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APPENDIX TO EEPOKI OF

List of Names— continued. Name. District and Authority. Remarks. Ngaro Ngaroivaka Taranaki, Kelly Waikato, Jenkins Eaglan, Snackenburg... "West Coast, Heaphy ... "Waikato, Jenkins Used for rougli garments. (rood fibre; blueish green leaf; black edge. Best of all the kinds, for all purposes. Stiff fibre. Good fibre for mill purposes; leaf, bright green; red edge. Cultivated ; soft, fine fibre. Breaking strain, 84. For best garments; quick grower; leaf similar to Talcaiapu, but has a blunt point, and is red at the butts. Breaking strain, 95. Much esteemed leaf; dark olive green, with dark red edge. Ngatotomawe Ngutunui Waiuku, Constable ... Opunake, Native Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Native Waikanae, "Wi Tako ... Ngutuparera "West Coast, Heaphy ... Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Native "West Coast, Heaphy ... "Waiuku, Constable ... Christchurch Domain, Armstrong For rough garments. Parera (?). Breaking strain, 95. or Nquiuparura (?). One of the best varieties ; cultivated. Leaf, narrow, very strong; edges, orange coloured; per centage of fibre, 34.1. Leaf narrow, of an olive green; edge and keel, orange coloured ; used for best garments. Fine fibre, next to Tapoto. Best variety, white and soft. Breaking strain, 91. Typical Tiliore. A fine fibre. Also, Ouhe. Also, Tapoto, cultivated at Coromandel, Kawhia, and Waikato; glossy leaves, rather red at the edge; has a general orange-green appearance at a distance. Tihore. Breaking strain, 87. Variegated variety; leaf, very bright green longitudinalstripe.of brimstone colour; fibre very good; edge and keel orange colour. Breaking strain, 79. Very white, and strong fibre. Yields best fibre. Per centage of fibre, 18.8. Strong fibre for fishing lines, nets, &c. Breaking strain, 95. Breaking strain, 83. A Tihore. Fine kind. Yellow, hill flax. Strip of leaf \ inch broad, broke at 42 lbs. Used for rough purposes. Stiff fibre. or Paretaniwha (?) —Good fibre for mill purposes ; dark green leaf. Yellowish-green ; brown butts, red edge. Good fibre for mill purposes. Said to be used for best purposes. Taper, acuuminate, bronzy, green leaf; dark purple keel and edge, fading on the upper side. Best Tihore ; varies from 3 to 8 feet, according to soil; red edge. The strongest of all the fibres. Breaking strain, 117. Per centage of fibre, 21.6. Scarce. Very taper, light yellowish green leaf; narrow, dark edge. A Tihore. Probably misprinted for Sataroa. Used for rough garments; light green leaf, reddish brown keel and edge; narrower underneath. Breaking strain, 76. Olca Olca One ... Taranaki, Kelly Hawke's Bay, Locke ... "Whakatane, Native ... Waikato, Hutton Ditto Mantell East Coast, Heaphy ... PaheTce Parekoritaioa ... Maungatautari, Bishop Selwyn... Opunake, Native Taranaki, Kelly Paretaniwha Opunake, Native "Waitara, Woon "West Coast, Heaphy ... Christehurch, Armstrong Whakatane, Native ... Pato Opunake, Native Maungatautari, Bishop Selwyn... Ditto Mantell Waikato, Hutton Poitaniwlia and Ngutukdka Papu Taranaki, Kelly West Coast, Heaphy ... Waikato, Jenkins Waikato, Jenkins Bataroa Taranaki, Kelly Waiuku, Constable ... St. John's College, from East Cape Christchurch, Armstrong Waikanae, Native ... Sat aim Eaumoa Hauraki, Thames, Bishop Selwyn Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Natiye a • ■