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This plant is allied to C. ovifera, but perfectly distinet, the calyx 
being very different in the two species. 
14. Sycios australis, Endl. Fl. Norfolk, p. 67 (1833).—8. Fretensis, 
Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 473 (1847); Walp. Ann. i. 
317. S. angulata, Forst. Prodr. n. 363 (non Linn.) ; Hook. fil. Fl. 
N. Zealand; i. p. 12, ex parte.— Norfolk Island (Bauer), New Zealand 
(Banks and Solander! in Mus. Brit.), New South Wales (fide A. 
ay). 
Forster and Hooker fil. have regarded this species as identical with 
S. angulatus of America, but the two seem to be quite distinct. A. 
Gray (Bot. Wilkes, p. 648) has already pointed out that the flower and 
fruit of S: australis are not larger than those of S. parviflorus, and less 
than half the size of those of S. angulatus: There are besides other 
distinctions. S. angulatus, Linn., is covered with long, floccose, often 
glandulose hair on the peduncles and fruit, its tendrils are 4- or more 
generally 5-fid, and its fruit sparingly covered with spines, whilst 
S: australis is without the long floecose hair, has always 3-fid tendrils, 
and its fruit is densely covered with spines. Besides, the form of the 
leaf is different in the two. 
15. Sycios pachycarpus, Hook. and Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 83; A. 
Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 650, t. 80.— Oahu (Macrae !, Lay and Collie, 
Gaudichaud), Mavi, Sandwich Islands (United States. Expl. Exped.). 
^16; Sycios Wacrophyllus, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 651, t. 81.— 
Hawaii, Sandwich Islands (United States Expl. Exped.). ; 
^C HL Syeios cucumerinus, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 652; t: 82.— 
Hawaii, Sandwich Islands (Macrae /, United States Expl. Exped.). 
"18. T have specimens of a Cucurbitacea, collected by Mr. Williams in 
Viti; but they are without flowers. Leaves 5-lobed, glabrous, lobes 
piruatifid or dentated, tendrils simple. At the base the leaves form 
an acute angle, otherwise they look like some forms of Momordica Cha- 
"'Guillemin (Zeph! Tait.) mentions another Cucurbitacea, of which 
only à sigle branch was collected by Bertero and Mcerenhout, and 
"which he refers with a mark of doubt to Trichosanthes. It is said to 
be called“ Patara ” by the natives, and is stated to have palmate leaves 
with seven, large, lanceolate leaflets ; ‘the flowers are unknown. Ellis 
(Polynesian Researches, vol. i. p. 360) says :—" Patara is a root grow- 
ing wild in the valleys [of Tahiti], in shape and taste resembling a 
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