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fProstheiiiadera Novce Zeland'KC) extracts, with its long brush-tippod tongue, the 

 luuch-relislied nectar. In common with many other New Zealand trees, both fruit and 

 blossom are displayed at the same time. The flower is called " Tajiia" by the Natives. 

 Both l)lossoni and fruit are carried on a pedicel or branch, springing directly out of the 

 trunk or ])ranch of the tree. The aril, or fruit, is eaten by the wild pigeon, CCarpoplHuja 

 Novce ZelandiceJ, with avidity. The foliage, owing to its bitter flavour, is distasteful to 

 cattle and sheep. The Kohekohe was originally known botanically as Rartighsia 

 speefabilis, so named by A. Jussicu, a celebrated French systematic botanist. The careful 

 and graphic delineation of this tree in our plate will convey to the reader, in a forcible 

 mannei", the interesting peculiarities of this useful and beautiful member of our New 

 Zealand flora. 



