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for Kaupapa, a mission station, where the Rev. W. Wil- 
liams resides; this place we reached by seven p.m., quite tired. 
The hospitable reception, however, which we received from 
Mr. Williams went far towards causing us to forget the 
toils of the journey. As the vessel in which I came to 
Warekahika had been to-this place, one of my first inquiries 
was after my package of paper, and I was happy to find 
it safe in Mr. W's keeping. 
At Mr. W’s I remained for several days, occasionally, when 
weather and duty permitted itinerating in the neighbour- 
hood in quest of specimens. In the alluvial plains on the 
banks of the river, grew a plant of the Order Composite 
(47), possessing a very elegant coloured imbricated involucre. 
In the swamps, among Typha, I detected a curious little 
floating plant (33),* which covered the whole surface of the 
standing water. Here, also, on the banks I procured fine 
specimens of a spiny shrub, of the order Zhamee (49). 
I had noticed it when here in 1838, and got living 
plants, which unfortunately died in my garden at Paihia. 
Until this time, however, I had neither seen its fruit nor 
flower; it appears to possess characters indicative of its be- 
longing ^o the genus Colletia, Brongn. ; perhaps a new species 
of Discaria?t It forms strong dense bushes, 2 to 4 feet 
in height, and would, doubtless, make an excellent fence ; 
for which purpose I gathered a quantity of its seed, now 
nearly ripe. "The natives give this plant the expressive name 
ef Tumatakuru, i. e. literally, Standingface-beater. I alse . 
noticed a small linear-leaved Senecio (26), common here 
among the grass which appeared to me to be distinct from 
any species yet observed. On a hill in the neighbour- 
hood, I procured fine specimens of a species of Cheilanthes 
(60), perhaps C. tenuifolia, R. Br, and in a damp 
wood, at a little distance, a fine and lovely Moss 
(45), which was quite 'new to me. I felt greatly disap- 
* Lemna. [Ep.] + Decidedly so. [Er.] 
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