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BOTANY. 
little fly-trap, shield-shaped leaf, pink flower, red bulb root, 
sheathed in a black skin. ( Drocera intermedia) . A larger 
kind, growing in wet ground, with a branch-shaped leaf, and 
white flower. 
Fam. Violaracece. — Haka (. Erpetion spathulata) . A small 
white violet, another with purple stripes, and a purple one, 
all scentless. 
Fam. Flacourtiaceoe. — Mahoe (melicytus ramiflorus). It 
grows to the height of about fifty feet ; the wood is heavier 
than the rimu , it has a fine thin spiral leaf. ( Melicytus macro - 
phyllus.) 
Fam. Gruciferce. — Panapana (nasturtium, sylvestre. A small 
leafed cress, with a white flower, growing in the woods. 
( Cardamine debilis , Alyssum maritimum , Lepidium oleraceum. 
The hanea is a larger cress, with a brownish hairy leaf, 
and small yellow flowers ; it grows near rivers, and attains a 
height of about eighteen inches. 
The naunau has a thick dark glossy leaf, of an oval form, 
and bears a very small white flower, in size and appearance 
resembling a wall-flower. The tawera is a water-cress. 
Fam. Ranunculus. — (- ranunculus rivularis , — acaulis , acris , 
— plebeius, — hirtus } ) Kaikaiarure. The common butter-cup 
is remarkable for the great irregularity in its petals ; it may 
be found with either one, two, three, or more, up to nine ; 
the kopata uraura, is a very large and beautiful butter-cup, 
with glossy leaves, found in pools of water on elevated parts 
of the interior ; it is said to be extremely poisonous ; the 
roots are thick and long, like tubers. 
The kowai kura , a large kind, with downy leaves ; the flower 
small in proportion to the plant ; there is also a pretty kind 
growing in swampy ground. 
Fam. Clematis. — ■ Piki arero, pua wananga , a clematis bear- 
ing a large white scentless flower. 
Puatautaua , a small greenish white flowering clematis, very 
fragrant ; it is chiefly found on the sand hills near the sea. 
Fam . Grisielinece. — ( Griselinea) . 
Fam. Saxifragece vel cunoniaceoe. — ( Quintina serrata , wein- 
mannia betulina , — fuchsioides, — sylvicola ) . 
