A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Shrubs

Shrubs.

Aki, a shrub. (Metrosideros buxifolia)

Amiami, a sweet smelling shrub

Emiemi, a beautiful species of Aralia growing on the Wanganui

Hangehange, a shrub. (Geniostoma ligustrifolium)

Hohoeka, a shrub

Horoeka, a shrub with curious long narrow leaves; wood hard

Horopito, a shrub; a pepper. (Drimys axillaris)

Hupiro, a shrub having a very fætid smell; growing in the interior near Taupo

Huruhuruwenua, a shrub

Kaikomoko, a small shrub

Kakariki, a shrub

Karamu, a shrub. (Coprosma.) The New Zealand coffee

Kawakawa, Cava of the islands; leaves and fruit used as medicine for the toothache. (Piper excelsus.) Proverb—Eaha te tohu o te Ringaringa he kawakawa

Koheuheu, a shrub. Syn. with Poroporo

Kohoho, a shrub. (Solanum laciniatum)

Kohoihoi, a shrub. Syn. with Poroporo

Kohuhu, a shrub

Kokihi, a shrub with red berries

Kokimiki, a shrub, same as the Kokoroiko. (Veronica salicifolia) [nica)

Kokomuka, a shrub. (Vero-

Kokoroiko, a shrub; the dry branches when burnt have a greasy appearance; hence the native saying—Te rakaui tunua ai te moa

Kokoromiko, a shrub. Syn. with Kokomiko

Kokotaiko, a shrub bearing a dark pink trumpet flower

Kopeka, a shrub; long narrow leaves

Koroika, a shrub. Syn. with Kokoroiko

Korokiataranga, a shrub. (Korokia buddlæoides)

Korokio, a shrub. Syn. with Kokomuka

Koromike, a shrub. Syn. with Kokoroiko [ trifolia)

Koromiko. ( Veronica ligus-

Korimiko Tongariro, a shrub bearing a beautiful pink flower; an Aralia

Koropuka, a prickly shrub bearing a white berry. Taupo

Kowaingutukaka, parrot's bill acacia; a beautiful scarlet flowering shrub. (Clianthus puniceus)

Kumarahou, a shrub bearing a yellow flower. Ord. Rhamnaceæ. (Pomaderris Kumarahou)

Mahimahi, a sweet scented shrub

Makaka, a kind of broom bearing a small white pencilled pea flower

Makaka, a shrub

Manuka, a shrub. (Leptospermum ericoides)

Matata, a shrub bearing a beautiful orange like flower

Maukoro, a shrub. Syn. with Makaka

Monoai, a Taupo shrub having pink shaped leaves; an Aralia; flower red. Ki te mea ka tahuna i te ahi ka ua

Napuka, a shrub six feet high, bears a blue flower. Ord. Scrophularinaceæ. (Veronica speciosa)

Ngaupata, a large shrub like the Karamu

Peoi, a shrub. (Solanum)

Poporo, a shrub. (Solanum laciniatum)

Poroporo. Syn. with Poporo

Puhou, a shrub. Syn. with Tutu, &c.

Pukerangiora, a shrub. Syn. with Warangi

Rakapika, a shrub. (Metrosideros florida)

Raorao, heath; bears a white berry [ coides)

Rawiri, ( Leptospermum eri-

Reua, a shrub

Tatara, a shrub

Tauhinu, a shrub. Ord. Rhamnaceæ

Tauhinukorokiu, a shrub

Tauhinukoromiko, a shrub

Taweku, a shrub. Syn. with Tutu

Tipore, a shrub

Toretore, a graceful shrub with orange flowers

Tumatakura, a low thorny bush

Tumi

Tumingi, a Tongariro shrub having small thick leaves, white underneath

Tupakihi, a shrub. Syn. with Tutu

Tutu, a fruit bearing shrub; fruit hanging in bunches like the currant; the juice drank, but the seeds and leaves highly poisonous to man and beast; it produces a black dye, also a red. (Coriaria sarmentosa)

Upirau-ririki, a small leafed bush bearing red berries

Waiuatua; grows in the woods and bears an organe coloured flower. (Rhabdothamnus solandri)

Warangi, a broad leafed shrub. (Melicope ternata)