308 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
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1, D. alata, Linn. Spec. n. 1462; Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 387; caule alato ; foliis oppositis, 
ovato-oblongis, cuspidatis, cordato-sagittatis (lobis baseos obtusiusculis), glabris, 5—7-nerviis, nervis 
extimis 2-partitis; spicis d verticillato-spicatis.—Wight, Icon. t. 810.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
* Uvi.’—Cultivated throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 627). Also in the Society (Forster! Banks and 
Solander!) and Tongan Islands (Capt. Cook), in India and the Indian Archipelago. 
2. D. sativa, Linn. Spec. n. 1463 ; Hort. Cliff. t. 28; non Kunth, Enum.; glabra, bulbifera, 
ramis teretiusculis; foliis sparsis, cordato-subrotundato-ovatis, acuminato-cuspidatis, 9-nerviis, nervo 
utroque extimo 2-fido, membranaceis, epunctatis; spicis 4 axillaribus, simplicibus v. compositis ; 
floribus solitariis, perigonii 6-partiti segmentis lanceolatis, acutiusculis; staminibus 6, basi segmen- 
torum insertis, minutis, erectis ; antheris oblongis, basi affixis; spicis 9 subternis, folium superan- 
tibus; capsulis oblongis, utrinque rotundatis, pergameneis glabris.— Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 368. D. 
bulbifera, Forst. Prodr. n. 376; Wight, Icon. t. 878; non Linn. D. latifolia, Benth. in Niger 
Flora, p. 535.  Helmia bulbifera, Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 435.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Kaile ;" 
Tahitiense, teste Solander, * Hoei;" Hawaiiense, teste Barclay, “ Hoy."—Common in woods of 
most Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 626). Also collected in the Hawaiian (Barclay !), Society 
(Banks and Solander!), Tongan (Capt. Cook!), and Marquesas Islands (Barclay !). Widely dis- 
tributed over tropical Australia, Asia, and Africa. i . 
Bentham (Fl. Hongk. l. c.) has already pointed out that the correct name of this plant is D. sativa, Linn., 
not Kunth, but in that place he has omitted to add as a synonym his own D. latifolia, which in no respect 
differs from it. The Hawaiian and Tahitian names of the plant are identical with the Sundaie “ Hoet 
opas." There seem to be two varieties of this plant, which Mr. Storck indicates in one of his communica- 
tions to me—Kaile dranu and Kaile gaga. 
3. D. nummularia, Lam. Encycl. vol. iii. p. 231; Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 386; caule basi 
aculeato ; foliis oppositis ovatis v. ovalibus, scarioso-mucronatis, basi subcordatis aut passim rotun- 
datis, 5-nerviis, infra glaucescentibus; spicis axillaribus aggregatis, terminalibus verticillato-panicu- 
latis; alis eapsularum hemisphericis—Rumph. Amb. vol. v. t. 162. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, 
* Tivoli.” —Viti Levu, growing wild in woods (Seemann! n. 628). Also found in India and the 
Archipelago. 
4. D. aculeata, Liun. Spec. n. 1462 ; Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 398 ; caule aculeato, tereti; foliis 
alternis, cordatis, acuminatis, 7-9-nerviis, venis transversis subsimplicibus; spicis d paniculatis.— 
Ubium aculeatum, Desf. Rumph. Amb. vol. v. t. 126; Rheede, Mal. vol. vii. p. 71. t. 37.—Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, ** Kawai."—Cultivated in most Vitian Islands (Seemann! n. 629). Also in the 
Indian Archipelago. 
5. D. pentaphylla, Linn. Spec. n. 1462; Kunth, Enum. vol. v. p. 396; ramis aculeatis, angu- - 
latis, puberulis; foliis sparsis, digitato-3-5-sectis, pilosiusculis, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminato- 
cuspidatis; racemis ¢ axillaribus solitariis v. geminis, simpliciter v. triplicato-compositis; perigonii 
bibracteolati laciniis ovato-lanceolatis, acutiusculis, subzequalibus, subconico-conniventibus ; stami- 
nodiis squam:eformibus, subspathulatis.—D. digitata, Müll. Dict. n. 6 (fide Willd.).—Nomen vernac. 
Vitiense, “ Kaile tokatolu.”—Island of Ovalau (Seemann! n. 630). Sometimes cultivated, according 
to Storck. Also collected in the Hawaiian (H. Mann) and Society Islands (Banks and Solander ! 
Forster!). Common in the Indian Archipelago. 
