712 THE FLORA OF NORFOLK ISLAND, 



82. S. AVICULARE, Forst., Prod. Ins. Aust. 107. — Recorded by 

 A. Cunn., in Heward, as ^'Solamwi laciniatum, Ait., Hort. Kevv. 

 V. 1, p. 247, Ed. 2, Bot. Mag. t. 319. Near the settlement." 



SCROPHULARINE^. 



83. Veronica calycina, R.Br. — New for the Island. 



BIGNONIACE^. 



84. Tecoma australis, R.Br. Syn. Bigyionia Pandorce, Gawl., 

 the " Norfolk Island Trumpet-flower." See Bot. Mag. t. 865, 

 where it is stated — 



" It is a native of Norfolk Island, in the South Seas, whence the seeds were 

 brought to this country by Governor Patterson, from whose information it 

 appears that a very destructive blight generally makes its first appearance 

 upon the young shoots of this shrub, and spreads from thence over the 

 whole vegetation of the Island; from this relation the name we have 

 adopted derived its origin." 



Perhaps, however, the name is a reminiscence of H.M.S. 

 Pandora, which captured some of the mutineers of the Bounty. 



MYOPORINE^. 



85. MY0P0RU3I OBSCURUM, Endl, Prod. Norf. 110. — "Sandal- 

 wood " of the islanders. Found also by Allan Cunningham on 

 Phillip Island. 



VERBENACE^. 



86. Verbena officinalis, Linn. — New for the Island. 



87. ViTEX trifoliata, Linn. (Vitex ovata, Thunb., Fl. Jap. 

 p. 257). — "A shrubby procumbent plant on the rocks and sands 

 of the coast, flowering in December" (A. Cunn. in Heward). 



I did not collect it. It is a common Polynesian plant. 



NYCTAGINE^. 



88. PisoNiA Brunoniana, End!., Prod. Norf. 88.— Called 

 " Wai Wai" after the Tahitian name (meaning " watery "); also 

 " Beech." 



