BOTANY. 
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Fam. Pittosporacece. — Tarata (Pittosporum crassifolium ).— 
An ornamental tree, producing turpentine; the leaves are 
fragrant. 
Tataka ( P — undulatum vel umbellatum ). It is also a resin¬ 
ous tree. 
Taiviri, kohukohu ( P — tenuifolium, P — eugenioides, P — 
cornifolium, P — reflexum, P — penielioides, P — radicans .) 
Fam. Droseracece. — Wahu (Drocera propinqua). A pretty 
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. — Ilaka (Erpetion spathulata). A small 
white violet; another with purple stripes, and a purple one, 
are found, but all without scent. 
Fam. Flacourtiacece. — Mahoe (melicytus ramiflorus). It grows 
to the height of about fifty feet; the wood is heavier than the 
rimu, and it has a fine thin spiral leaf. (. Melicytus macrophyllus.) 
Fam. Cruciferce. — Panapana (nasturtium sglvestre). A small 
leafed cress, with a white flower, growing in the woods. ( Car - 
damine 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 glassy leaf, of an oval form, 
and bears a very small white flower, in size and appearance it 
resembles the wall-flower. The tawera is a water-cress. 
Fam. Ranunculacece. — (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, or three, or more, up to 
nine. The kopata uraura , is a very iarge and beautiful but¬ 
ter-cup, with glossy leaves, found in pools of water in elevated 
parts of the interior. It is said to be extremely poisonous ; 
the roots are thick and long, almost like tubers. 
The kowai kura is also a large kind, with downy leaves; the 
flower is small in proportion to the plant. There is also a 
pretty kind growing in swampy ground. 
