SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES, 859 
Momole'a* (Cyrtandra sp. plur.). There are at least three species 
of Cyrtandra,—all, if I mistake not, called by the above name. 
l. A shrub from 2-3 feet high. Stems irregularly square, nodose. 
Leaves opposite, undivided, large, elliptical, dark green. Inflorescence 
axillary, paniculate. Calyx deeply 5-parted. Sepals nearly equal, 
deciduous. Corolla straw-coloured, 5-lobed; tube long; limb flat, 
nearly equally divided, imbricate in zestivation. Stamens 2. Anthers 
2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, many- 
seeded. Style simple. Stigma bifid, flattened, adhering long after 
the calyx and corolla have fallen off. 
2. Similar to the above. 
3. A tree, 6-10 feet high. Leaves lanceolate, dark green. Corolla 
large, white, much more irregular than the above. Fruit much longer. 
Inflorescence sessile, axillary, clusters of flowers surrounded by bracts. 
Mosooi (Uvaria odorata). A large tree, straight trunk. Branches 
in whorls, spreading almost horizontally. Flowers and fruit odoriferous ; 
the former used by the natives for scenting their oil, the latter a 
favourite food of the pigeons. 
Mosooi-i-tai (Loranthus insularum). 
Mumuta (Graminea). A grass, about 6-8 in. high, with odorife- 
rous bulbs, much esteemed by the natives for scenting their oil. 
Muafi (Gossypium sp. plur.). Several kinds of Cotton have been 
introduced, and thrive exceedingly well. In 1863 I planted a few 
seeds of the Kidney Cotton in my own garden, with a view to induce 
some of my students to make plantations of their own. September 
16th, the seeds were sown in twenty-one holes, about 3 feet apart, 
after having been divested of every particle of ‘cotton-fibre, and steeped 
in ash-water ; on the 21st following (five days after), they were up an 
inch above ground, and on the 22nd they measured 4—5 in. from root 
to leaf. They yielded three crops in about twelve months, and by 
that time some of the stems were 1-2 in. diameter. = = 
There was on Apolima a very small, stunted, indigenous species of 
Cotton, a specimen of which I left at Kew with Dr. Hooker in 1866. 
Namulega (Vitex trifolia). A beautiful lilac-flowered tree. 
Nau. e name of a bindweed. 
Nausosolo. A neat-looking, palmate-leaved twiner. 
* This is called also “ Laumómóle'a," and on Manu'a it is known as “ Lau- 
patalega.” 
