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The paea, an introduced plant, is said to have been named 

 after the European from whom it was first obtained. A Poverty 

 Bay tradition states that Captain Cook was so named by the 

 Natives of that place, on account of his calling out the word 

 " Fire " when ordering his men to fire upon the Natives. The 

 Maori pronunciation of the word is paea. Or it may have been 

 named after Tupaea. 



Some very fine pahau-kakapo moss (Daivsonia superba) is 

 found in the interior, especially in the Parahaki district. The 

 general name for mosses is rimurimu. Angiangi and koku- 

 kohu seem to be names both of which are applied to Hypmm 

 clandestinus. The angiangi, a very soft species, is used as a 

 sort of bandage or covering for parts of the body affected by 

 disease, &c, and by women as a diaper. It is also used by 

 fowlers to cover a pewa, or bird-snare, in order to give it the 

 appearance of a growing branch. Colenso says of the angiangi. 

 "A long, loose, pendulous, filamentous, white lichen (Usnea 

 barbata) " — which is assuredly not the moss above mentioned. 

 Moss was formerly used as a sort of sock when wearing sandals 

 in crossing high, snow-clad hills, it being stuffed in round the 

 foot. 



The papauma (Griselinia littoralis) nourishes in the Rua- 

 tahuna district. The berries are known as huarihi. and are 

 eaten by the koko bird, which is said to get very fat on such 

 food. Kaivariki is said to be another name of the pa /minim. 

 Cuttings take root readily. 



The berries of the pa-totara are eaten by children. 



The pepepe is so called because the leaves thereof are used 

 as bird-calls (pepe) by fowlers. 



The large-flowered white Clematis lias two names applied 

 to it : the flowers are termed poanangd, while the stem or plant 

 is piki-arero. It is Clematis indivisa. The species beaming 

 small greenish flowers is called aka kopu kereru. The ngakau- 

 kiore is Clematis parviflora. C. indivisa is sometimes termed 

 aka poananga. The poananga, whakou (flowers of the tawari 

 tree), and kahika (rata blossom) are said by Natives to produce 

 the finest honey. Leaves of the piki-arero, as also those of the 

 horopito, were used by women to wean a child from suckling, 

 being crushed and rubbed on the breasts (see "' Kiwikiwi "). 

 The sap of the horopito was used in cases of skin-disease. 



Young fronds of the paraharaha and rereti ferns are eaten 

 by Natives, being cooked as greens. 



Poporc : This name is applied to Solatium aviculare. Ii 

 is said to be so termed before it bears fruit, but is called kaoho, 

 or kahoho, after it has once borne fruit. Apparently fruiting 

 specimens are known by this latter name. 



