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page 1110. Ngati-Awa know that name, and also waiu-o-Kahu- 

 kura (the milk of Kahukura). They give the following origin 

 of the name : Just before Pou-rangahua, of Kiri-kino, Turanga 

 district, went to Hawaiki he seems to have visited Whakatane, 

 where he appears to have taken to wife one Kanioro, sister of 

 Hoaki and Taukata, who brought the knowledge of the humara 

 to the Hapu-oneone people of Kakaho-roa, as Whakatane was 

 then called. It was proposed to despatch a vessel to Hawaiki 

 in order to obtain seed humara (sweet potatoes). Pou said, 

 " Do not sail until I return here. I am going home to see my 

 child Kahukura, at Kiri-kino. I have noticed that when the 

 sun rises he puts out his tongue in that direction, so I think 

 'that away toward the place where the sun rises is some desirable 

 food hai whakawaiu mo taku tamaiti (to cause the child's mother 

 to give abundance of milk). When Pou returned to Kakaho- 

 roa he found that the Ara-tawhao had sailed without him, so 

 he obtained the tawau (milky juice) of the plant since known as 

 waiu-atua and waiu-o-Kahukwa. It is probably Euphorbia 

 glauca. 



The waoriki plant (Ranunculus rivularis) is found in some 

 swamps of the district. It is poisonous to stock. It may be 

 seen in swamps about Galatea, as also is the white moss Sphag- 

 num cymbi folium. The leaves of the wharangi are also poisonous 

 to stock, and the honey obtained from its flowers is extremely 

 hurtful to the genus homo. 



The stems of the tonakenake, a small variety of pohue, were 

 used in the manufacture of eel-pots. 



A coastal variety of Asplenium faccidum is found on the 

 Rurima rocks, off Matata. 



A few notes lately obtained : Several Natives inform me 

 that the kokomuka-taranga and kokomuka-tu-tara-whare are one 

 and the same. Mr. Cheeseman gives the former name for 

 Veronica parviflora (leaves 1 in. to 2| in. long), whereas the 

 Tuhoean kokomuka-taranga has leaves 4^ in. long. The tough 

 stems of the iwi-tuna (Lycopodium Billardieri) were formerly 

 used to put round the neck for suspending ornaments of stone, 

 &c, thereto. The white maire is here termed iiiaire-roro. The 

 black maire is Olea Cunninghamii. One Native gave maJieru- 

 heru as the name of Gleichenia circinata, but it seems doubtiul, 

 inasmuch as other Natives do not recognise the name. Several 

 Natives state that kotara, heketara, and taraheke are all names of 

 one tree. Cheeseman gives heketara as Olearia Cunninghamii. 

 I have been told that tororire is a tree-name, but have not 

 Learned as to which tree it is applied. The ends of the fronds of 

 the khvikiwi fern are chewed as a cure for ulceration or soreness- 

 of the mouth or tongue. 



