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MISCELLAlSrEOUS GffiNEEA WHICH HATE ONLY ONE SPECIES IN THE PEOYINCE. 



Pepper-tree {Drimys colorata). A handsome, small tree, more especially 

 so when growing on Mils in open ground ; tlie foliage is tlieu coloured 

 reddish. Whole plant pungent and aromatic. Wood prettily marked, and 

 adapted for cabinet wort. 



Hinahiua, or mahoe {Ilelicytits 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 {Garpodetus 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. 



Puchsia, or kotukutuku (FucJisia 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. 



E,ed mapau {Myrsine tirvillei). 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 

 beri-ies, found on the West Coast. 



Milk-tree, or tawaapou (^Ejoicarpurus micropliylhos) . 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. 



ISTgaio {Myoporum Icehvni). 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 numerals in tlie respective columns, for eacli of the districts, indicate, — 



1. The 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 



prevailed within the district. 



