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TACCACES. 
TACCA PINNATIFIDA, Forst.; Hemsl.in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 
xxx. (1894) p. 195; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) p. 595. 
Fijiand Samoa; eastward to the Marquesas Islands; Sandwich 
Islands ; westward in New Caledonia aud Solomon Islands; and 
to Africa. 
DIoscorEAcE®. 
Dioscorea sativa, Linn.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 
xxx. (1894) p. 195. 
Fiji and Samoa; eastward to the Marquesas Islands; Sand- 
wich Islands ; westward in the Caroline Islands; and to Africa. 
DioscorEa auata, Linn.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 
xxx, (1894) p. 195. 
Fiji and Samoa; eastward to the Marquesas Islands ; west- 
ward to Africa. 
LILIAcEs. 
CoRDYLINE TERMINALIS, Kunth; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 195; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 
p. 594. 
Tongatabu ; Fiji and Samoa; eastward to the Low Archipelago; 
Sandwich Islands; westward in New Caledonia; and to Tropical 
Asia, but introduced into the tropics generally. 
DraneLta neMorosa, Lam. (D. ensifolia, Red.; Hemsl. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 193). 
Nomuka ; Fiji; eastward to Tahiti; Sandwich Islands; west- 
ward in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands; and to the 
Mascarene Islands. 
CoMMELINACE. 
CoMMELINA NuDIFLORA, Linn.; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc., 
Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 195; Reinecke, in Engl. Jahrb. xxv. (1898) 
p. 594. 
Fiji and Samoa; Sandwich Islands; westward in Solomon 
Islands. Tropics generally. 
PaLM#. 
Prircwarpra Pactrica, Seem. § H. Wendl.; Hemsl. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., Bot. xxx. (1894) p. 195. 
Eua; Fiji and Samoa; eastward to the Marquesas Islands. 
*Cocos nuciFERA, Linn.; Hemsl.in Journ. Einn. Soc., Bot. 
Xxx. (1894) p. 195. Named in Mr. Crosby’s notes. 
Common in the Pacific and distributed throughout the tropics. 
