Botany Department]]> Miller & White, Dalziel Architects]]> M. Goldfinch]]> Botany Department]]> Botany Department]]> Unknown]]> Celmisia semicordata Petrie was collected by him on Mt Savage, Humboldt Mountains, on the West Coast of the South Island in 1968.]]> Professor Sir Alan Mark]]> Pennantia baylisiana, the rarest tree in the world, which Baylis himself discovered while on a field trip on Great Island, part of Three Kings, 64 kms north of Cape Maria van Dieman in the North Island, in 1963.]]> Professor Geoff Baylis]]> Gunnera prorepens typically grows on boggy ground near streams. Like all gunneras it hosts intracellular cyanobacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen. This unique symbiosis may help this species grow in low fertility soils.]]> Botany Department]]> Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka]]> E. H. Featon]]> Meterosideros robusta - Northern rata; Meterosideros scandens (fulgens) - Scarlet rata; Meterosideros parkinsonii - Parkinson's rata.]]> E. H. Featon]]> Maire tawhake - Eugenia Maire (Syzygium maire - Swamp maire)]]> E. H. Featon]]> Meterosideros tomentosa (excelsa) - Pohutukawa.]]> E. H. Featon]]> Clianthus puniceus (Kaka beak)]]> E. H. Featon]]> Corynocarpus loevigata (laevigatus) - New Zealand laurel]]> E. H. Featon]]> Raustorium from the Otago Regional Herbarium.]]> ___]]> Calystegia is a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed family, Convolvulaceae. In New Zealand they are often found growing near the coast or along lake shorelines. Some species are serious weeds as they are difficult to control and can grow more quickly than many native and crop plant species.]]> Botany Department]]> New Zealand Society of Plant Physiologists]]> John Smaillie Tennant]]> Anne Thwaites]]> Broma Studio, Nelson]]> Avicennia resinifera (now Avicennia marina subsp. Australasia). In 1936, a scholarship enabled Baylis to attend London Imperial College where he gained his PhD on fungal damage to germinating peas. In 1946, he was appointed Lecturer-in-Charge of Botany at Otago, taking over from the Rev. Dr J. E. Holloway. He became first Professor of Botany (1952) and was Head of the Department for 34 years, retiring in 1978.]]> Geoff Baylis]]> Introduction to Physiological Plant Ecology was published in 1979, the year he was appointed Professor and Head of Botany Department at Otago University. He held the latter position until 2003. Bannister (1939-2008) was active in research, penning numerous articles on various aspects of plant eco-physiology and ecology.]]> Peter Bannister]]> Above the Treeline (2012), reflects both his passion and scholasticism. And like many of his colleagues, he enjoys field-work.]]> Alan F. Mark]]> Ranunculus ficaria, Splachnidium rugosum (Deadman’s fingers), lichens, and ‘Swiss chards’, which are not only nutritious, but range in colour from white to yellow to red. Descriptive text accompanies these images.]]> Botany Department]]>