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A fine handsome plant, only seen in two localities—on one of the northern spurs of 
Mount Maungaroa, and by the Avana stream at Ngatangiia. I cannot refer it to any of 
the species given by Mr. C. B. Clarke in his revision of the Cyrtandrez in De Candolle’s 
‘Monographize Phanerogamarum, but it evidently falls into his section Polynesiew, and 
is probably allied to C. taitensis, Rich. 
MYOPORACE.E. 
MyoPoRUM sp.—Native name Ngaio. A few trees only, planted in the gardens of the 
natives, and said by them to have been brought from the island of Mangaia, distant about 
130 miles to the east of Rarotonga. It is very closely allied to the New Zealand 
M. letum, if not identical with it. 
VERBENACE.E. 
VITEX TRIFOLIA, Linn.— Native name Rara. Abundant in moist or swampy places 
near the sea. 
Polynesia, from Fiji and Tonga to the Marquesas and Sandwich Islands ; shores of 
tropical Asia and Africa. 
LABIAT X. 
*OctmumM BASILICUM, Linn.— Common in waste places, abandoned cultivations, &c., 
and often planted in the gardens of the natives. 
Most warm countries. 
*CoLevus BLUMEI, Benth.— Largely planted by the natives in their graveyards, and 
has established itself in many places. I was told that it was introduced by way of 
Samoa about fifteen years ago. The genus is a difficult one, and I am not sure that 
the species is rightly determined. 
*SALVIA OCCIDENTALIS, Sw.—A most abundant and troublesome weed in the culti- 
vations of the natives. 
Tropical America. 
*SALVIA COCCINEA, Juss.—Common by the sides of roads and near the villages of the 
natives; probably a garden escape. 
Native of tropical America, now established in many warm countries. 
*LEONURUS SIBIRICUS, Linn.—Roadsides, waste places, &c.; not common. 
Either native or naturalized in most tropical countries. 
PLANTAGINACE. 
*PLANTAGO MAJOR, Linn.—Roadsides and waste places at Avarua, not seen elsewhere, 
Doubtless a recent introduction. 
All warm and temperate countries. 
