Flowers, Plants, &c.

Puwha, general name for all leaves of plants which are used as vegetables.

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)

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Kohukohu, 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)

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Panapana, 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)

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Rerehape, 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

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Waekahu, 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.