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Zealand Flora, published thirty years prior. Low studied the grey-green form of the plant, and prepared a manuscript in 1897. Low described the anatomy of the leaf, stem and root of the plant, and discussed the adaptions required to survive in the extreme environment of an altitude of
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from 1906 until her death. She was also the national treasurer between 1906 and 1907, the national corresponding secretary between 1907 and 1908 and the superintendent of the union's
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was described by another paper. It is possible this other publication led to Low receiving first-class honours in
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