New Zealand Department of Agriculture.
JOHN D. RITCHIE, Secretary. LEAFLETS FOR FARMERS, No. 39. By T. W. Kirk, F.L.S., Lond., &c, Government Biologist. BATHURST BURR (Xanthium spinomm). A description of Bathurst burr was published in Leaflets for Farmers, No. No. 2, January, 1893, Also in my annual report of same yean
The leaves of the sheep's burr resemble those of our native piri-piri, biddy-biddy, or buzzes; but the fruit or burrs, instead of forming a round head, are arranged on an erect spike (see Fig. 2). This spike is from lft. to 2ft. in height. The burrs are hard and covered with numerous barbed spines (see Fig. 8). At first sight the fruit looks something like a miniature specimen of the fruit of the Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum), and to this is probably due the fact that it has been sent by two different persons a 9 Bathurst burr. A moment's comparison of the illustration given at the head of this notice with that which follows is, however, sufficient to show that the two plants show never be mistaken.
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Manawatu Herald, 18 June 1898, Page 3
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179New Zealand Department of Agriculture. Manawatu Herald, 18 June 1898, Page 3
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