BY J. H. MAIDEN. 547 



In Samoa this is looked upon as a plant possessing medicinal 

 virtue. Its leaves, when bruised or cut up small, are used for 

 dressing ulcers, sores and open wounds. They are used for 

 poultices in Funafuti. 



composite:. 



Adexostemma viscosum, Forst. — Called " Kisi-kisi/' by some 

 of the islanders. "Pepe-pepe" is its designation in Samoa. Mr. 

 Finckh gives its name as "Lauti," and says that the root is eaten 

 when cooked. 



AYedelia biflora, DC. — " Lakou-monog." 



The common scrambling seaside shrub. It is known as "Ate- 

 ate" in Samoa, where the leaves are used medicinally as a general 

 tonic; they are put to a similar use in Lord Howe Island. 



Wedelia strigulosa, DC. (Hedley, p. 39), is not known on the 



island, and is either intended for n^. strigulosa, Benth. et Hook, f., 



or is perhaps W. biflora, DC. Both W. biflora, DC, and W. 



strigulosa, Benth. et Hook, f., occur in Tonga and other South 



Sea islands. 



GOODENIACEJE. 



SCiEVOLA KcENiGii, Vahl. — " Ngassu " (Mr. Finckh). 

 A sea-shore plant found also in Australia. 



APOCYNACE.E. 



OcHROSiA BORBONICA, Gmelin. — Fao; the "fau" of Hedley. 



Mrs. David brought specimens of an Ochrosia which she states 

 is the only fao on the island, and which was the one supplied to 

 Mr. Hedley by the natives. It has been referred by that gentle- 

 man to 0. parviflora, Hensl.* This is an inadvertence, as the 

 fruits of 0. pa7'viflo7\i, Hensl. (a synonym of 0. elliptica, Labill.), 

 are red, are not fibrous (not to mention other differences) like 

 the specimens collected both by Mr. Hedley and Mrs. David. 



0. elliptica, Labill. (0. parviflora, Hensl.) occurs both in 

 Eastern Australia and the Pacific Islands. I have consulted 

 Henslow's description! based on a plant collected by Darwin in 



* Hedley, op. cit. p. 3*2. 

 t Ann. Nat. Hist, i., 345, 1838. 



