Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Lophocolea pallida

piripiri

Some of the very small Hepaticae (Lophocolea and Chiloscyphus species) used for perfume by the Maoris, who called them piripiri. "Their scent was pleasant, powerful, and lasting. Hooker, in describing those plants, has mentioned it from dried and old specimens. Of one species Lophocolea pallida, he says "odour sweet". "( Colenso 1891: 458).