Best. — Maori Forest Lore. 477 



The cause of the great scarcity of eels in the Rua-tahuna district may 

 possibly be the difficulty of ascending the rapids just above the mouth of 

 the Pu-kareao Stream. 



The upokororo is given as Retropinna upokororo in the third volume of 

 the Transactions, page 134. 



Some interesting notes on eels, papanoko, toitoi, innnga, atutahi, and 

 upokororo fish, by Captain G. Mair, may be found in vol. xii of the Trans- 

 actions of this Institute. This name, atutahi, as that of a river-fish, is of 

 interest, because atutahi is a star-name and often appears in the form of 

 atutahi-ma-rehua, while Rehua is the star Antares. And Rehua is said to 

 have been the origin of the inanga or whitebait. Captain Mair states that 

 the atutahi is a large kind of inanga. 



Pakarara and kaiherehere are given as names of species of eel. 



For information concerning the fresh-water fish of Tuhoeland see 

 vol. XXXV of these Transactions. ^ ^ 



We here give a few belated notes on divers trees and plants that should 

 have been inserted in Part I of these notes. 



Maire.—The black maire, or narrow-leaved species, is termed maire- 

 rau-nki. It is either Olea montana or 0. Cunninghamii. The white maire 

 {^. Olea lanceolata) is here known as niaire-rau-nui and maire-roro. The 

 berries of this tree are eaten by birds. 



The houhi ongaonga is Plagianthus hetulinus. 



The tanguru is Olearia furfuracea. 



The tree here termed tawai, or tawai-rau-nui, is apparently Fagus fusca, 

 while another species, known as tawai-rau-riki, found at lower altitudes, 

 is possibly F. Solandri. Huge trees of the former species are found on 

 the high-lying ranges. 



The tawhiivhi is a climbing-plant which bears red blossoms. These 

 flowers were often fastened to the perches of bird-traps as a lure, as on the 

 fewa. 



The nahonaho is a plant. 



Of Eugenia maire Mr. Percy Smith says, '' The almost universal name 

 of this tree on the west coast of the Island is tu-huhi, though the people 

 know it also as maire-tawhake, and better still as whawhakou.'^ 



The fruit of the tutu was sometimes preserved for the owners by 

 means of a rahui, which warned persons against taking such fruit. A grove 

 ■of these trees at Ohae, Ruatoki, was known as Ure-takohekohe. It 

 was protected in the above manner during the fruiting season, and 

 woe betide any person who interfered with it ! He would probably be 

 killed. 



Tutae-whetu should, I believe, be more properly termed korokoro-whetu. 

 According to Colenso it is Ileodictyon cibarium. 



Kahoho is another name of the poporo or poroporo, a Solanum. 



Kekakeka is the water-plant commonly termed duckweed. 



Kohuwai is a moss-like water-plant. 



Kokomuka-taranga is given in Cheeseman's Flora as Veronica parviflora, 

 but the species known by the former name among Tuhoe has leaves 4i in. 

 and 5 in. long, which does not agree with the " 1-2^ in." given in the Flora. 



The kotara I believe to be Olearia Cunninghamii. 



The kuwawa, a water-plant, is Eleocharis sphacelata. It is also known 

 as wawa, kuta, and kutakuta. 



The mapere is Gahnia setifolia. 



