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BOTANY. 
Rottboellia uniflora ,) moa, ( spinifex sericeus, —with a prickly 
ball of flowers,— arena antartica,) hahaho, toetoe, ( arundo Aus¬ 
tralis). This is an elegant growing plant; it attains a height of 
about six feet; the flowering stalk is nearly twice that height, 
terminated by a fine waving plume ; it is used to line their 
houses with, and looks extremely neat. The stalk is called 
kakalio , the leaf toetoe. 
Karetu , (Torresia redolens,) a sweet-scented grass. 
Of the numerous families of sedges, ferns, &c., the following 
must suffice :— 
Fam. Cyperacece. — Toetoe, (Lepidosperma elatior,) a coarse 
cutting grass; there are twenty other varieties of the same 
family: a general name for sedges. 
Fam. Restiacece. — Wiwi, (Leptocarpus simplex,) a general 
name for rushes. 
Fam . Polyodiacece — Hum hum whenua (Asplenium Lucidum. 
Falcatum, — polyodon, — obliquum ,— obtusatum,—flabettifolium, 
— bulbiferum,) ota (nipliobolus-bicolor). 
Raorao, aruhe, [Pteris esculenta,) tuakura, (Dieksonia squar- 
rosa,) ponga, (cyathea dealbata,) korau mamaku, (cyathea medu- 
laris). The stem of this fern tree is eaten. 
Mouku, paratawiti ( marattia elegans). A beautiful fern, 
with an edible root not unlike the bulbous scales of the 
white lily. 
Fam. Gleicheniacece. — Waeicaekaka, ( Gleichenia hecysto- 
jAiylla,) kopakopa, ( Trichomenes reniforme). A beautiful 
circular-leafed fern, with the fructification on its edges. 
Fam. Osmundacece. — Mange mange ( Lygodium articulatum). 
A beautiful climbing fern, used in building. 
Fam. Ophroglossacem. — Ti taranaki (Botychium Australe). 
A remarkable plant, abundant in the grassy plains. It was 
foi'merly eaten. 
Fam. Lycopodiace<x. — (Lycopodium lessonianum, — densum, 
cernuum, — flagellaria , — later ale, — phlegmaria, — volubile ,— 
d' Urvillcei tmesipteris Forsterii). All the plants belonging to 
this family are very beautiful. The Jungermannia is a very 
large family ; the Hepaticece also, and the Musci, calyptrati, 
mosses and liver worts, many of which are very beautiful, and 
