The Whau-whau-paku (_Panax arborea_) is similarly to be noticed for its elegant glossy leaf. The Patate (_Schefflera digitata_) is another small tree remarkable on the same account. The Piripiriwhata (_Carpodetus serratus_) grows to about thirty feet in height. The timber is something like that of the ash, and is excellent for axe-handles, cart-shafts, etc. The Rama-rama (_Myrtus bullata_) has a good hard wood, but is small. Its pink flower is a great ornament. The Raukawa (_Panax Edgerleyi_) is a larger ornamental tree. The Rewa-rewa (_Knightia excelsa_) approaches to the second class of the great trees. It is often a hundred feet in height, but the trunk is slender. Its wood has a splendidly showy grain for cabinet work. The Tarata (_Pittosporum eugenioides_) is a small tree noted for its purple blossom. The Tawairauriki (_Fagus Solandri_) is the "White Birch" of settlers. It reaches upwards of a hundred feet; but its timber is inferior and less durable than that of either the red or black varieties. The Titoki (_Alectryon excelsum_) is one of the larger trees. Its timber is strong, tough, and durable. Its seed is full of a fine fixed oil, which the Maori used to extract and employ as an unguent. The Manawa, or "mangrove" (_Avicennia officinalis_), is very plentiful in the north, along the shores of tidal waters. The wood is found useful for some minor purposes, and might be used as a source of crude soda, perhaps. The Ngaio (_Myoporum laetum_) is a small bushy tree, capable of being grown into hedges. The Neinei (_Dracophyllum latifolium_) is but a small tree. The wood is hard, and is valued for making mallets and the handles of implements. The Mapau (_Myrsine Urvillei_) affords good material for fencing. The Mapauriki (_Pittosporum tenuifolium_) has handsome foliage, and a dark purple flower, and can be grown as a shelter tree. The Kaiwhiria (_Hedycarya dentata_) is remarkable on the same account. The Houhere (_Populnea Hoheria_) is a fine large tree of the linden kind. Like that tree, its inner bark may be utilized for bass and matting. The flower is snow-white, and very handsome. The Kaikomako (_Pennantia corymbosa_) will be much cultivated as a garden ornament. The flower is sweet-scented, and the fruit is edible. This comprises the catalogue of native trees, so far as they are known in our shanty; but, it is said that there are nearly as many more varieties indigenous to the country, though considerably scarcer than any of those mentioned.