326 CORALS AND CORAL ISLANDS. 
Portulaca oleracea, L. (lutea Cassytha filiformis, Z. 
of Solander). Gouldia Romanzoffiensis, A. Gr. 
Triumfetta procumbens, Forst. Euphorbia Chamissonis, Boiss. 
Tournefortia argentea, L. Boerhavia diffusa, L. 
Scevola Konigii, Vahl. Boerhavia hirsuta, Wild. 
Ipomea longiflora, R. Br. Achyranthes canescens, &. Br. 
Lepidium piscidium, Forst. Heliotropium prostratum, &. Br. 
Pemphis acidula, Lorst. Nesogenes euphrasioides, A. DC. 
Pandanus odoratissimus, L. f. Asplenium Nidus, Z. 
Pisonia grandis, Parkinson. A polypodium, and a species of 
Morinda citrifolia, L. grass. 
Guettarda speciosa, L. 
Still, there is a better supply than might be supposed. 
For the cocoanut, in view of its uses, is a dozen trees in 
one. Its trunk furnishes timber for the houses of the natives, 
and the best of wood, on account of its weight and strength, 
for clubs and spears, — weapons much in use, besides serving 
as ornamental side-arms. Its leaves supply material for 
thatching; for coarse matting to sit on, and beautiful fine 
mats for use in the way of occasional dress; also for the 
short aprons or petticoats of the women, above alluded to. 
The fruit, besides its delicately flavored hollow kernel, af- 
fords, by the grating of this kernel, a milky juice that is 
richer than cream for purposes of native cookery, and which 
we explorers often used with satisfaction in coffee, cows be- 
ing unknown in those regions; also, from each nut, a pint 
of the thinner “cocoanut milk,’ a more agreeable drink in 
the land of cocoanuts than in New York; also an abundant 
oil, much valued for. sleeking down their naked bodies, and 
sometimes offered to a friendly visitor whom they would 
honor with a like anointing. Further, from the young fruit, 
three fourths grown, comes a delightful beverage as brisk 
nearly as soda-water, besides a rich creamy pulp; both of 
these far better than the corresponding products of the ripe | 
