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13. Miro (a piue) is a wood something like elm, of a 

 red -yellow colour, short- grained, hard, knotty and durable ; 

 not being plentiful, it is not much used. 



It grows on hills. The bark is like that of Kahikatea, but 

 smoother ; the leaves like those of Totara, but larger, and grow 

 in regular pairs on the stem. Bears a small red fruit with 

 stone inside, ripe in May. Averages the same size as Mai. 

 Specimen from Karori ; cut in October, 1849. 



13. Puhatea is a common tree, both on hilly and flat 

 country, but is not used for carpenter's or joiner's work, 

 having a coarse grain and no strength, and being liable to 

 decay. It is the worst burning wood we have. The leaf 

 is something like that of the Rata, but serrated. Spe- 

 cimen from Karori; cut in October, 1849. 



{'Note Inj W. S. — This is one of the most gigantic trees 

 in the Hutt forest, inferior only to the Bata. In the upper 

 valley it is very rare, but in the lower it forms nearly three- 

 fourths of the forest. On the hills it is rare and very 

 small.) 



14. Hinau — Is a light-coloured wood, something like 

 oak, is supple and tough, and is used for cart-wheels and 

 shafts, and for ships' timbers, but not extensively, being not 

 plentiful, and generally of small size. 



It grows chiefly on poor flat lands, or on hilly grounds. 

 The bark is very rough, the leaves are oval and olive- 

 coloured. The sap is used by the natives to make a blue- 

 black dye, and the bark is used in Wellington for tanning ; 

 average 18 inches and 20 feet high. Specimen from Karori ; 

 cut in October, 1849. 



15. Titoke, sometimes called by the natives Topetoi)e, 

 a light-coloured wood, with a tough and twisted grain, and 

 knotty. It is the wood generally used by wheelwrights in 

 the south part of New Zealand, and is also used for 



