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BOTANY. 
except it has the canopy of a dense forest ; and this remark 
applies to the palm and several other forest trees. 
In addition to these pines, there is another in the north 
near Kaitaia, called hutu, (phyllocladus hutu,) which has a 
fine red-grained timber, most nearly resembling the Aus- 
tralian cedar ; and on the sides of the Tongariro mountain, 
there are two dwarf dacrydiums , closely allied to the rimu 
and kahikatea : they form low bushes, from six inches to 
two feet in height, which produce much finer and larger 
fruit than their loftier relatives in the forest. On the Ton- 
gariro and Taranaki mountains, a dwarf podocarpus , very 
similar to the totara , is also found, and when the alpine regions 
have been more fully investigated, it is not improbable other 
members of this family will be discovered. 
The Fam. of the TJrticece — contains the onga-onga , furtica 
ferox,) a shrub about twelve feet high, having a large and 
rather long pointed leaf of a dark green, thickly studded with 
formidable yellow spines, which make those who touch them 
take care not to repeat the experiment; the branches are 
similarly armed, it is a curious and ornamental shrub ; its 
wood is close grained and hard : in the north there is a tree 
called the onga cnga, ( urtica debilis,) which has the appear- 
ance of a lime ; the natives affirm that in its early years it is 
the nettle shrub. 
The Fam. Labiacece. — contains micromeria Gunning hamii, 
which is found near the Wesleyan settlement, on the Hoki- 
anga. 
The Fam. Boraginaceoe . — (Anchusa spatidata and myosotis 
Forsterii.) 
The Fam. Convolvidacece. — Powiwi , par aha , ( calysiegia 
sepium,) the common convolvolus, it has a long fleshy root, 
which was formerly eaten ; the flower is white striped with 
pink. The panahi , ( calystegia soldanclla,) the common bind 
weed, and the ipomoea pendula. 
Fam. Log anacece. — Hang eliange, ( geniostoma ligustrifo- 
lium.) 
Fam. (G-entianaceoe. — ( Gentiana saxosa ,) found at Dusky 
Bay, and on the Tongariro ranges j it bears a pale buff- 
