ith beautiful white flowers,
and the bark splits up into thin layers which look like delicate
lace; hence the plant is called lace-bark or ribbon-wood by
the colonists."

<hw>Houi</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for New Zealand tree,
Ribbonwood (q.v.), <i>N.O. Malvaceae</i>, kindred to
<i>Hoheria, Plagianthus Betulinus</i>, sometimes called
<i>Howi</i>. In Maori, the verb <i>houwere</i> means to tie,
to bind: the outer bark was used for tying.

<hw>Hound</hw>, <i>n</i>. (sometimes <hw>Smooth Hound</hw>),
the Old World name for all the sharks of the genus
<i>Mustelus</i> ("the Hell-hound of the Deep"); applied
specially in New South Wales and New Zealand to the species
<i>Mustelus antarcticus</i>, Guenth., also called <i>Gummy</i>
(q.v.).

<hw>Hovea</hw>, <i>n</i>. scientific name for a genus of
shrubs. "After Anthony Pantaleon Hove, a Polish botanist.
A small genus of highly ornamental leguminous shrubs, from
Australia, having blue or purple flowers in axillary clusters,
or very short racemes, alternate simple leaves, and short
turgid pods." (`Century.')

<hw>Huia</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand bird,
like a starling, <i>Heteralocha acutirostris</i>, Gould, of
limited occurrence, chiefly found in North Island; having beak
straight and short in the male, long and curved in female. The
tail feathers are highly prized for ornament by the Maoris.

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 91:

"The huia is a black bird about as large as a thrush, with long
thin legs and a slender semi-circular beak, which he uses in
seeking in holes of trees for the insects on which he feeds.
In the tail are four long black feathers tipt with white.
These feathers are much valued by the natives as ornaments for
the hair on great occasions. . . . The natives attracted the
birds by imitating the peculiar whistle, from which it takes
the name of huia."

1883. F. S. Renwick, `Betrayed,' p. 36:

"One snow-tipped hui feather graced his hair."

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 7:

[A full description.]

<hw>Hump, to</hw>, <i>v</i>. to shoulder, carry on the back;
especially, to <i>hump the swag</i>, or <i>bluey</i>, or
<i>drum</i>. See <i>Swag, Bluey, Drum</i>.

1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 226:

"He `humped his swag,' in digger's phrase, that is, shouldered
his pack and disappeared in the woods."

1857. `Geelong Advertiser,' quoted in `Ar