The Oho (Panax Lessonii), is recommended, but we do not admire it.
The Pere (Alseuosmia Banksii), a straggling, spreading bush.
The Pikiarero (Clematis indivisa), is very plentiful in the forest. It has fine white, sweet-scented flowers.
The Ratapiki (Metrosideros Florida), is a species much the same as the akakura.
The Rohutu (Myrtus pedunculata), is pretty.
The Toro (Persoonia Toro), becomes a tree. It has rich foliage.
Besides these there are one or two climbers and shrubs that are plentiful everywhere, and must be noticed for other peculiarities. They are these:—
The Kareao (Rhipogonum scandens), well-known to settlers under the detested name of "supple-jack." It grows in long, winding canes, the thickness of one's finger, and so horny that they will turn an axe-edge. It often binds acres of trees together in impenetrable thickets, making the bushman's labour excessively difficult. Walking-stick makers export selected canes, and they are split and used as withes. The root is astringent, and is said to resemble sarsaparilla in medicinal virtue.
The Tataramoa (Rubus Australis) is equally well-known under the designation of "bush-lawyer." Its stems are flexile, and more like rope than cane, but every part of the plant is fibrous and very strong. It grows in much the same manner as supple-jack, but is luckily not quite so plentiful. It rejoices in abundant foliage, and each leaf is armed with hooked thorns, which lay hold of anything attempting to brush past them. Hence the name; for it is needful to disengage each particular thorn with care and circumspection. There is no pulling away from a bush-lawyer, unless one is prepared to leave clothes and skin hanging on the bush, so tenacious is its hold. The plant belongs to the bramble tribe, and has a white flower and a red berry.