SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 347 
Laufagufagu. A shrub, 6—8 feet high, with long lanceolate leaves, 
striped and spotted with yellow. 
Laufagufagu (Ardisia ?). A tree, with long, lanceolate, shining, 
green leaves.  Petiole long and large at the base. 
aufatu. The name of a tree. 
Laugàpáp'à, al. Laumapapa (Asplenium Nidus, L., and several other 
ns). 
Laugasésé. The name of a species of Fern. 
Laulilii. Meaning the minute-leaved. See “ Tapu-matau,” infra. 
Lauma’a. The name of a tree. 
Laumafatifati (Cinchonacea). An arboraceous shrub, used medici- 
nally by the natives. 
Laumáfátifati (Loganiacea). í 
Laumafatifati-sina (Zoganiacea ?). A small tree. Leaves opposite, 
oblong-lanceolate, entire, dotless. Stipules interpetiolar, caducous. 
Flowers axile, paniculate. Calyx white, 5-toothed, persistent. Co- 
rolla monopetalous, regular, 5-lobed, imbricate, very small. Stamens 
5, alternate with the lobes of the corolla and inserted into it. Ovary 
superior, entire, globose, a little flattened at the apex; style very 
number of red seeds remain attached. 
Laumai'a (4roidea). A large-leaved, twining, climbing plant. 
Leaves often much torn. Worn sometimes by the natives as a tempo- 
rary substitute for ti- (Cordyline-) leaves. 
Laumai'e (Apocynea). A pretty, twining, small, ternate-leaved 
scandent creeper, which covers some of the largest trees. Flowers 
yellow, abounding in milky juice. Seeds, when ripe, black ; the juice 
of epicarp is purple. 
Laumaile (Apocynea). A small tree with thick twining stems. 
Leaves in perfect whorls of threes. Flowers yellow, in bloom early in 
October. This plant appears to be of the same genus as the pre- 
ceding, but its stem, leaves, and fruit are much larger. 
Laumatui. The same as “ Avasa-uli,” g. v. p. 282, supra. 
Laumá'ulufulu. A tree, with very long leaves, like those of Cor- 
dyline terminalis. 
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