1749 



^ DRACJ^:iVA terminalis. 



The Sandwich Island Tee- Plant. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGY^'IA. 



Nat. ord. Asphodele^, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural Si/stem of 

 Botamj, p. 27 \.) "^ 



DRACMNA.Supra, vol. 12. fol. 956. 



D. terminalis ; caule fruticoso vel arborescente, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis utrinque 

 attenuatis, paniculse ramis divarlcatis simplicibus ramosisve floribus sub- 

 sessilibus. Romer 8^ Schultes, Sp. PZ. 7. 343. 



D. terminalis. Willd. Sp. PI. 2. 157. 



Asparagus terminalis. Linn. Sp. PL 450. 



One of tlie most graceful of arborescent stove-plants, 

 where there is sufficient heiglit for it to rear its slender stem 

 to the elevation of ten or twelve feet. In appearance it re- 

 sembles a Palm, and although, when its structure is carefully- 

 examined, it is found not to be one of that princely tribe, 

 yet there can be no doubt that it serves to connect the chain 

 of vegetation, by bringing the Asparagus in contact with 

 the Cabbage Palm. Linnseus took it for a species of Aspa- 

 ragus. 



In place of again describing a plant which has repeatedly 

 been already in the hands of Botanists, we shall confine 

 ourselves on this occasion to an extract from the entertainino- 

 work of Ellis on the Sandwich Islands. 



''The Ti plant is common in all the South Sea Islands. 

 It is a slow-growing plant, with a large, woody, fusiform 



* See folio 1169. 

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