400 ft. It flowers in December.