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at present judge, very proper for the purpose of making lines, ropes or cloths. 

 It in many respects answers the description given of the Chinese mulberry 

 paper by Captain Cook of which the inhabitants of Otaheite make their 

 cloths. On trial we found this bark would answer every temporary purpose 

 of tying, but as it very soon rots when exposed to the weather it will not 

 answer to be worked " (Lieut.-Govr. King— .31/3/1789— in Hist. Rec. N.S. VV. 

 Vol. ii., p. 617). 



LORANTHACE^. 



99. ViscuM ARTicuLATUM, Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 311. (Viscum 

 distichum, Endl., Prod. Norf. 119). 



The joints are as much as 1 J in. across. It is very abundant 

 on the Island, being very common on Baloghia hicida, the Blood- 

 wood. The only other native tree on which I observed it is 

 Xanthoxylon Blackhurnia, but further search should be made. 

 As regards introduced plants, it is common on Lemons and kills 

 Peach trees. In fact it is a pest in orchards. 



SANTALACEJE. 



100. ExocARPUS PHYLLANTHOiDES, Endl, Prod. Norf. 91. 



A manuscript in my possession states : — " The Cherry-tree, the 

 bark of which is used in tanning, is one of the most useful woods 

 and is decreasing rapidly by being stripped of its bark and so left 

 to perish.'' 



Downing states, " The Cherry-tree, a species of Exocaiyus] the 

 bark of the latter rich in tannin, has been used for leather- 

 making." 



The islanders now call it " Isaac Wood," after Isaac Quintal, 

 from Pitcairn, who first pointed it out. 



We therefore have an instance of two sets of vernaculars, the 

 Pre-Pitcairn and the Pitcairn. 



The largest tree I saw was 30 feet high and with a diameter 

 of 1 foot, in the north-west part of the Island, near Mr. Kendall's. 



EUPHOEBIACE^. 



101. Euphorbia obliqua, Endl., Prod. Norf. 144. 



" The rocky shore of this Island is accessible from the land, in some places, 

 on the south-west. In a few of the valleys, near the sea, in this direction, 



