is a forest-standing maire, the axe alone can fell it.' This saying is also applied 

 to persons. The timber is a favourite fuel for use in meeting-houses, as it gives out 

 but little smoke and a good light ; but if seeds are kept in a house in which maire 

 is used for fuel, then such seeds will not germinate when planted. In former times, 

 when forest-birds were numerous, the kereru (pigeon) and the koko (or tui) were 

 wont to frequent in great numbers the maire-rau-nui trees to feed on the berries 

 thereof, when great numbers would be snared, although they did not fatten on 

 that diet." 



Plate 134. Olea Imweolata, drawn from specimens — male, female, and in fruits — collected in the 

 Northeni Wairoa district. Fig. 1, male flowers (x 5) ; 2, male flower, with 3 stamens (x 5) ; 3 and 4, 

 front and back view of anthers (x5); 5, female flowers (x6); 6, longitudinal section of ovary 

 ( X 6) ; 7, transverse section of ovary ( x 6) ; 8, fruit ( x 2|) ; 9, section of same ( x 2D ; 10, embryo 

 (x6). 



