nction to a
`chief's fire,' at which he sat, and which would not be allowed
to be defiled with food. Others say <i>Kopa</i>. The Maori
word <i>Kopa</i> was (1) <i>adj</i>. meaning <i>bent</i>, (2)
<i>n</i>. <i>angle</i> or <i>corner</i>, and (3) the native
oven, or more strictly the hole scooped out for the oven.

1888. T. Pine, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' `A
local tradition of Raukawa,' vol. xxi. p. 417:

"So they set to work and dug holes on the flat, each hole about
2 ft. across and about 1 1/2 ft. deep, and shaped something
like a Kopa Maori."

1889. H. D. M. Haszard, ibid. `Notes on some Relics of
Cannibalism,' vol. xxii. p. 104:

"In two distinct places, about four chains apart, there were a
number of <i>Kapura Maori</i>, or native ovens, scattered about
within a radius of about forty feet."

<hw>Coprosma</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific and vernacular
name fora large genus of trees and shrubs of the order
<i>Rubiaceae</i>. From the Greek <i>kopros</i>, dung,
on account of the bad smell of some of the species.
See quotation. The Maori name is <i>Karamu</i> (q.v.).
Various species receive special vernacular names,
which appear in their places in the Dictionary.

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 110:

"<i>Corosma</i> comprises about forty species, of which at
least thirty are found in New Zealand, all of which are
restricted to the colony except <i>C. pumila</i>, which extends
to Australia. Five species are found in Australia, one of
which is <i>C. pumila</i> mentioned above. A few species occur
in the Pacific, Chili, Juan Fernandez, the Sandwich Islands,
&c."

<hw>Coral</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Batswing-Coral</i>.

<hw>Coral-Fern</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Victoria to
<i>Gleichenia circinata</i>, Swartz, called in Bailey's list
<i>Parasol-Fern</i>. See <i>Fern</i>.

<hw>Coral-Flower</hw>, <i>n</i>. a plant, <i>Epacris</i>
(q.v.), <i>Epacris microphylla</i>, R. Br.,
<i>N.O. Epacrideae</i>.

<hw>Coral-Pea</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the <i>Kennedya</i>
(q.v.).

1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53:

"The trailing scarlet kennedyas, aptly called the
`bleeding-heart' or `coral pea,' brighten the greyness of the
sandy, peaty wastes."

<hw>Coranderrk</hw>, <i>n</i>. the aboriginal name for the
Victorian <i>Dogwood</i> (q.v.). An "aboriginal station," or
asylum and settlement for the remaining members of the
aboriginal race of Victoria, is called after