The foliage is coloured a brilliant green which turn a golden yellow or fiery orange at the ends. Sedge blades are triangular in shape whereas grasses form a straight line.
Sedges are similar to grasses but can be distinguished from grasses by examining the stem/blades in cross section. It is endemic to (found only in) New Zealand's coastal environment and is one of our major sand binders along with Spinifex sericeus (spinifex or kowhangatara) and Austrofestuca littoralis (Sand Tussock or hinarepe), trapping sand to create dune systems 2. N° de ref.These Pikao (or pingao) is also known as the Golden Sand Sedge and its botanical name is Desmoschoenus spiralis 1. Illustrations: View of Taupo Mount Egmont Rua Pahu Balaena Antipodum (southern rightwhale). Part II Northern Island - Northern Districts: Reinga - North Cape - Pa-renga-renga, or Village of the Lily Harbour of Houhoura, or Mount Carmel - Rangaunu - Kaitaia Harbour of Mango-nui, in Lauriston Bay Harbour of Wangaroa Wangape and Hokianga Waimate, Lake Maupere, and Thermal Springs Bay of Islands Wairoa, Kaipara Gulf of Hauraki - Coromandel Harbour - Waiho, or the Thames - Waitemata Harbour - Auckland Harbour of Manukao, or Symonds Harbour River Waikato - Wainga-roa - Aotea - Kawhia River Waipa - Mission-Station of Otawao Lake Taupo and Tongariro Rotu-kaua - Rotu-Mahana - Tera-wera Rotu-Kareka - Rotu-rua - Rotu-iti Journey to Tauranga Journey into the Valley of the Waiho, or Thames - Mata-mata - Pikao Some Remarks on the Botany of New Zealand. Contents of Volume I: Part I - Cook's Straits: General Remarks Cook's Straits - Queen Charlotte's Sound - Te-awa-iti - Cloudy Bay - Whales and Whalers Port Nicholson - Wellington - Excursion into the valley of the Eritonga Kapiti, or Entry Island - Mana, or Table Island Return to Queen Charlotte's Sound - West Bay - East Bay - Island of Arapaoa Northern Shore of Cook's Straits Taranaki, or Mount Egmont District from Taranaki to Mokau The Climate of Cook's Straits and New Zealand in general General Considerations on Cook's Straits The Natives inhabiting the Shores of Cook's Straits. Lacking all pages up to page 1 in volume 2.
The new spine is a beige colour, the boards and old spine are green.
Spines rebacked retaining the original backstrips with a few small pieces lacking. vii, 431 396 pages.1 frontispiece and 3 plates.
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