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BOTANY. 
Fam. Clematis. —Piki arero,pua wananga, a clematis bearing 
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. Griselinece. —( Griselinea). 
Fam. Saxifragece vel cunoniacece. — (Quintina serrata, ivein- 
mannia betulina, — fuchsioides, — sylvicola). 
Toivai , taw era, (Leiospernum racemosum) a large tree ; the 
wood is red and streaked with black; it is highly valuable for 
furniture. Makamaka (ackama roscefolia). 
Fam. Crassulacece. —( Tillaea ). 
Fam. Ficodece.—Eruerueka (mesembryanthernum Australe). 
There are two kinds, one bearing a pink the other a white 
flower. Rengarenga, ( Tetragona expansa). The panamata, 
paraihia, is a diminutive kind of spinach, with a very dark leaf. 
Fam. Gucurbitacece. — Mawai (sicyos Australis). A creeping 
plant, resembling the cucumber. 
Fam. Passifloracece .— Kohia,powiwi (passiflora tetranda ). It 
bears a small green and orange flower, rather fragrant, and a 
fruit of a bright orange color; an oil is expressed from the seeds. 
Fam. Haloragere. — Toatoa ( cercodia erectd), a stiff growing 
weed, about a foot and a half high, with a four-sided stem, 
and strong serrated leaf; it is used medicinally by the natives. 
Cercodia alternifolia. — nicana, goniocarpus depressus, — te- 
tragynus. Piri piri, — citriodorus, myxiophyllum propwquum. 
Fam. Onagracece. Kohutuhutu, kotukutuku, kohutukutuku 
(fuchsia excorticata ), a large tree, frequently near three feet 
in diameter ; it takes its name from shedding its bark ; this is 
the only deciduous tree in the New Zealand forest. The 
flowers appear before the leaves, and generally from the 
branches; they are at first of a greenish blue with a purple 
inside, but afterwards change to a bright carmine; the fruit 
is edible. Totera ( Fuchsia jxrocumbens.) 
Epilobiimnummu lari folium,—peduncular e .{kokota )— micro- 
phyllum ,— rotund)folium ,— thymifolium ,— alsinoides ,— nerte- 
rioides ,— atriplicifolium ,— pubens ,— cinereum ,— incanum ,— 
hirtigerum ,— virgatum, — glabeUum, — confertum, —pal lid iflo- 
rurn ,— j unceum, — haloragifolium. 
