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the northern island. To the south the totara and tanekaha 

 prevail in many places, although it can scarcely be said that 

 one species of pine ever forms a forest, as is the case on the 

 old continent. The mai and the miro must be separated 

 from the Taxidese into a peculiar genus, as the fleshy part 

 of their seeds does not surround the seed in the shape of a 

 cup, as it does in the true Taxidese, but they bear drupes. 

 The kauri, the rirnu, the kahikatea, and the totara attain 

 the greatest size, and are the most common ; the kawaka 

 and miro are scarce, and form only small trees. The native 

 and scientific names of the pines are 



Kauri . . . Dammara Australis. 



Tanekaha . . Phyllocladus trichomanoides. 



Miro _,,., . . Podocarpus ferruginea. 



Totara . . . Podocarpus totara. 



Mai . . . . Dacrydium mai. 



Kawaka . . . Dacrydium plumosum. 



Kakikatea . . Dacrydium excelsum. 



Rimu . . . Dacrydium cupressinum. 



I must here observe that there exist three more species of 

 pines, of which one is called hutu by the natives, and is a 

 Phyllocladus ; another is a dwarf Dacrydium, on the Ton- 

 gariro volcano; and the third, which I found on Mount 

 Egmont, is apparently a Podocarpus. 



The family of the Urticece contains the genera Urtica 

 (2 species), Elatostema (1), Hedycaria (2) ; and Cunning- 

 ham also enumerates, from Banks's collection, the Brous- 

 sonetia papyrifera, but which has not been seen again, and 

 seems not to be an indigenous plant. , 



The following families contain the genera: Labiatce 

 (gen. Micromeria), Eoraginece (gen. Anchusa and Myosotis), 

 Convolvulacece (gen. Calystigia, Ipomea, Dychondra), Gen- 

 tianece (gen. Gentiana, Sabsea), Loganiece (gen. Genio- 

 stoma), Apocynece (Parsonia), Oleinece (Olea), Sapotece 

 (Achras), Myrsinece (Myrsine). 



Of the extensive American family Epacridece are four 

 genera, of which especially Dracophyllum is very remark- 



