Grasses.

• Kakaho.—Arundo Australis. A tall grass or reed, very common around Lake Taupo.
• Karetu.—Torresia redolens. A sweet-smelling grass.
• Kopoupou.—Scripus lacustrina. A rush, frequent in the Lake Country.
• Kurikuri.—A grass with a prickly flower-head, Western Taupo.
• Mata.—A reed-like grass.
• Matarauriki.—A tussock grass, Rangipo table-land.
• Mouka.—A wide-leaved grass.
• Ngawha.—Native bulrush, frequent in Lake Country.
• Oioi.—Leptocarpus fasciculus. A common rush.
• Otaota.—A thin grass.
• Parakerake.—A fine grass, frequent at Taupo and Rangipo table-land.
• Pouaka.—A fine grass, emitting, when bruised, a fœtid smell; found at Western Taupo.
• Pureirei.—A swamp-grass.
• Raupo.—Typha latifolia. A flag-rush, common everywhere in swamps and banks of rivers; used by natives for building.
• Tarareke.—A flax-grass.
• Tarapuarere.—A flowering grass.
• Toetoekiwi.—A low, rush-like grass, frequent in swamps.
• Toetoe.—Epicacris pauciflora. A handsome cutting grass, common in swampy places.
• Tupari.—A broad-leaved grass.
• Tutaikuri.—A swamp-grass, the native couch.
• Wi.—A fine grass, frequent around Lake Taupo.
• Wiwi.—A small swamp-rush.