146 A NEW ZEALAND NATURALIST'S CALENDAR. 



Hirneola had formerly quite a reputation for the cure 

 of sore throats, and it was also used to apply eye-water 

 to weak or inflamed eyes, and lotions to wounds, from its 

 faculty of absorbing and holding water like a sponge. 

 In the great International Exhibition held in London in 



A Bush Lawyer or Bramble^- Rubus australis a slender-leaved form . 



1862 a quantity of it appeared as a medicine exhibit from 

 one of the French colonies I forget which. The last time 

 I saw it growing was two or three years ago, when the 

 ground in front of the porch of the Girls' High School in 

 Dowling Street was covered with it. 



