278 ‘MR. T. F. CHEESEMAN ON 
*OASSIA OCCIDENTALIS, Linn.—Cultivations and waste places; an abundant and trouble- 
some weed. 
Now cosmopolitan in the tropics, but probably of American origin. 
ENTADA SCANDENS, Benth.—Native name Kaka. Most abundant in the interior of 
the island, climbing to the tops of the highest trees, and covering them with a wide- 
spreading canopy of green. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropies. 
*Mimosa PUDICA, Linn.— Very plentiful in abandoned cultivations, by roadsides, &e., 
and increasing fast. 
Originally from tropical America, now widely spread through Polynesia and other 
warm regions. 
LEUCÆNA FORSTERI, Benth.—Native name Toromiro. Abundant all round the 
island, usually near the sea. 
Pacific Islands, frora New Caledonia and Fiji to Tahiti. 
*LEUCENA GLAUCA, Benth.—A few trees at the foot of Mount Maungaroa. Perhaps 
not indigenous, for I did not see it elsewhere. 
Tropics of both hemispheres, but possibly native only of tropical America. 
* ACACIA FARNESIANA, Willd.—Lower portions of the island, plentiful, particularly on 
the N.E. side. 
Everywhere in the tropics, but often planted. 
ROSACEA. 
*ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA, Lindl—Introduced by the first missionaries, and now 
naturalized in many places. 
The Loquat, now cultivated in most warm and many temperate climates. 
OSTEOMELES ANTHYLLIDIFOLIA, Lindl.—Tops of steep ridges in the centre of the 
island, 500—1800 ft. altitude, by no means common. 
Sandwich Islands, Pitcairn Island. 
SAXTFPRAGACEA. 
WEINMANNIA RAROTONGENSIS, Hemsl., sp. nov. ; “species siccitate pallide virescens, 
foliis trifoliolatis, stipulis amplis, sepalis deciduis, seminibus piliferis. 
"Arbor 30-pedalis vel ultra, ramulis floriferis gracillimis, novellis puberulis. Folia 
superiora breviter petiolata, trifoliolata, vel supremis interdum unifoliolata ; foliola 
sessilia, vel intermedio petiolulato, coriacea, subinzequalia, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, 
| 2—4 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata sed vix acuta, cito glabrescentia, supra nitida, 
subtus pallidiora, margine incrassata, apiculato-crenulata ; stipulee erass:e, rotundatz, 
