118 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Plantaqinece. 

 Plantago major. (Kopakopa.) 



" This plantain closely resembles the European, but is in- 

 digenous, and a valuable medicinal herb, well known to the 

 Maoris. The leaves when boiled are used as an application 

 for ulcers. The upper side of the leaf ' draws,' and when the 

 wound begins to heal the under side of the leaf is used on it. 

 The liquor in which the leaves are boiled is also used for scalds 

 and burns, and as a uterine stimulant." 



Lauracece. 



Tetranthera calicaris. (Mangeo, Mangeao.) 



Used in the vapour bath by lying-in women to promote the 

 lochial discharge. 



Monomiacece. 

 Atherosperma novce-zealandiw, Hook. (Pukatea.) 



The inner layer of the bark of this aromatic plant is boiled in 

 water, and the decoction thus prepared is applied externally to 

 tuberculous and chronic ulcers, and various cutaneous diseases. 

 A strong decoction held in the mouth relieves odontalgia, and is 

 also taken internally and applied locally in syphilis. 



Hedycarya dentata, Forst. (Kaiwhiria.) 

 Used in medicated vapour bath. 



Piperacecc. 

 Piper excelsum, Miquel. (Kawakawa.) 



The leaf and bark are used for cuts, wounds, cutaneous dis- 

 orders, gonorrhoea, and in making vapour baths. The \ea\ i s 

 are chewed for toothache, and the root for dysentery. A pulp 

 of the leaves is applied to joints in rheumatism. A decoction of 

 the leaves and young shoots is taken internally for abdominal 

 pains. This plant does not possess the sedative and narcotic- 

 properties of kava (P. methysticum). 



Coniferce. 

 Podocarpus totara. (Totara.) 



The smoke from the burning wood is used to cure paipai 

 (a cutaneous disorder), and venereal disease in women. The 

 outer dry bark is used for splints in cases of fracture. 



Dacrydium ej-irfsum. (Kahikatea.) 



The leaf is used in the form of a decoction for urinary and 

 other internal complaints, and in the medicated steam bath. 



