Austral English Part 178
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See Pa.s.sion-flower.
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See Sarsaparilla.
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See Bear.
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A vernacular name given to Eupodotis australis, Gray, which is not a turkey at all, but a true Bustard. See Turkey.
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1865. J. Von Haast, `A Journey to the West Coast, 1865' (see `Geology of Westland,' p. 78):
"An undescribed superb tree like Dracophyllum, not unlike the D. latifolium of the North Island, began to appear here. The natives call it nene. (Named afterwards D. traversii by Dr. Hooker.) It has leaves a foot long running out into a slender point, of a reddish brown colour at the upper part, between which the elegant flower- panicle comes forth."
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 128:
"Neinei, an ornamental shrub-tree, with long gra.s.sy leaves.
Wood white, marked with satin-like specks, and adapted for cabinet-work."
1888. J. Adams, `Transactions of New Zealand Inst.i.tute,' vol.
xxi. art. ii. p. 40:
"On the flat and rounded top the tallest plants are stunted neinei."
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1863. S. Butler, `First Year in Canterbury Settlement,' p. 58:
"There was a kind of dusky, brownish-green parrot too, which the scientific call a Nestor. What they mean by this name I know not. To the unscientific it is a rather dirty-looking bird, with some bright red feathers under its wings. It is very tame, sits still to be petted, and screams like a parrot."
, Wedd., is a small tree, with the stinging hairs extremely virulent.
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1849. J. P. Townsend, `Rambles in New South Wales,' p. 34:
"In the scrubs is found a tree, commonly called the nettle- tree (Urtica gigas). It is often thirty feet in height, and has a large, broad, green leaf. It is appropriately named; and the pain caused by touching the leaf is, I think, worse than that occasioned by the sting of a wasp."