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Lest of Names— continued. Name. District and Authority. Remarks. larariki Raumoa Herehape Mongotinui Tihore Takaiapu (Kiapu) Tapoto • • • Waikanae, Native ... Taranaki, Bishop Selwyn West Coast, Heaphy Maungatautari, Bishop Selwyn ... Mantell East Coast and Bay of Plenty Heaphy ... Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Native Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Native Hursthouse Hawkes Bay, Nairn do. do. Locke East Coast, Heaphy Opunake, Native Christchurch, Armstrong Taranaki, Kelly Opunake, Native ... West Coast, Heaphy Wanganui, Woon ... Darkish green leaf; broad, red-brown edge on upper side, narrow do. below. Saro. Requiring to be scraped with a shell. Yields best fibre ; good for cordage. A Tiltore. Fine kind. Used for fishing nets, and cordage; best fibre for mill purposes. Light green leaf, with wide black edge. Breaking strain, 95. Fibre very strong ; leaf erect, brown edge. Breaking strain, 76. First-rate quality. Leaves narrow, erect, deep purple margin; strong, lustrous fibre,used for sewing threads or weft of fine mats. Sometimes called Tihore or Takiri ; best variety. Also, Oue —fibre, glossy, silky, but brittle, used for Kaitalea mats. Breaking strain, 101. i*Jf1oni< Similar to Tihore. Per centage of fibre, 18.7 tapering at the points ; edges red. Used for rough purposes. Breaking strain, 70. Stiff fibre. Fine and soft texture, used for Potas, or ornamented mats ; tapering acuminate leaves; dull, olive green, lighter on the outer side ; dark red keel and edge, and keel on the upper side gradually shaded away, forming a dark coloured band i to f of an inch broad ; 2 or 3 inches of the point of the leaves of the same dark colour. Dark colour when first scraped, but it is put into baskets, and kept to improve its colour. Breaking strain, 98. Plant or variety ? Leaves linear; very strong; dark red edge. Per centage of fibre, 19.8. Breaking strain, 99. Best fibre. Best variety, cultivated. Strip of leaf » inch broad, bore a strain of 48 lbs. Used for rough garments. Tepuna (?). Used for rough garments. Coarse plant, not used for fine work. Fine and soft fibre. Leaf tapering, thin texture, bronzy colour, lined and smeared at the upper end, narrow, dark red edge. Good fibre for mill purposes. Small yellow variety, grows in wet swamps, and has a white silky fibre; brown edge and keel. Napier, Native Tawai kakako Tiheru Taihore Opunake, Native Taranaki, Kelly Christchurch, Armstrong Raglan, Native West Coast, Heaphy Vaikato, Hutton Tipuna Tito-o-moe-wai ... Tuuu ... Tuawhitu Taranaki, Kelly Hursthouse Taranaki, Kelly Waikanae Bay of Islands Tumara Turepo Waikato, Jenkins Waikanae ... Tutaiwiki Wararika Wharanui Taranaki, Hursthouse East Coast, Heaphy... Hawke's Bay, Nairn do. do. Locke Mantell Hawkes Bay, Nairn ... Also, Mangaeka —Fibre of ordinary character. Soft fibre, used for fine mats. Next to Oue. Or Waranui (?). "Weak fibre, only used for kits, &c.; very broad and tall leaf; grows in richest soils. Used for rough garments. Never used. Stiff fibre. Also, Wharaeki. Whararipi. Strip of leaf £ inch broad; broke at 34 lbs. Poor fibre. Wharariki Phormium Colensoi Taranaki, Kelly Waikanae, Native ... Heaphy ... Mantell... Bishop Selwyn Waikato, Hutton East Coast, Heaphy... Witau