as POMADERRIS APETALA. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Pomaderris apetala, Vahl. 
A shrub or small tree; branchlets and under-surface of leaves clothed with 
white stellate tomentum. Leaves alternate, petioled, obtuse, 3in.—4in. long, 
wrinkled above, with a few scattered stellate hairs, white beneath ; ribs prominent ; 
clothed with buff-coloured tomentum. Flowers small, numerous, in loose ter- 
minal panicles; buds tomentose. Calyx-tube short, clothed with stellate hairs. 
Petals, none; stamens, five. Anthers with a small gland at the apex. Style 
deeply divided ; capsule obtuse, sparingly dotted with stellate hairs ; cocci open- 
ing with a valve. 
Expianation oF Pirate VIII. 
Pomaderris apetala, Vahl, natural size. 
Note.—Since the preceding was written Major Gudgeon has, at my request, kindly forwarded recent specimens 
of the plant to the officer in command of the Armed Constabulary station at Kawhia, and instructed him to ascertain 
if the plant still exists in that locality. He reports that he can find no trace of it, although on showing the speci- 
mens to the chiefs Hone te One and Te Huki, and other old Natives, they recognised it as a plant which formerly 
erew between the present township and the mouth of the river, but was killed by goats, which were very numerous 
many years ago, They stated that it was termed “ whariki” or ‘‘tainui,’”’ and that it grew from the “ whariki ” which 
was thrown out of the great canoe when it landed there. They state that the ‘ Tainui’’ landed at Kawhia (not 
near the Mokau, as stated by the Natives living on that river), and point to two rough stones standing in a patch of 
manuka about a mile from the township, going towards the mouth of the river, which, according to their statement, 
mark the length of the canoe on the spot where it was hauled up and left to decay. 
