SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 357 
Manase (Angiopteris evecta). The more common name of this is 
* Nase," g. v 
Mániuniu. Another name for the “Sanasana " (Coix lacryma). 
Maninu, al. Maanunu (Cinchonacea). A small tree, whose leaves 
or bark are used by the native doctors to prepare a decoction, which 
is poured into the nostrils in some forms of paralysis ; the operation 
is called “ Utu i le supa.” 
Ma'o. The collective name for several trees. 
Ma’osina (Tiliacea). -A small tree, 8 to 10 feet high; bark light 
colour; wood whitish. Leaves alternate. Stipules somewhat coria- 
ceous, broad at the base, taper at the end, so as to be almost triangular. 
Involucre resembling the stipules. Calyx valvate. Sepals 5, 
leathery, ash-coloured. Corolla imbricate. Petals 5, alternate with 
the sepals, broad and rounded at the apex, narrow at the base, white. 
Stamens hypogynous, minute, numerous, distinct. Stigma leafy, 
2-lobed, the aperture between the lobes conspicuous. Ovary sessile, 
hairy, flattish. Carpels consolidated. Placenta axile. Ovules nume- 
rous. 
Mao'sina (sina — white). Another name for the ** Uto'uto," viz. 
Mussenda frondosa. 
Ma‘oui (ui, dark). A small tree, with pretty, reddish flowers, of a 
very different Order from the “ Maosina.”” 
Macta (Meliacea). A large timber tree. Flowers bell-shaped, 
odoriferous, white; hang in strings from the branches. 
Maotamea. Another name for the “ Mamala," g.v. 
Másáme (Euphorbiacea). Leaves with minute, caducous stipules. 
Flowers moncecious, solitary. Petals distinct. Stamens fewer than 20. 
Ovary superior. Carpels consolidated. Placentas in axis. 
Masoà (Taeca pinnatifida). 
Masoli (Musa sp.). 
Mata‘ema. “A chestnut, ‘ifi ' (Inocarpus edulis), left in store till 
it separates from the skin." (Pratt. in Vocab.) 
Matalafi (Coffea). A rather large species, whose wood is used to 
make wedges of, which are called also ** Matalafi.” 
Matamatamoso (4brus precatorius). 
Matamo. A tree resembling in appearance the 
but with leaves much larger. 
Mati. The collective term for various species 0 
* Filimoto,” g. v., 
f Ficus tinctoria. 
