a PREFACE. di 
are also indebted to them for an alphabetical list of the vernacular names of Vitian plants 
known to them in 1850, and published in Hazlewood's * Dictionary.’ A more intimate ac- 
quaintance with the vegetation of the group; and the possession of a complete flora of it, 
will enable them not only to make that list more complete whenever any new edition of the 
‘Dictionary’ shall have been determined upon, but also to identify more accurately than 
was formerly possible, these vernacular names with corresponding scientific ones. Though 
many vernacular names will be found in my ‘Flora’ which are not in Hazlewood's list ; 
yet there are, vice versd, many names in the latter which I have as yet not been able to refer 
to the plants to which they belong. I give a list of these unidentified ones, in hopes that 
missionaries and others residing in Viti may help us to make them out,—a single leaf or 
flower sent home in a letter would, in most cases, be sufficient to settle the points.* 
In working up this ‘Flora’ I have availed myself of all the material—plants, notes, 
drawings, etc.—existing in this country and relating to the Polynesian flora. I have carefully 
gone over all the old collections preserved at the British Museum, commencing with those of 
the first voyage of Captain Cook; and I have rectified the synonymy by referring to the 
original specimens and drawings of the Forsters, Solander, Parkinson, and others, and it 
is pleasing to observe that this part of my labours, tedious as it has been, is duly appreciated 
by botanists. It was my intention to add to this volume a complete critical list of all 
Polynesian plants found between 25° N. and 25° S., but in consequence of having intro- 
* The following is the list of the desiderata :— 
Balabalasa. Damarau. Male. Tagqalitu. 
Balavatu. Damuni. Masa. Tikau. 
Bama. Dawamoli. Matakadokado. Totolu. 
Bau. Didi. Me. Toloko. 
Baucana. Dredre. Mere. Tuimosi. 
Baulevu. Gadoa. Mulokaka = Vulo- Tukiyadre. 
Bauvuli. Gasau. kaka. Ture. 
Bausomi. Gi. Qaigai. Uko. 
Bawaki. Gigia. Qalaka. Uvitavu. 
Bitu. Kabuta. . Qatima. ai Vakabulaninama. 
Bituvatu. Kaniki. Qato. ai Vakabulaniuto. 
Boiboidà) | Kau- Karou. Qori. ai Vakarusanibola. 
Boidada ) ^ kauta. Kaseakula. Qorigori. Vasakinikini. 
Boroniveiwere. Kasokaso. Rara. Vauvula. 
Bovu-damu. Katakatakana. Rata. Vere. . 
Buadromu. Kauloa. Roga, Vulokaka = Mulo- 
.Buatoko. Kesa. Sasagilu. ka č > 
Bulou. . Keu. Satabua. Vuso. 
Cagolaya. Keva. Sea. Vuturakaraka. 
Caukuro leka. Lagakali. Selavo Waciwaci. 
Cevua. Lagolago. Sevua Walu. 
Coboi. Lewe. Soge. Warowaro. 
Codamu. Lobau. Suanibu. Ya. 
Cotava. Lumi. Taitaite. Yagai. 
Dalici. Maba. Taka. Yasiyasi. 
Daliganiduna. Mada. 
