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of i\\Q Kahiketea; leaf like that of Totara, but smaller; bears 

 a black berry with a stone inside, ripe in May ; is as plentiful 

 as Totara, but more expensive, being harder. 



Specimen from Karori ; average tree, cut in October, 

 1849. 



9. Mairi. — There are two kinds, the black and the 

 white. The black Mairi is a dark-grained wood, very strong 

 and hard. It is used for strong framework ; is very durable ; 

 but not being plentiful, and beiug very hard to cut, it is not 

 much used. It grows only on hills, and poor stony soils, 

 The leaf is about 2 inches by ^-inch, dark olive colour, 

 growing in pairs. Bark rough, average size 18 inches 

 and 40 feet high. Specimen cut at Karori in October, 

 1849. 



White Mairi is of a lighter colour, with dark veins. The 

 wood is like ash, and is used for the same purposes, but it 

 is not plentiful. It grows on hills hke the last; it bears a 

 large red berry in winter. Leaf long and oval like a laurel, 

 bark light colour and rough. Specimen from Karori ; cut 

 in October, 1849. 



10. Rewa-rewa, or Honeysuckle, (Knightia excelsa), 

 not used in carpentry or joinery, but frequently in fencing, 

 because it splits easily. The wood has a coarse grain, in 

 red and white veins, with cross red veins, giving it a mottled 

 appearance. It grows on the hills, but is not plentiful ; has 

 a smooth round bark, with lumps projecting, and a long 

 serrated leaf; seed ripe in November; average about 18 

 inches and 40 feet high. Specimen from Karori ; cut in 

 October, 1849. 



{Note hy W. S. — This is one of the few trees that 

 grows both on poor and rich soils. In the latter it reaches 

 a very superior size, and is at once known in the forest by 

 its close conical manner of growing.) 



