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MISCELLANEOUS GENERA WHICH HAVE ONLY ONE SPECIES IN THE PROVINCE. 
Pepper-tree (Drimys colorata). A handsome, small tree, more especially 
so when growing on hills in open ground; the foliage is then coloured 
reddish. Whole plant pungent and aromatic, Wood prettily marked, and 
adapted for cabinet work. 
Hinahina, or mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus). A very variable tree in size 
of leaves and shape of trunk, the latter angled or round. Trunk 1-2 feet 
diameter. Wood soft, white, worthless ; foliage nourishing to cattle. 
White mapau, or piripiriwhata (Carpodetus serratus). An ornamental 
shrub-tree, with mottled-green leaves and large cymose panicles of white 
flowers. The branches are arranged on planes. Wood white, tough. 
Towai, or kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa). A beautiful, large tree, 
especially when in flower. Trunk 2-4 feet diameter. Bark valuable in 
tanning. Wood close-grained, heavy, often used in wooden tramways. 
Fuchsia, or kotukutuku (Fuchsia excorticata). This tree sometimes 
attains a diameter of 3 feet in the trunk, which is generally crooked. Wood 
heavy and wet. The juice is astringent, forming shades of purple to black, 
with iron. 
Broad-leaf (Griselinia littoralis). A large tree, with large, ovate, shining 
leaves. Trunk 4-8 feet diameter. Wood white and red, close-grained, heavy, 
durable. 
Red mapau (Myrsine urvillei). A small tree, common at Dunedin. 
Trunk 6-12 inches diameter. Wood dark-red, very astringent, used as fence 
stuff, but subject to the attack of a boring beetle. : 
Hedycarya dentata. A dark-foliaged small shrub-tree, with large red 
berries, found on the West Coast. : 
Milk-tree, or tawaapou (Epicarpurus microphyllus). The milk-tree of 
the settlers, from the bark exuding a vegetable milk when wounded. Trunk 
12-18 inches diameter. Wood white, not durable. : 
Ascarina lucida. A shrub-tree of the West Coast. 
Ngaio (Myoporum letum). An ornamental shrub-tree, useful as shelter, 
being of rapid growth. 
The following is a list of all the flowering plants found in Otago; with 
their proportionate geographical distribution in the two botanical regions 
of the eastern and western slopes of the province, as defined by a line 
extending from the Wanaka Lake to the Nuggets, at the mouth of the 
Clutha, along the course of that river. 
The nails in the respective columns, for each of the districts, indicate, — 
e mere occurrence of a few individuals of the species ; 
2. The tolerable abundance of individuals in a few localities ; and 
3. The universal occurrence of the species, wherever the condition for its growth 
d prevailed within the district. 
