'212 Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 



p. 1 29. t. 3.— P. rhomboidalis. A. Rich. Fl. Nor. Zel. p. 36.3. non E. L. Rich., 

 Br. et excl, syn. Labill. — Tanekaha of the natives, Rev. W. Yale. " Toa- 

 toa ab incolis vulgo dicitur," D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island), forests on the banks of the river Thames, 

 and in dry woods on hills at the Bay of Islands, Wangaroa, &c. — 1826, A. 

 Cunningham. 



A tree of straight tapering growth, occasionally attaining the 

 height of sixty feet, seldom, however, exceeding a diameter of three 

 feet. The wood is a shade darker than the Dammara or Kauri ; it 

 has a closer grain, smells strongly of turpentine, and being less af- 

 fected with wet than any other pine, is regarded as an exceedingly 

 valuable wood. " It is used," says the Rev. W. Yate, " for all kinds 

 of outside work, such as posts and floors for verandahs, and is much 

 sought after for the decks of vessels." Its bark is used by the natives 

 for dying a red colour, which they prepare in the following way : 

 " The bark," says Bennett, " is pounded and then placed in a vessel 

 of cold w r ater, into which hot stones are thrown till the water boils, 

 this being the natives' mode of treating water, since, having no know- 

 ledge of pottery, they possess no vessel which can be placed on the 

 fire. After the bark has been boiled for some hours, the decoction 

 becomes of a dark red colour ; it is then left to cool, when it is strained 

 and ready for use." 



5. Podocarpus, L'Herit. 



327. P. ferruginea, foliis pectinatislineari-lanceolatis acuminatis falcatis. 

 Don. in Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. App. — Miro or Mairi of the natives. 



New Zealand (Northern Island), in forerts near the Keri-Keri, and in 

 the country between that river and the Hokianga, &c. — 1834, R. Cunning- 

 ham. Occasionally to be observed on hilly ground. — 1792, Govr. Phillip. 



" A tree," says the Rev. W. Yate, " growing from forty to sixty feet 

 high, but never arriving at a larger circumference than twelve feet. 

 It produces a brittle, close-grained, durable wood, of a red colour, 

 planes up smoothly, and appears capable of receiving a high polish. 

 It is, however, too brittle for the cabinet-maker, or it w T ould not be 

 a bad substitute for mahogany. The fruit, which is devoured by the 

 large wood-pigeon, is of the colour of the yew berry, but larger, and 

 with a strong taste of turpentine." 



328. P.I Totarra, foliis undique versis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis 

 subtus glaucis. Don. in Lamb. Pin. ed. 2. App. — Dacrydium taxifolium. 

 Sol. MSS. Lamb. Pinn. p. 137. — Totarra of the natives. 



New Zealand (Northern Island).— 1769, Sir Jos. Banks.— 1792, Phillip. 

 — 1826, A. Cunningham. Banks of the Kahio, Wangaroa, &c. — 1834, R. 

 Cunningham. (Middle Island,) of large size, like Dammara or Kauri. — 

 1791, A. Menzies. 



