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BOTANY. 
Of the j Ericece are gaultheria antipoda, gaultheria rupestris 
and fluviatilis. 
Fam. Campanulacece. — Rimuroa (wahlenhergia gracilis) the 
blue-bell of New Zealand. 
Fam. Lobeliacece. — Oru, (lobelia physa hides , — lobelia alata, 
■ — angulata, — littoralis, — submera.) The kowitiwiti and puan- 
reroa belong to this family. 
Fam. Styllidece. — Stylidium spatJialatum and Forstera sedi - 
Fam. Goodeniacece. — ( Goodnenia repens). 
Of Gompositce are the following tribes and genera : — 
Cichoracece, parerarera (scorzonera scapigera) ; this grows 
on the central plains in large quantities. Toitaho , kueo, ( pieris 
hieracioides, attenuata , sonchus oleraceus). Puwha, (vernoni- 
acece Shawia). 
Fam. Asteroideoe. — Pekapeka (solidago arbor escens) . Papa- 
taniwaniwa, (LagenopJiora-Forsteri) the native daisy, (Lage- 
nophora lanata, aster holocericeus , aster coriaceus). Ake piro, 
(Hoxtonia farfuracea), a pretty shrub with daisy-like flowers. 
(Vittadenia Australis.) Peke peke, (celmisia holocericeus,) a 
large broad-ribbed leafed aster, dark green on one side, and 
white downy on the other, growing on the central plains. 
Parerarera, peka peka, (celmesia coriacea), a smaller kind, 
found in the same parts as the former. 
Fam. Senecionidacece. — Kohiriki (JBidens pilosa) cowitch 
(cotula coronopifolia, myriogyne minuta, solivatenella,craspedia 
uniflora, cassmia leptophylla, ozothamnus pinifolia, helichry- 
sum bellid.ioides, (Pukatea) gnaphalium luteoalbum, — simplex, 
— lanatum, — involucratnm, — keriense, — trinervoe, arnica 
operina, senecio lautus, — Australis, — neglectus, — argutus , — • 
quadridentatus, — hispidulus. 
Of Rubiacece or Cinchonacece. — Are the genera ( opercularia , 
diphylla, aspera) — karamu (coprosma lucida). 
FLupiro (coprosma fcetidissima) , a small-leafed shrub, growing 
in the woods on the central plains, emitting a very foetid smell, 
perceptible in passing it, and especially when the leaves are 
rubbed. 
(Coprosma propinqua, — rotundifolio — rhamnoides, — gracilis 
