d some other insects of the same Order, that the sweet
white manna is due, which occurs in large quantities during the
summer months on many of the gum-trees."

<hw>Manna-Grass</hw>. See <i>Grass</i>.

<hw>Manna-Gum</hw>. See <i>Manna</i> and <i>Gum</i>.

<hw>Manoao</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand tree,
Yellow-pine, <i>Dacrydium colensoi</i>, Hook.,
<i>N.O. Coniferae</i>.

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 192:

"The wood of the manoao is of a light-brown colour."

<hw>Manucode</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word is in English use for
the bird-of- paradise. It is Malay (<i>manuk-dewata</i> = bird
of the gods). The species in Australia is <i>Manucodia
gouldii</i>, Grey. See also <i>Rifle-bird</i>.

<hw>Manuka</hw>, <i>n</i>. the Maori name for <i>Tea-tree</i>
(q.v.). Properly, the accent is on the first syllable with
broad <i>a</i>. Vulgarly, the accent is placed on the second
syllable. There are two species in New Zealand, <i>white</i>
and <i>red</i>; the first, a low bush called Scrub-Manuka,
<i>L. scoparium</i>, R. and G. Forst., the <i>Tea-tree</i> used
by Captain Cook's sailors; the second, a tree <i>Leptospermum
ericoides</i>, A. Richard.

1840. J. S. Polack, `Manners and Customs of the New
Zealanders,' p. 258:

"This wood, called by the southern tribes <i>manuka</i>, is
remarkably hard and durable, and throughout the country is an
especial favourite with the natives, who make their spears,
paddles, fishing rods, etc., of this useful timber."

1842. W. R. Wade, `Journey in Northern Island of New
Zealand,' p. 75:

"The Manuka, or, as it is called in the northern part of the
island, Kahikatoa (<i>leptospermum scoparium</i>), is a
mysterious plant, known in Van Diemen's Land as the tea tree."

1843. E. Dieffenbach, `Travels in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 28:

"The manuka supplies the place of the tea-shrub."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 270:

"[The house] was protected from the weather by a wooden railing
filled in with branches of the manuka. This is a shrub very
abundant in some parts. The plant resembles the teaplant in
leaves and flower, and is often used green by the whalers and
traders for the same purpose."

1851. Mrs.Wilson, `New Zealand,' p. 46:

"It is generally made of manuka a very hard, dark,
close-grained and heavy wood."

1867. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand,' p. 121:

"The manuka, a sort of scrub