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caducous, very conspieuous on the young leaves, but no trace of them 
on the older ones. Flowers in spikes, solitary, and in whorls along 
the younger branches. Calyx tubular, with a 2-lobed limb, straw- 
coloured and thin. Corolla straw-coloured, monopetalous, hypogy- 
nous, 5-lobed, regular. Lobes long and narrow, with a corrugated 
wstivation. Stamens 10, in two rows; the lower in a line with the 
apex of the pistil; the upper in a line with the base of the lobes of 
the corolla and alternate with them. Filaments awl-shaped, connate 
at the base and adhering their whole length to the base of the corolla. 
Anthers innate, 2-celled. Ovary superior, 1-celled ; stigma sessile, 2- 
lobed. Fruit dehiscent. : 
Ifüatua. A large tree. Leaves dark green, opposite, exstipulate. 
Fruit large, somewhat triangular, pendulous; epicarp thick and leathery. 
Dissepiments 3. Seeds 3-4, angular. 
Ifiifi (Parinarium laurinum). A large tree, with a rough fruit. 
Ovary inferior; stamens 16. Pistil 1. Albumen ruminate, astrin- 
gent, odoriferous, used by the natives for perfuming oil. 
- Ifilele (.4fzelia bijuga, A. Gray). A large tree; wood durable and 
beautiful. Calyx valvate in estivation ; limb 4-cleft. Petals two, by 
abortion generally only one, white. Stamens 10, three of them very 
long, red. Style very long. Stigma globose. There are several kinds 
of this tree, distinguished by the natives as :—If’ulu (smooth grained), 
Ififatu (hard grained), and Ifisoga (the same). 
Kanai. The Niuean name of a twining ternate-leaved creeper. See 
“ Fuemaga.” 
La, o lela. A branch of a tree (pl o la and lālā). 
Lafo, al. Lafoa (Flagellaria Indica, L.). A cane; grows very 
ih. 
Teint (Miinea sp.?). A tree, with spreading branches, 10-18 feet 
high, and odoriferous, minute flowers, much esteemed by the natives 
for perfuming their oil. Wood durable. The native doctors make 
some use of this tree in dysentery. Leaves mostly opposite, impari- 
pinnate, minutely dotted. Calyx brown, 5-cleft, inferior. Petals 5, 
yellow ; cup of stamens straw-coloured, hypogynous. Ovary superior. 
Fruit 1- or 2-celled, indehiscent. 
Lagaalitulu. A species with rather larger flowers and fruit than 
. the above, and not so fragrant a perfume. The slender branches of 
these are used for wattling. 
