BucnaNAN.— On the Botany of Kawau Island. 509 
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The shore lines of massive Native trees flank this central portion of the 
landscape on either side ; among them prominent, the Pohutakawa, in a full 
blaze of crimson blossom, harmonizing well with the dark green foliage of 
the Puriri and Tawaapou trees. On the rising background, numerous large 
grown trees, Australian and American Pines, including species of Auracaria, 
Pinus, Cupressus, etc., add to the beauty of the scene by their artistic group- 
ings, in some places their sharp-pointed outlines, as seen against the sky, 
contrasting finely with the rounded forms of the Native species, and their 
sombre green relieved by the pale silvery-white foliage of the Leucodendron 
argenteum trees from the Cape of Good Hope. The visitor, as the island 
fades away from his view, can only wish that a settled population may never 
be found within its shores, and that its peace and beauty may always 
remain undisturbed. 
Indigenous Flowering Plants of Kawau. 
DICOTYLEDONS. 
RANUNCULACEX. 
Clematis indivisa, Willd. (Puwhananga), C. 
Jatida, Raoul. 
parviflora, A. Cunn. 
Ranunculus hirtus, Banks and Sol. 
rivularis, Banks and Sol. 
acaulis, Banks and Sol. 
parviflorus, Linn., var. australis. (Korikori.) 
CRUCIFERÆ. 
Nasturtium palustre, D.C. (Kowhitiwhiti.) 
Cardamine hirsuta, Linn., var. D. corymbosa. (Panapana.) 
Lepidium oleraceum, Forst. (Eketere, D'U.). 
VIOLARIE®. 
Viola filicaulis, Hook., fil. 
Melicytus ramiflorus, Forst. (Mahoë.) 
lanceolatus, Hook., fil. 
Hymenanthera latifolia, Endl. 
PrrrosPoREX. 
Pittosporum tenufolium, Banks and Sol. 
var. fasciculatum, (Kirk.) 
crassifolium, Banks and Sol. (Karo, Kihii.) 
eugenioides, A. Cunn. (Tarata), C. 
cornifolium, A. Cunn. (Karo), C. 
intermedium, Kirk. 
