MEMORANDUM. 
HITHERTO the difficulties in assigning aboriginal names to particular 
species has been immense. The following are some of the difficulties :— 
1. Different people express in different Engiish characters what is. 
obviously the same aboriginal name. 
2. In many cases we are in doubt as to the value of an aboriginal’s. 
name, 7.e., whether it is actually a name for the particular plant alluded to, 
or an appellation of some characteristic this plant:possesses in common 
with others. 
3. Aboriginals are sometimes so very willing to give names to a 
traveller, that rather than disappoint him they will prepare a few for the 
occasion. 
