A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Flowers, Plants, &c
Flowers, Plants, &c.
Aoanga, variegated flax
Ate, flax requiring to be scraped with a shell
Emiemi, a plant growing in the woods
Eruerueka, pig's ear or Mesembryanthemum
Hanea, large cress growing on the edge of rivers
Hangoangoa, a plant
Harakeke, notiveflax. (Phormium Tenax.) Ekore e ngaro e mimimonga nui harakeke tomai no roto no waiwiriara
Heruna. (Polygonum ad-
Hioi, a plant [pressum)
Horokio, a plant
Huruhuruwenua, a plant. (Asplenium lucidium)
Hutiwai, burr
Kahakaha, a plant
Kaiarurerure, butter cup
Kaikaiarure, butter cup
Kaikaiatua, a plant. (Rabdothamnus solandri. Pimelia virgara.)
Kawariki, a plant
Kohiriki, cowitch. Ord. Senecionideæ)
page 27Kohukohu, chickweed
Kohukohu. Ord. Amaranthaceæ. (Miniarum biflorum)
Kohunga, fine kind of flax
Kokoiko, a small plant like the Heliotrope
Kokota, minute willow plant (Epilobium minuta)
Konini, solanum
Kopakopa, ribbed grass. (Plantain)
Kopata, fennel; growing on the interior plains
Korari, native flax. Syn. with Harakeke
Korikori, species of ranunculus; buttercup
Koropuku, a plant bearing a red berry resembling a cranberry
Koru, a beautiful blue and white flower; slavia
Kowaikura, large buttercup
Kowarawara, epiphyte. (Astelia Banksii)
Kowitiwiti, watercress
Kukuta, a fresh water weed growing in the lake at Horowenua; hollow jointed; Equisetum
Kutakuta, a pretty white flower
Kutakutawai, burr. Syn. with Piripiri
Kuweo, a prickly plant. Syn. with Papai
Mahimahi, a plant
Mahua, a plant
Maikaika, orchis; the general name for the Orchis. (Thelymytra Forsteri. Orthoceras strictum microtis Banksii)
Makaka, a plant growing in pools
Marowarakihi, a plant; native lily. Syn. with Rengarenga. (Arthropodium cirrhatum)
Maru, a plant growing in pools
Matuakumara, a plant. (Geranium)
Maukauku, a plant
Mauku, a plant
Mingi. Ord. Epacrideceæ. (Cyathodes acerosa)
Nahinahi, a plant. Syn. with Panahi
Nahui. Ord. Amaranthaceæ (Alternanthera denticulata)
Nakinaki, a plant
Naupiro, a plant
Neine, a beautiful flowering shrub up the Wanganui
Nene. (Draceophyllum latifolium)
Ngau, cress; growing like the wallflower
Ongaonga, nettle. (Urtica)
Otea, sowthistle. Syn. with Puwa
Oue, fine kind of flax
Ouhe, flax plant
Outatoranga. Ord. Thymelaceæ. (Pimelia arenaria)
Panahi, convolvulus. (Calystegia soldanella)
page 28Panapana, small cress
Panara, Taupo primrose
Papai, a prickly plant; Taramea. Syn. with Kuweo
Papataniwaniwa, a plant like daisy. Ord. Asteroidaceæ. (Lagenophora Forsteri)
Paraihia, a diminutive kind of spinach with a very dark leaf
Parataniwa. Ord. Ortocarpaceæ. (Elatostemna rugosa)
Pareke, sowthistle [ago)
Parerarera, a plant. (Plant-
Paritaniwa, fine kind of flax
Patotara, a diminutive plant bearing a small white flower very fragrant; like heath
Pekawani, a weed
Pekepeke, Taupo daisy
Pekepeke, a white everlasting
Pepepe, a plant
Piahaere, a plant
Pikopiko, a plant
Pinaihere, a native carrot. (Taupo)
Pingau, a plant
Piraurau, a little low plant. Syn. with Tarakupenga
Piripiri, a plant. (Eoniocarpus tetragynus)
Piripiriwata, a plant. Ord. Rhamnaceæ. (Carpodetus serratus)
Piupiu, a plant
Pohua, convolvulus
Poipapa. (Chenopodium triandrum)
Porewarewa, crane's bill geranium
Porokaiwiri. (Hedycaria dentata)
Poroporo, an edible night shade; the natives eat the leaves both fresh and cooked; flower white
Pororua. Syn. with Pareke. Sowthistle
Puarere, cress
Puatea, a white leafed weed. Syn. with Pukatea. (Enaphalium)
Puatea, fine yellow daisy; a common weed with a white leaf
Puka. (Polygonum Australe)
Pukatea, a white leafed weed Syn. with Puatea
Punaioro, a plant
Punaketere, wild carrot. Syn. with Runaruna
Putoa, a plant
Puwa, sowthistle. Syn. with Otea
Rahoraho, a little low plant. Syn. with Tarakupenga
Rarau, a plant
Ratawa, fine kind of flax
Raukawa, a plant
Raumoa, flax; requiring to be scraped with a shell
Raupeti, solanum. Syn. with Remuroa
Remuroa, solanum
Rengarenga, New Zealand spinach
Rengarenga, a plant. (Arthropodium cirrhatum)
page 29Rerehape, fine kind of flax
Retireti, sorrel. Syn. with Tutaikahu. (Oxalis urvillei)
Returetu, a water plant
Rimuroa, a kind of campanula; also a cress
Ririwa, flox; bearing a white flower of a shrubby character; growing about two feet high; a linum
Ririwaka, a plant
Roneu, peppermint
Runa, common name for dock
Runaruna, wild carrot. Syn. with Punaketere
Taihinu, a beautiful white flower of Taupo
Taniwaniwa, Taupo fennel
Tarakupenga, a little low plant bearing a blue transparent berry; it grows on the sand hills
Taramea, a prickly plant with a palm shaped leaf; also a prickly shrub. Taku he piripiri taku hei mokemoke taku kati taramea i hara mai ai e i runga te angai
Tarariki, flax plant
Tarawera, a plant
Taretu, a plant like a coarse grass, bearing blue berries
Tauwau, euphorbium
Tawara, watercress
Tihauora, a plant
Tikupenga, a plant. (Cordyline stricta)
Ti Taranaki, a plant
Tihore, best flax plant
Toatoa, a weed. (Cereodia erecta)
Toi, white star flower like a Campanula; a linum
Toitako, kind of dandelion
Totara, a diminutive plant. Syn. with Patotara; also the name of a sorrel
Totaratara, a diminutive shrub, like a heath, bearing a small white flower without scent
Tukorehu, a plant. (Plantago)
Tupapa, native daisy. (Lagenophora Forsteri)
Turepo, a little plant growing in swamps, having a black leaf and red fruit
Turuki, a red flag leafed plant growing in the grassy plains, bearing a beautiful white three leafed flower
Turutu, a plant. Ord. Asphodelacæ. (Dianella intermedia)
Tutaikahu, sorrel. Syn. with Retireti. (Oxalis urvillei)
Tutaikaka, sorrel. Syn. with Tutaikahu
Tutaiwioe, scarlet flowering burr of the interior
Tutunawai, persecaria
Tutunahua. (Polygonum prostratum)
Uhi, name of a yam and of a winter potatoe
Uhiroa, a variety of the flax plant
page 30Waekahu, a plant. (Lycopodium)
Waewaekaka, ground ivy. (Eleichenia hecystophylla)
Waikaua, sowthistle
Wara, a plant
Waranui, flax plant
Warariki, flax plant
Wararipi, coarse flax
Wenewene, gourd
Werewerekokako, buttercup
Weuwea, chickweed. Syn. with Kohukohu.