FLORA VITIENSIS. S11 
sians by the collective name of * Ti," which in the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands dialect becomes * Ki,” 
and in some of the narratives of early voyagers is erroneously spelled * Tea." The statement, repeated 
even in recent publications, that the roots of some of these plants are a good substitute for Chinese tea, 
` is erroneous. In Viti, however, the name “Ti” is only preserved for one species, viz. Ti kula (C. 
Jacquinii). 
1. C. Jacquinii, Kunth in Act. Acad. Berol. 1842, p. 30; Enum. vol. v. p. 23; radice tube- 
rosa; caule fruticoso, simplici, apice folioso; foliis petiolatis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, in petiolum an- 
gustatis, membranaceo-rigidis, coloratis; panicula terminali, erecfa, simp'ici; floribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis racemosis (lilacinis), laciniis perigonii equilongis, exterioribus 3-, interioribus l-nerviis ; 
stigmate 3-fido.— Dracena terminalis, Jacq. Coll. vol. ii. p. 354; ejusd. Icon. vol. ii. t. 448 (excl. 
syn. Rumph.); Red. Liliac. t. 91. D. ferrea, Linn. Syst. Veg. 275. Convallaria fruticosa, Linn. 
Syst. Nat. (ed. 10), p. 984? Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “Ti Kula."—fFrequently cultivated as an 
ornamental plant throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 635); perhaps not truly wild. Also cultivated in 
most other Polynesian Islands. 
There are grown in Viti several varieties of this beautiful plant, some of which have been recently in- 
troduced from other Polynesian Islands. The native name “Ti Kula” means the Ti-plant, which has 
leaves like the Kula,—the Kula being a paroquet (Coriphilus solitarius, Latham). The roots are large and 
tuberous, and eaten by the natives. 
2. C. sepiaria, (sp. nov.) Seem. (Tab. XCIV.); radice etuberosa; caule elato, arborescente, 
ramoso; foliis lineari-lanceolatis viridibus firmis; panicula terminali erecta; floribus sessilibus 
(albidis); laciniis perig. obovato-oblongis inszequilongis; bracteolis subulatis minutis perig. 5-plo 
brevioribus.—Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Vasili Kau."—In woods, Viti Levu and Taviuni (Seemann ! 
n. 634) ; frequently used for by the natives for hedges. 
This species differs from C. terminalis in the shape of its leaves, very minute bracts, and tall stem. 
The roots are not tuberous as those of C. terminalis are. The trunk is as tall as fourteen feet. The 
leaves, given to goats, sheep, and cattle, are linear-lanceolate, 11-2 feet long, and 3-4 inches broad. 
ExPrnaANATION OF PrATE XCIV., representing C. sepiaria, Seem.— Fig. 1, flower-bud; 2, open flower; 
3, pistil; 4, cross section of ovary :—all magnified. 
3. C. terminalis, Kunth in Act. Acad. Berol. 1820, p. 30; ejusd. Enum. vol. v. p. 25; radice 
tuberosa; caule fruticoso simplici; foliis petiolatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, firmis, 
supra glaucis subtus purpureo-variegatis; panicula terminali, erecta, simplici, ramis divaricatis; floribus 
subsessilibus, solitariis, racemosis (albis v. purpureis).— Terminalis alba, Rumph. Amb. vol. iv. p. 79. t. 
34. fig. l. Asparagus terminalis, Linn. Spec. p. 450 (excl. Terminalis rubra, Rumph.). Dracena 
terminalis, Reich. Plant. p. 72; Forst. Plant. Escul. p. 32 et Prodr. n. 152; Park. Icon. (ined.) t. 
38, 39. Cordyline Eschscholtziana, Mart. in Schult. Syst. vol. vii. p. 347, 1677. C. Ti, Schott in 
Bot. Zeit. 1828, p. 575. C. heliconiefolia, Otto et Dietr. Gartenz. 1835, p. 34.—Nomina vernac. 
Vitiensia, “Qui” v. *Masawe;" Hawaiiense, “ Ki;” Tahitense, “'Ti.’—Cultivated throughout 
Viti (Seemann! n. 636). Also in the Hawaiian (Seemann!) and Society Islands (Banks and 
Solander !) i 
This is not truly wild in Viti, but is much cultivated by the natives under the names of * Qui," “ Ma- 
sawe,” and “ Vasili Toga;” and, judging from one of these names (Vasili Toga = Tonga), it may perhaps 
have been imported from the Tongan or Friendly Islands. The root is tuberous, and often weighs from ten 
to fourteen pounds, and after being baked on heated stones, much resembles in taste and degree of sweet- 
ness that of stick-liquorice. The Vitians chew it, or use it to sweeten puddings. They were ignorant 
of the art of extracting an intoxicating liquor from it, known to the Hawaiians. The leaves are excellent 
fodder for goats, sheep, rabbits, and cattle, and are used for this purpose by the white settlers. Solander 
says (Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 248), that six varieties of it were known to the Tahitians, which he attempts 
to classify under two heads, the white-flowering and the purple-flowering. But he evidently confounds 
with it C. Jacquinii, and perhaps also the species which I have named C. sepiaria. Nevertheless, there is 
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