Bucuanan.—Shetch of the Botany of Otago. 195 
Panax lineare. A pretty little shrub, found on the West Coast. 
Horoeka (Panas erassifolium). A singular-looking plant in all stages 
of its growth. Three varieties are found at Dunedin, only distinguishable 
in the young state and method of inflorescence. Young plants with narrow, 
rod-like stems, from 1-12 feet high, topped with a few reversed long linear 
leaves, the varieties having different markings and amount of serrations. 
The full-grown tree has a long, naked trunk, 12 inches diameter, round- 
headed, erect foliage, and half umbellate branches. Wood hard when dry. 
Gum-tree (Panax colensoi). A showy, small tree, with large, shining, 
3-foliolate leaves in all stages of growth. Wood soft, white; burns well 
when dry. Bark exudes gum when wounded. Branches half umbellate. 
Panax arboreum. A small tree, similar to the last, with 5-foliolate leaflets 
petioled. Found on the West Coast. 
Pate (Schefflera digitata). A small tree, common everywhere in Otago. 
There is probably a variety of this plant in Auckland, as young plants there 
have the 7 leaflets deeply lobulate, which they never have in Otago. Wood 
soft, white, useless. 
LIME-TREE FawrLy.— Makomako (Aristotelia racemosa). A small, 
beautiful, quick-growing shrub-tree, with large leaves, and large panicled 
racemes of pink flowers and berries. Wood soft, white, light; makes pretty 
veneers. 
Aristotelia colensoi. A small shrub-tree, similar to the last, common on 
the Clutha. ` 
Aristotelia fruticosa. A small, sub-alpine shrub, common in hilly dis- 
tricts. 
Hinau (Lleocarpus dentatus). A large tree, with fastigiate branches ; 
and a variety with foliage in a round, dense head, leaves also differing in 
length, and amount of recurved margins. Wood of both whitish, heavy, 
[not] heart wood durable. 
Pokako (Eleocarpus hookerianus). A large, round-headed tree, near 
unedin ; common also on the West Coast. Young plants are very orna- 
mental, differing entirely in foliage, till 4-6 feet high, often forming flat, 
table-topped shrubs. Wood not durable. 
Turv Famity (Coriaria ruscifolia var).—The plant known as tutu on 
the pasture lands of Otago is a strong, robust shrub 3-6 feet high, dying 
down to the ground every year. The roots creep and interlace below the 
surface, forming sometimes considerable masses of spongy wood, which, when 
dried, have been used as fuel. : 
In the spring, stems spring up from any part of the root, forming often 
a close growth, impenetrableso everything but pigs. 
Tree tutu (Coriaria ruscifolia). A small shrub-tree, with a trunk 6-8 
