Towai.--_Fagus fusca._ One of the most beautiful of New Zealand trees, growth 80 to 140 feet; leaves 1 to 1-1/4 long, deeply serrate; forms dense forests on the Kaimanawa Mountains and other parts of interior; attains to its greatest growth on the western slopes of Mount Ruapehu, where it grows at an altitude of over 4000 feet. Totara.--_Podocarpus totara._ A fine forest tree; growth from 60 to 100 feet; met with in all parts of the interior. SHRUBS, FLOWERS, AND PLANTS. Anata.--A buttercup. Hanea.--A cress. Harakeke.--_Phormium tenax._ A New Zealand flax; flowers dark red; leaves long, drooping and narrow; the seeds may be used as a substitute for coffee; the root is employed by the natives as a purgative and worm medicine; the gum is applied to wounds and sores; the fibre of the leaf is used for rope-making and the manufacture of paper. Common throughout the interior in swampy places; growth from 4 to 8 feet. Heruna.--_Polygonum adpressum._ Kaikaiatua.--_Rabdothamnus solandri._ A plant. Kokota.--_Epilobium minuta._ A small willow-herb. Korikori.--A species of ranunculus. Koromiko.--_Veronica salcifolia._ A common shrub, with lilac or white flowers, lanceolate leaves; frequent all over interior; grows luxuriantly around southern and western region of Lake Taupo. A decoction of the leaves is valuable in dysentery. The foliage is eaten readily by cattle. Koropuku.--A plant with a red berry, common in the vicinity of Tongariro. Koru.--A blue and white flower. Kotukutuku.--_Fuchsia excorticata._ A spreading tree-like shrub, leaves ovate lanceolate; bears a purple berry, yields a dye of the same colour; met with in all parts of interior. Kowhitiwhiti.--Watercress. Kalakuta.--A white flower. Manuka.--_Leptospermum ericoides._ A tree-like shrub, widely distributed all over interior; finest specimens met with in the Geyser Valley, Wairakei. Mataroa.--A flax-plant. Matuakumara.--A plant. Nahui.--_Alternanthera denticulata._ Nene.--_Dracophyllum latifolium._ Outatoranga.--_Pimelia arenaria._ Panahi.--_Convolvulus._ Panara.--Taupo primrose. Papataniwhaniwha.--_Lagenophora Forsteri._ A plant like a daisy. Pototara.--_Cyothodes oxydrus._--A plant with a small white fragrant flower, found growing on Rangipo table-land. Piripiri whata.--_Carpodetus serratus._ Poipapa.--_Chenopodium triandrum._ Poroporo.--An edible nightshade with a white flower. Puatea.--A yellow daisy. Puwha.--_Sonchus oleraceus._ Sowthistle, much used by the natives as a vegetable. Rengarenga.--_Anthropodium cirrhatum._ A lily. Rongotainui.--A flax used for cordage and fishing-lines. Taihinu.--A white flower found at Taupo. Taretu.--A plant with blue berries.