Askew, `A Voyage to Australia and New Zealand,'p. 75: The Manuka, or, as it is called in the northern part of theisland, Kahikatoa (leptospermum scoparium), is amysterious plant, known in Van Diemen's Land as the tea tree. Tupakihi, n. The legs, the bill, and a horny continuation of itover the front of the head, are of a bright crimson colour.