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and more pointed in proportion, with a larger fruit, less 
highly colored, but the natives do not eat it, considering it 
more dangerous than the former ; there is also a very dimin- 
utive kind, with a flower not unlike that of mignionette, 
which it little exceeds in size ; this is only found in the interior : 
its fruit is not eaten. 
Fam. Rutacece. — Warangi, rangiora , ( melicope ternata,) a 
small tree, with a large dark-green leaf, having a downy white 
underside ; it bears a bunch of small flowers, which have the 
fragrance of the violet. 
The Pukerangiora is a larger variety of the same ; the leaf 
is nearly a foot long by almost the same breadth : it pro- 
duces resin ; this is a singular and very ornamental shrub, 
growing about twenty feet high, ( melicope simplex.) 
Fam. j Euphorbiacece . — Tauwau, ueueeke, (euphorbia glauca,) 
it chiefly grows near the sea-shore, and in open spots at 
the mouth of rivers. (Plagianthus , devaricatus — betulinus , 
— urticinus.) Nau nau , Mated mai. Wai u atua. 
Fam. Santalacece. — ( Maire, maire tawaki , maire taiki, (mida 
salicifolia.) The representative of the sandal-wood family. 
( — eucalyptoides , — myrtifolia) . 
Fam. Thymelacece. — Kaikaiatua , (pimelia virgata ,) a low 
shrub, bearing a small white flower, and having four leaves 
at right angles down the stem : it closely resembles the daphne 
outatoranga, ( — arenaria, — Pilosa , — prostrata , — gnidia, — 
urv Uliana.) 
Fam. Proteacece. — Torn, (persoonia torn,) a tree found in 
the Bay of Islands. Rewa , rewarwae , ( knightia excelsa,) 
this beautiful tree closely resembles the banksia of Australia : 
when young it is very ornamental, and grows in a tapering 
form: it has a curious dark red honey- suckle flower; the 
wood is very similar to that of the casuarina , and is durable ; 
it is used chiefly for pales, shingles, and rails ; attains a con- 
siderable size and height. 
Fam. Laurinece. — Tarairi , ( laurus tarairi,) a fine large- 
leafed tree, which attains a considerable size, but is only 
found north of the Waikato; it bears a long oval kernel, 
thinly covered with pulp, which has a strong taste of turpen- 
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