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)