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of Islands; the natives emptied many of the boxes on a small 
island in the Kerikeri River, which to their disappointment 
they found were only filled with seeds. It was remarked a few 
years afterwards the whole island was covered with this shrub ; 
its beauty attracted attention ; its flowers were stuck in the ear 
as an ornament, the seed became sought after and was carried 
to every part. There appears some probability in this having 
been the case, it differs so widely from other New Zealand 
plants. 
(Guilandina bonduc ,) mauJcoro, (carmichaelia Australis, grise- 
linia lucida ,) makaka mauJcoro, a broom, bearing a very pretty 
white flower streaked with purple, only found in the interior. 
TaunoJca is the common broom ; there is a saying, that it has 
no heart, and a bad man is compared to it. There are several 
varieties of the broom, but, with one exception, their flowers 
are insignificant. 
Earn. Rliamnece.—Piripiri wata, (carpodetus serratus ,) it 
bears a small white flower, and is found near Lake Omapere. 
Pennantia corpmbosa. Kumarahou, (pomaderris Itumarahou,) 
a pretty shrub, bearing tufts of buff-colored flowers, only 
found in the north end of the island. Tauhinu, (— ericifolia,) 
a shrub also peculiar to the north, bearing an insignificant 
white flower. To this family also belong Corokia and Ixerba. 
Fam. Coriariacece .— TupaJcihi, tutu, PuJcou, (coriaria sar- 
mentosa .) This is a remarkable shrub which formerly abounded 
in every part of the island, but is now as rapidly disappearing, 
as cattle and sheep are increasing. It produces a large droop 
of a currant-like fruit, of a deep purple color, with seeds 
outside. The natives express the juice in large quantities, 
which they drink with impunity, having first carefully strained 
off all the seeds and foot-stalks, which are highly poisonous; 
they also boil it with sea-weed, and eat it in the form of jelly. 
Sheep and cattle are extremely fond of its leaves. The young 
shoots come up remarkably strong, tender, and succulent. If 
fed upon the first thing in the morning with an empty stomach, 
it frequently occasions death, but, otherwise, taken with grass, 
it appears to be as nourishing a food as clover, which also 
produces similar effects. It is remarked, that this plant 
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