344 SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
3. A small-leaved one of the same form. 
Fuesina, Fueto (Bindweeds). i 
Fueuli (Papilionea). An intertwining creeper and climber, large, 
dark leaves, prominent veins. 
Fueulufeti'i. The name of another rather remarkable Bindweed. 
ne. The name of the fleshy axis supporting the female flowers 
of the breadfruit. 
Futu (Barringtonia speciosa, L.). A large tree, 20-40 feet high, bear- 
ing a large quadrangular, 4-sided fruit, which the natives use for stupe- 
fying fish in the sea. Leaves alternate, dotless. Calyx 2-lobed, 
lobes valvate in wstivation, persistent. Petals 4, white. Stamens 
very large and very numerous, about 300. Filaments connate at the 
base, white three-fourths of their length, and pink the remainder. An- 
thers small, yellow. Ovary 4-celled. Ovules several. Fruit 1-celled, 
inferior. TES 
Gatae (Erythrina Indica, Lam.). A prickly tree, with racemes of large, 
scarlet, papilionaceous flowers; these are called * 'Alo'alo," and their 
appearance is, to the Samoans, the sign of the commencement of spring. 
In bloom in July and August. Its wood is too soft to be of much 
use. On journeys by sea, however, a log of it, hollowed out, is taken 
in the bows of the boat or canoe for a fireplace. 
igie. The name on Manwa of the “ Tamole ” or * Fiafiatuli,” 
g. t. 
Horofa. The name on Niué (Savage Island) of the “ Aʻatasi,” 
.9. 
Ti (Ozalis Acetosella, L., var. ?) A small, yellow-flowered, ternate- 
leaved weed. 
Tfi (Znocarpus edulis, Forst.). Of this there are, in Samoa, several 
kinds, named as follows :—'* O le ifi, fuàmoa," the bird's-egg kind (a 
small fruit) ; “O le ifi manüminümi," the wrinkled Ifi ; * O le ifi mea,” 
the pale Ifi ; * O le ifiui," the dark Ifi, etc. 
O le Ifi-mea. A huge tree, remarkable for its large buttresses at the 
stem, the great length of its roots, its spreading branches, odoriferous 
flowers, and thick coated fruit. Wood hard and durable, but used prin- 
cipally for firewood. I have seen slabs of the buttresses used for bul- 
warks in the war canoes, Leaves alternate, stipulate, ovate-lanceolate, 
obsoletely articulated with the branches, dark and rather leathery, mi- 
nutely dotted; the leaves of some of the species are oblong. Stipules 
