Order—Monimiaceæ.

Genus—Atherosperma, Lab.

Atherosperma novæ-zealandiœ, Hook.

Pukatea.—Height, 150ft., with buttressed trunk 3ft. to 7ft. in diameter; buttresses 15ft. deep at the base; wood soft and yellowish, used for small boat planks. A variety of this tree has dark-coloured wood that is very lasting in water, and greatly prized by the Maoris for making canoes. Grows in the North Island, and northern parts of the South Island.