842 LAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
S. ? Vogelii, n. sp., Hook., 134. 
S. ? tenera, n. sp., Spr., 133. 
Psilotum triquetrum, Sw., 49. 
P. complanatum, Sw., 50. 
Lycopodium laxum, Pr. 54. 
L. cernuum, Z., 6. 
L. Phlegmaria, Z., 9. 
L. squarrosum, Forst., 10. 
ON VARIOUS SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNA- 
CULAR NAMES. 
By tHe Rev. Tuomas Powe, F.L.S. 
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Filitavatio (Faradaya Powellii, n. sp. Seem.). A large ¢limb- 
ing plant, many yards long, ascending the highest trees, called by 
some “ Mamagi." Stems round, except at the origin of the leaves, 
where they are flat. Leaves opposite, entire, smooth, ovate-lanceo- 
late, minutely dotted. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, sweet 
scented. Calyx inferior, persistent, crateriform, slightly 4-lobed, re- 
gular, coriaceous, green at the base, tube and lobes white. Corolla 
hypogynous, monopetalous, regular, 4-lobed, white.  ZEstivation im- 
bricate. Stamens 4, inserted into the tube of the corolla and alter- 
nate with its lobes. Filaments curved inwards and downwards in 
wstivation. Anthers large, 2-lobed, 4-celled, versatile. Ovary seated 
on a large torus, 4-parted, each part containing an ovule arising 
from the base of its cavity. Style simple, awl-shaped, longer than the 
corolla, arising from the middle of the base of the lobes of the ovary. 
Fruit large, red, fleshy. Drupes oblong, slightly curved.  Epicarp 
fleshy, thin. Mesocarp bony. The pigeons take three or four of 
these large drupes into their gullet at once; hence they are called 
“ Mamalupe ” (the pigeon’s mouthful). ` 
Filofiloa (Coffeacea). A pretty small tree,—wood very hard, good 
for tool-handles, mallets, ete. 
Fiso (Saccharum floridulum, Labill.). The indigenous Sugar-cane, 
— stems used for the small rafters of the native huts ; leaves as thatch, 
and as food for cattle, 
