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An easier day today, with everyone in refreshed after a good night's sleep and a lie in. A relaxed 10 am departure gave me time for photos of beautiful swathes of the pink flowers on the opposite bank of the Lham-chu, and a chirpy bouncy red breasted bird. Most trekkers aim to complete today's portion as part of day 2 - but to be honest I doubt any of us could have done that without getting to the jelly legs stage. The boulder fields continued, interspersed with patches of bog and mud, but eventually the going got easier and we got a sense of perspective when we encountered two Tibetan prostrating pilgrims on their kora.
We lunched at the new (large) tent camp in the meadow where the Tobchan-chu joins the Lham-chu (now known as the Dzong-chu), and then strolled along to Zutul-puk Monastery. Although the monastery looks old, it's one of the many that had to be rebuilt after the cultural revolution. That notwithstanding it was a lovely small place to soak up Tibetan Buddhism, and put me in mind of the dzong we'd visited in Bhutan.
Our river bank camp was a short distance further on, but it took us ages to get there as we were all distracted by super cute marmots. Unfortunately the rain set in shortly after we arrived, c3pm, and so most of the afternoon was spent drinking tea and chatting in the dining tent and snoozing in my tent - it was one of those times that I wished I had a good book to read! Antisocial, I know....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kailash
www.sacred-destinations.com/tibet/mount-kailash
www.walkopedia.net/walks/display-walk.asp?WalkID=1
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This little dude is some sort of beggar. What's the angle? I really don't know. He does look pretty miserable, though. The beggars here often go far beyond the tame para-and-quadri-plegic folks back home. There's thalidomide-style deformations, down syndrome, smudgy-faced children, and the category I like to call "just plain nutjob".
One fellow looked remarkably like a Chinese Kenny Rogers, but when I tried to buy him off in exchange for a picture he brandished his cane and looked as though he were about to attempt to brain me.
Pity, really. It seemed like a win-win situation to me.
Boraginaceae (forget-me-not family) » Coldenia procumbens
kol-DEN-ee-uh -- named for Cadwallader Colden, correspondent of Linnaeus
pro-KUM-benz -- lying along the ground
commonly known as: creeping coldenia • Gujarati: basario okharad • Hindi: त्रिपंखी tripankhi • Kannada: ಹಂಸಪಾದಿ hamsapaadi • Konkani: तिरपंखी tirpunkhi • Marathi: त्रिपक्षी tripakshi, त्रिपंखी tripankhi • Oriya: moyinibuta • Sanskrit: त्रिपक्षी tripakshi • Tamil: ஆற்றுச்செருப்படி arru-c-ceruppati, தலைவிரிச்சான் talai-viriccan • Telugu: హంసపాది hamsa-padi
Native range obscure: tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, s-e Asia, n Australia; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow. Flowers in spring.
The prostrate kānuka
is one of the few plants that can survive hot grounds in the immediate surroundings of geothermal features like fumaroles and craters, for instance at "Craters of the Moon" (Karapiti), a geothermal area close to Taupo in New Zealand.
This particular tree in the Otari-Wilton's Bush plant sanctuary is very old and has been pruned above the ground to allow other plants space beneath. The effect is to show off the rather flattened structure of the trunk and branches as compared with standard kanuka. The flowers on the prostrate form are also noticeably smaller than kanuka but have the same smothering pattern to make the tree appear almost white with snow.
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Kunzea
Species:K. ericoides var microflora
Kanuka is a tree or shrub which is restricted to Australia and New Zealand. Until 1983, Kānuka was classified as being in the genus Leptospermum.
It is widespread particularly in coastal scrub and colonising land recovering after a fire or reverting to a natural state after being used for agriculture. However it has been recorded growing to altitudes of 2000 metres above sea level. With its small but abundant flowers it can colour a whole hillside white, almost giving the appearance of snow cover. The wood is very hard and although not durable in the ground it is used for wharf piles and tool handles. It is particularly popular as firewood, burning with a great heat. In New Zealand, Kānuka can grow up to 30 metres high with a trunk up to one metre across.
Kākāriki parakeets (Cyanoramphus) use leaves and bark of Kānuka and the related Mānuka tea trees to rid themselves of parasites. Apart from ingesting the material, they also chew it, mix it with preen gland oil and apply it to their feathers. Mānuka and Kānuka are superficially similar species and they are often confused with one another - the easiest way to tell the difference between them is to feel the foliage, Kānuka leaves being soft, while Mānuka leaves are prickly.
Dichondra repens, commonly known as Kidney Weed.
A small prostrate herbaceous plant native to many parts of Australia. Often occurring in forest, woodlands and grasslands, it also inhabits suburban lawns. The plant has a creeping habit, with roots forming at the nodes.
The leaves are kidney shaped, and measure 0.5 to 2.5 cm (0.2-1 in) long. The tiny yellowish green flowers form mostly in summer, but can appear at any time of the year. The fruit is a hairy two lobed capsule.
Although the leaves are kidney-shaped it is not a weed, but a useful Australian native plant.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.
Prostrate,warm-season, perennial herb forming dense mats up to 1.6 m across. Stems are thick and woody. Grey, hairy, slightly succulent, roughly spoon-shaped leaves are alternately arranged along the stems and 4–25 mm long. Flowers are tiny white to pink, found in the leaf axils and have 5 "petals" and 10 stamens. Fruit are small (2-3 mm across) cup-shaped capsules containing a small number of seeds. Flowering is from spring through to autumn. Not very common, but may be locally abundant, especially in the Hunter Valley. Often forms dense mats on roadsides, lawns, wasteland, and other disturbed areas. Tolerates drought and soil salinity. Most commonly found in areas receiving summer rainfall, on loam soils. Does not persist in areas that are regularly and frequently grazed. Successfully planted to stabilise mine tailing dumps, but has spread from there.
Introduced, warm-season, annual to short-lived
perennial, prostrate to sprawling legume. Stems are hairless to densely bristly. Leaves are
pinnate, with 20-50 leaflets, each 3-15 mm long. Flowerheads consist of clusters of 3-10 yellow pea-like
flowers in the leaf axils. Pods are divided into 3-7 segments and covered in dense soft or stiffly erect hairs. Flowers throughout the growing season. A native of North America, it is sown for grazing or as an orchard ground cover. Best suited to soils with a pH(Ca) greater than 5, an annual rainfall of more than 1000 mm and where moisture is retained. It is not very persistent on poor
country. A palatable and high quality feed, it produces
moderate yields under good conditions. Not very drought tolerant and is susceptible to
powdery mildew. Responds strongly to phosphorus applications, but will tolerate low fertility (although much lower
yielding). Tolerates heavy grazing and benefits from levels of grazing which reduce shading by grasses.
Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) » Cyathula prostrata (L.) Blume
sy-ATH-uh-la or sy-ATH-yoo-la -- small cup ... Dave's Botanary
prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: cyathula, prostrate pastureweed • Hindi: लाल चिरचिटा lal chirchita • Kannada: ನೆಲ ಉತ್ತರಾಣಿ nela uttharaani, ರಕ್ತಪಮರ್ಗ raktapamarga • Konkani: ¿ धाकटो मोगरा dhakto mogra ? • Malayalam: ചെറുകടലാടി cerukadalaadi • Marathi: भुईअघाडा bhuiaghaada • Tamil: சிவப்பு நாயுருவி civappu nayuruvi
Native to: tropical Africa, s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of India • Flora of China • PIER • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT
Prostrate shrub, 0.02-0.05 m high, to 0.15 m wide. Fl. cream-white, Jun or Nov. Gravelly clay loam. Lateritic ridges.
White hairy under leaves.
A photo taken to demonstrate the electrode included with this extensive Vintage Renovateur violet wand
Sujud means to prostrate. While in the prostration position 'Glory be to God, the Most High' is repeated three times. Palms, knees, toes, forehead and nose must be the only body parts touching the ground. Prior to prayer, they use the facilities in the next room to go through Wudhu ablution.
Hands: The Prophet, peace be upon him, said 'cleanliness is half of faith'. Wudhu is the ritual washing performed by Muslims before prayer. Muslims must be clean and wear good clothes before they present themselves before God.
Muslims start in the name of God, and begin by washing the right, and then the left hand three times.
Following the washing of hands Muslims must wash the following areas before attending prayer; the mouth, nose, face, right arm, left arm, hair, ears, right foot, left foot.
roo-EL-ee-uh -- named for Jean Ruel, French botanist ... Dave's Botanary
prost-RAY-tuh -- prostrate ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: bell weed, black weed, prostrate wild petunia • Bengali: ধমনী dhamani • Dogri: वन बसूटी van basuti • Gujarati: કાળી ધામણ ઢોકળી kali dhaman dhokali, કાલી ઘાવણી kali ghavani • Hindi: धामिन dhamin • Kannada: ಭೀಮನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bheemana soppu • Malayalam: ഉപ്പുതാളി upputhaali • Marathi: भुई रुवेल bhui ruwel, काळी धावणी kali dhawani • Rajasthani: काली घावणी kali ghavani • Tamil: போட்டகாஞ்சி pottakanchi • Telugu: మాను పత్రి maanu pathri, నేల నీలాంబరము nela neelaambaramu
botanical names: Ruellia prostrata Poir. ... homotypic synonyms: Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.) Nees • Ruellia patula var. prostrata(Poir.) Chiov. ... accepted infraspecifics: Ruellia prostrata var. prostrata ... heterotypic synonyms: Ruellia deccanensis J.Graham • Ruellia pallida Willd. ex Nees • Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta (Nees) C.B.Clarke • Ruellia ringens Roxb. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 16 July 2025
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, *Goa, *Haryana, *Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, *Odisha, *Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, *Uttarakhand, West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Introduced, warm-season, annual to short-lived
perennial, prostrate to sprawling legume. Stems are hairless to densely bristly. Leaves are
pinnate, with 20-50 leaflets, each 3-15 mm long. Flowerheads consist of clusters of 3-10 yellow pea-like
flowers in the leaf axils. Pods are divided into 3-7 segments and covered in dense soft or stiffly erect hairs. Flowers throughout the growing season. A native of North America, it is sown for grazing or as an orchard ground cover. Best suited to soils with a pH(Ca) greater than 5, an annual rainfall of more than 1000 mm and where moisture is retained. It is not very persistent on poor
country. A palatable and high quality feed, it produces
moderate yields under good conditions. Not very drought tolerant and is susceptible to
powdery mildew. Responds strongly to phosphorus applications, but will tolerate low fertility (although much lower
yielding). Tolerates heavy grazing and benefits from levels of grazing which reduce shading by grasses.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
gom-FREE-nuh -- from the Latin gomphaena, ancient classical name for an amaranth ... Dave's Botanary
sair-AY-tuh or ser-RAT-uh -- toothed like a saw ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: coastal globe amaranth, prostrate globe amaranth, prostrate gomphrena • Kannada: ಅಡಿಕೆ ಹೂವು adike hoovu, ನೆಲರುದ್ರಾಕ್ಷಿ nelarudrakshi • Telugu: గడ్డి పూలు gaddi poolu
botanical names: Gomphrena serrata L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Gomphrena bicolor Moq. • Gomphrena decumbens Jacq. ... homotypic synonyms and more at POWO, retrieved 10 December 2025
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; native of tropical America, introduced, naturalized
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Holly Lomatia, Lomatia ilicifolia, generally grows prostrate in this area. Wog Wog, Morton National Park, NSW Australia, April 2013.
Introduced, cool-season annual, stemless or short-stemmed herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves form a prostrate rosette to 50 cm in diameter; they are spear shaped, serrated, deeply lobed; upper surface hairless to hairy; lower surface white felted. Flowerheads occur on unbranched peduncles. Ray florets are yellow, ligulate and sterile; disc florets are dark, tubular and bisexual. Germinates in autumn/winter; flowers in spring. A native of South Africa, it is strongly competitive weed of crops, pastures, lawns and disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides). Prefers lighter textured soils of reasonable fertility and where there is a lack of competition. Grazed by stock, but is of lower value than many good pasture species. Can cause nitrate poisoning in sheep and cattle on high fertility soils; taints milk; causes allergic skin reaction in horses and donkeys. Best managed using a number of methods: competition, grazing, mechanical, herbicides. Maintain dense, vigorous pastures and minimise soil disturbance. Needs to be controlled in year prior to sowing pastures; control is easiest at the seedling stage. Combined knockdown herbicides prior to sowing, selective post-sowing herbicides or manuring of crops and pastures can be highly effective for control.
Sungai Sumun, Perak, Malaysia.
Pectis prostrata Cav. Compositae, alt. Asteraceae. CN: Spreading cinchweed, Cinchweeds. Native to Caribbean region, Central America, Mexico, and S United States. Annual herbs. Stems prostrate or ascending, 1-30 cm, puberulent, hairs in 2 rows (often mat-forming, densely leafy, especially distally). Leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 10-30 × 1.5-7 mm, abaxially densely pubescent and dotted with conspicuous orbicular oil glands. Inflorescences of solitary terminal capitula or capitula in groups of 2 or 3; peduncles 1-2 mm, bracteolate. Autogamy has apparently assisted P. prostrata to spread rapidly as suitable new habitats have become available. Minor weed.
Synonym(s):
Chthonia prostrata Cass.
Lorentea prostrata (Cav.) Lag.
Pectis costata Ser. & Merc. ex DC.
Pectis multisetosa Rydb.
Pectis prostrata var. prostrata Greenm.
Pectis prostrata var. urceolata Fernald
Pectis urceolata (Fernald) Rydb.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Pectis/
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-32552
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Situated in the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) in Northern Spain, in the Pyrennean foothills, this is San Ignacio de Loyola Country, for the Saint himself came here to prostrate himself in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary pointing the way to Aranzazu.
The choice for the location of the original fortress was purely defensive, as it commands views over four provinces. Originally the fortress was erected to stem off invaders using the roads in the valley below, along the rivers Alto Urola and Oria. This military function is reflected both in the size (30 x 20 metres, too large for a chapel), thickness of the tower walls as well as in the small openings for the use of arms. The original plan provided in time of crisis, for a shelter for animals, on the ground level and for people accommodation on the first floor.
The origin of this structure is steeped in the legends of Basque Mythology, when giants threw huge rocks from the top of the mountain to erect this building.
This belief has to do with the fact that the sandstone material is allochtonous and originates from some distance.
By the 14th and 15th centuries the military function had gradually diminished when the tower was adapted to became a chapel. From this period dates the late romanesque window and Calvary,
The first documentary mention of of Santa Maria Antigua de Zumarraga dates from 1366 from the time of King Henry Ii of Castille. A century later, in 1482 a hard-headed local Abbot, Don Martin de Gurruchaga, challenged in the Law Courts, Queen Isabella the Catholic, for willful neglect of the parish church of which she was a patron.
Abbot Don Martin was the first to start keeping a book recording Baptisms, well before the Council of Trent institutionalised it. The most famous entry of this book is that of the baptism in 1505 of a local boy who made good - Don Miguel Lopez de legazpi - the conqueror of the Phillipines.
The vaulted roof is supported by six stone columns
The timber work is spectacular and is decorated with typical Basque, early medieval geometric and anthropomorphic motifs. Traces of painted decoration were also found on the timber. during the 1967 restoration work.
A copy o fthe external Calvary on the Eastern wall is regarded sufficiently significant of Basque medieval art to have a cast displayed in the San Telma Fine Arts Museum in Donostia-San Sebastian.
The church is still consecrated and mass is celebrated here once a monh.
Source of information - the Chapel's official visitor's flyer in English and French.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, prostrate herb. Stems are to 20 cm long, forming dense mats, sparsely hairy and reddish. Leaves are oblong to obovate, 3–8 mm long, 1–5 mm wide, finely toothed towards the apex and with an asymmetric base. Cyathia have ovate, red glands and inconspicuous white to pink, narrow appendages about 0.2 mm wide. Flowering is mainly in summer. A native of tropical America, it often occurs in cracks of paths and in gardens.
Introduced, cool season, annual, prostrate to more or less erect, more or less hairy herbaceous legume. Leaves are 3-foliolate and hairless on the upper surface, with terminal leaflets 10–25 mm long and 10–32 mm wide; leaflets are marked by an upper central blotch or a very wide shield occupying the basal two-thirds of the leaflet. Stipules are strongly toothed and hairy on the lower surface. Flowerheads are 2–5-flowered; the peduncle is shorter than subtending petiole. Calyx teeth are equal in length to the calyx tube and the corolla is yellow.
Prostrate trailing shrub.
Leaves simple, ovate to oblong or elliptic, sometimes cordate, mostly 3–12 cm long, 2–6 cm wide; margins entire to crenulate; lower surface silky, rarely almost glabrous.
Inflorescences secund to semicylindrical, 2–8 cm long. Perianth light red to maroon, subsericeous outside, glabrous inside. Gynoecium 13–25 mm long; ovary densely hairy; style red, glabrous, pollen presenter erect to oblique.
Follicle hairy with reddish brown stripes or blotches.
Flowering: spring to autumn, mainly September–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in open woodland or dry sclerophyll forest, on ridges and slopes in sandy to clayey soils on sandstone and quartzite; the lower Blue Mountains and on the ranges from Newnes to Wombeyan Caves.
Source: PlantNET
Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.
Introduced, cool-season annual, stemless or short-stemmed herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves form a prostrate rosette to 50 cm in diameter; they are spear shaped, serrated, deeply lobed; upper surface hairless to hairy; lower surface white felted. Flowerheads occur on unbranched peduncles. Ray florets are yellow, ligulate and sterile; disc florets are dark, tubular and bisexual. Germinates in autumn/winter; flowers in spring. A native of South Africa, it is strongly competitive weed of crops, pastures, lawns and disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides). Prefers lighter textured soils of reasonable fertility and where there is a lack of competition. Grazed by stock, but is of lower value than many good pasture species. Can cause nitrate poisoning in sheep and cattle on high fertility soils; taints milk; causes allergic skin reaction in horses and donkeys. Best managed using a number of methods: competition, grazing, mechanical, herbicides. Maintain dense, vigorous pastures and minimise soil disturbance. Needs to be controlled in year prior to sowing pastures; control is easiest at the seedling stage. Combined knockdown herbicides prior to sowing, selective post-sowing herbicides or manuring of crops and pastures can be highly effective for control.
Model: Ziya S.
Mekan: Aydın
Tarih: 31.08.2009, Ramazan
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Introduced, warm-season, perennial, prostrate herb covered in stiff hairs. Stems are to 15 cm long. Leaves are opposite, hairy, narrow-ovate to ovate,0.5-2 cm long and 0.3-1 cm wide. Flowerheads are heads of up to 15 small white flowers, mostly with 4 petals and sepals. Flowering is from spring to autumn. A native of South America, it is a weed in coastal districts south from Newcastle in disturbed places, such as over-grazed pastures, stockyards and roadsides. An indicator of disturbance and poor ground cover. Of little importance to livestock grazing, as it usually occurs in low abundance, is very low growing and produces little bulk. Control is not required; abundance is suppressed with healthy vigorous pastures.
Prostrate perennial knawel (Scleranthus perennis subsp. prostratus) on Santon Track near Brandon.
The site is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission in order to protect and enhance populations of this and other critically endangered Breckland species that require disturbed soils.
Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.
The prostrate kānuka
is one of the few plants that can survive hot grounds in the immediate surroundings of geothermal features like fumaroles and craters, for instance at "Craters of the Moon" (Karapiti), a geothermal area close to Taupo in New Zealand.
This particular tree in the Otari-Wilton's Bush plant sanctuary is very old and has been pruned above the ground to allow other plants space beneath. The effect is to show off the rather flattened structure of the trunk and branches as compared with standard kanuka. The flowers on the prostrate form are also noticeably smaller than kanuka but have the same smothering pattern to make the tree appear almost white with snow.
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Kunzea
Species:K. ericoides var microflora
Kanuka is a tree or shrub which is restricted to Australia and New Zealand. Until 1983, Kānuka was classified as being in the genus Leptospermum.
It is widespread particularly in coastal scrub and colonising land recovering after a fire or reverting to a natural state after being used for agriculture. However it has been recorded growing to altitudes of 2000 metres above sea level. With its small but abundant flowers it can colour a whole hillside white, almost giving the appearance of snow cover. The wood is very hard and although not durable in the ground it is used for wharf piles and tool handles. It is particularly popular as firewood, burning with a great heat. In New Zealand, Kānuka can grow up to 30 metres high with a trunk up to one metre across.
Kākāriki parakeets (Cyanoramphus) use leaves and bark of Kānuka and the related Mānuka tea trees to rid themselves of parasites. Apart from ingesting the material, they also chew it, mix it with preen gland oil and apply it to their feathers. Mānuka and Kānuka are superficially similar species and they are often confused with one another - the easiest way to tell the difference between them is to feel the foliage, Kānuka leaves being soft, while Mānuka leaves are prickly.
"O, you who believe! Bow down and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord, and do good, that happily you may prosper." (Qur'an 22:77)
"They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increases humility in them." (Qur'an 17:109)
And he - Jesus (peace be upon him) - went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. (Matthew 26:39)
Immediately, Abraham bowed with his face touching the ground, and again God spoke to him, (Genesis 17:3)
Introduced, cool-season, annual, low-growing, hairless legume, with prostrate to ascending stems. Leaves have 3 leaflets, each oblong to round and 4-13 mm long. The central leaflet has a distinctly longer stalk than the lateral ones. Flowerheads are loose to somewhat dense hemispherical clusters (6-7 mm long) of 3-20 yellow pea-like flowers. Flowering is in spring. A native of Europe, it is found in pastures, woodlands, lawns and roadsides. Although it often occurs at reasonably high density in short pastures, productivity is low and it has a high proportion of stem to leaf. It is palatable and grows from autumn to early summer (very dependent on rainfall), but only produces useful amounts of feed in spring. Requires moist soil for growth, so tends to burn-off rapidly in late spring as temperatures rise and soil moisture often remains low. Growth increases with applied phosphorus as long as pastures are kept short in late winter and early spring, but the response is likely to be too small to be economic.
Introduced, cool-season annual, stemless or short-stemmed herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves form a prostrate rosette to 50 cm in diameter; they are spear shaped, serrated, deeply lobed; upper surface hairless to hairy; lower surface white felted. Flowerheads occur on unbranched peduncles. Ray florets are yellow, ligulate and sterile; disc florets are dark, tubular and bisexual. Germinates in autumn/winter; flowers in spring. A native of South Africa, it is strongly competitive weed of crops, pastures, lawns and disturbed areas (e.g. roadsides). Prefers lighter textured soils of reasonable fertility and where there is a lack of competition. Grazed by stock, but is of lower value than many good pasture species. Can cause nitrate poisoning in sheep and cattle on high fertility soils; taints milk; causes allergic skin reaction in horses and donkeys. Best managed using a number of methods: competition, grazing, mechanical, herbicides. Maintain dense, vigorous pastures and minimise soil disturbance. Needs to be controlled in year prior to sowing pastures; control is easiest at the seedling stage. Combined knockdown herbicides prior to sowing, selective post-sowing herbicides or manuring of crops and pastures can be highly effective for control.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect or prostrate, tufted grass to 1 m tall. Leaves are flat, hairless (except for a few scattered hairs near the base) and usually have a pale midrib. There is no ligule. Flowerheads are an erect primary axis of racemes (to 22 cm long) with relatively short branches; with conspicuous hairs in the axils and along the racemes. Spikelets are 2.5-4 mm long and 2 flowered (fertile lemma smooth and shiny), with the apices ending abruptly in a short point or having an awn to 5 cm long. Flowers during the warmer months. Possibly a native of Asia, it is a common weed of disturbed areas, especially where there is excess moisture (e.g. wasteland, agricultural land, riverbanks, drains, shallow/drying swamps). An indicator of disturbed moist areas. A weed of summer crops. Produces palatable and good quality feed when grazed during early growth stages, but becomes harsh and unpalatable when mature. Toxic levels of nitrate can accumulate in the plant; this is especially dangerous when the plant is wilted and more attractive to stock. Rarely managed individually in pastures due to its low abundance in coastal pastures. Will decrease where dense ground cover is maintained over summer.
The prostrate habit and relative broad ovate leaves are distinctive of this species and distinguish it from Amaranthus blitoides, which is another often prostrate amaranth in this area. Like Amaranthus blitoides, the flowers are congested into axillary clusters, but each bears 1-3 sepals and these are not obscured by the short subtending flower bracts. This site lies on a newly constructed area involving the Animal Bioscience Building on the Montana State University campus, Bozeman.
Nodding Spurge or Eyebane - Chamaesyce nutans - is a native plant that is a summer annual that becomes 3-18 inches tall; it is low and spreading, but not prostrate (flat against the ground). The stems are pinkish red, round, and hairless, except for a few fine hairs on new growth. The inflorescence consists of a small cyathium on a straight pedicel. Usually, several cyathia develop near the ends of each major stem when a plant is mature. A cyathium is a small cup-like structure containing the pistillate flower and one or more staminate flowers, which have neither true petals nor sepals. It is initially green, but often turns red in bright sunlight. On this particular species, the cyathium has 4 tiny petal-like appendages that are bright white. Eventually, a round tripartite fruit develops from the cyathium on a short stalk; it often turns red in bright sunlight as well. Found throughout the eastern U.S. Habitats include dry upland areas of prairies, thickets, openings in upland woodlands, fields and pastures (whether abandoned or still in use), areas along roadsides and railroads, poorly maintained lawns and gardens, and miscellaneous waste areas. This plant prefers disturbed open areas and it is somewhat weedy. The tiny flowers occasionally attract small bees, Syrphid flies, and wasps. These insects seek nectar primarily. The seeds are consumed by the Mourning Dove and Greater Prairie Chicken, and to a lesser extent by the Bobwhite and Horned Lark. The Wild Turkey has been known to eat the foliage, developing buds, and fruits, apparently without ill effects. Mammalian herbivores rarely eat this plant because of the poisonous white latex in the stems and foliage. Native Americans rubbed the stem sap on their skin for itching and eczema and applied a poultice of crushed leaves to sores. The Nodding Spurge can be readily distinguished from other Chamaesyce spp. by its more erect habit, larger leaves, and mostly hairless stems. Horn and Cathcart, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/nod_spurge.htm www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CHNU9 www.kswildflower.org/flower_details.php?flowerID=441
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London SW7
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'Tippoo's Tiger' is an awesome, life-size beast of carved and painted wood, seen in the act of devouring a prostrate European in the costume of the 1790s. It has cast a spell over generations of admirers since 1808, when it was first displayed in the East India Company's museum. Concealed in the bodywork is a mechanical pipe-organ with several parts, all operated simultaneously by a crank-handle emerging from the tiger's shoulder. Inside the tiger and the man are weighted bellows with pipes attached. Turning the handle pumps the bellows and controls the air-flow to simulate the growls of the tiger and cries of the victim. The cries are varied by the approach of the hand towards the mouth and away, as the left arm - the only moving part - is raised and lowered.
Another pair of bellows, linked to the same handle, supplies wind for a miniature organ of 18 pipes built into the tiger, with stops under the tail. Its structure is like that of European mechanical organs, but adapted for hand operation by a set of ivory button keys reached through a flap in the animal's side. The mechanism has been repaired several times and altered from its original state. It is now too fragile to be operated regularly.
Tippoo Sahib (to his European contemporaries) was Sultan of Mysore in South India from 1782-99. The painted wooden casing of his tiger is unmistakably Indian, but there are indications that the mechanism came from a European hand very likely French.
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Literary Associations:
ipu and his exploits captured the popular imagination in Britain, figuring prominently in art, literature and drama far into the 19th century. Keats, who visited the India House while the tiger was on show there, in Cap and Bells envisaged a personal performance by the Sultan on his Man-Tyger-Organ. The Storming of Seringapatam unleashed a flood of prints and broadsheets. It inspired one of the largest paintings in the world, exhibited in London as a panorama. It was featured as a vast spectacular at Astley's Amphitheatre, and cut down to size for the juvenile drama. As late as 1868 it set the scene for Wilkie Collins's novel The Moonstone.
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Prostrating all the way from this point on to Lhasa (500 or more km),and where they started i do not know.
Native, cool-season to yearlong green, perennial, erect or prostrate, hairy herb to 60 cm tall; more or less woody at the base. Basal leaves are petiolate, soon withering; cauline leaves are wedge-shaped to spathulate, 8–40 mm long, sparsely hairy and sessile; margins toothed towards apex. Heads 6–20 mm diam., solitary or in loose leafy cymes of 2 or 3; involucral bracts scabrous-hairy and with scattered glandular hairs; receptacle conical, without scales. Disc florets are tubular and yellow; ray florets are white, blue or purple and 3–9 mm long. Achenes have a pappus of 2–4 rigid barbed awns, with 2–4 basal scales. Widespread on a wide variety of soil types and situations.