The Gnaphalium bellidioides is a mountain plant met with in both islands. This plant was the last sign of vegetable life on Tongariro, where it grew up to an altitude of 6000 feet. I also found it growing on Ruapehu, with the Ligusticum aromaticum, at an altitude of 7000 feet, where both these plants likewise formed the last sign of vegetation. It is worthy of remark that the natives could give no names for these latter species.
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.