364 SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
Sigano (Pandanea). The name of the spadix of flowers of the 
Fasa, g. v. 
Sigano (Freycinetia sp.) A climbing plant, with long, narrow (2 in.), . 
serrated leaves, and aerial roots which are called * i*e i*e," and are used 
for caning chairs, sofas, fish-cages, etc. 
Soa'a (Musa uranospatha). The name of the common mountain 
Plantain, which has an erect spadix. 
Soaasé, Soaa‘ulu. Varieties of “ Soa/a." 
So’apine ve? Su’apine. The first is the name on Manua, the other 
the more general name (Rutacee). Small trees with a strong musky 
smell. Leaves opposite, on long petioles, ternate, entire, with pellucid 
dots, base of the petioles subsheathed. Inflorescence axillary and ter- 
minal, panicled, Calyx small, regular, with 4 triangular lobes and 
pellucid dots, persistent. Petals 4, dotted, hypogynous, imbricate in 
estivation. Stamens 4, hypogynous. Filaments dilated at the base, 
tapering at the apex. Anthers small. Disk hypogynous. Ovary 
4-parted, 4-celled. Ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous, each attached to 
an umbilical cord arising from the inner angle of the base of the cell. 
Style simple, long, flattened, arising from between the lobes of the 
ovary. Stigma 2-lobed. Fruit consisting of 4 2-seeded carpels, con- 
nate, dehiscent, adherent to the calyx. Pericarp filled with reservoirs 
of aromatic oil. Seeds pendulous, umbilical cord long, attached to the 
inner angle of the base of the cell. 
Soi A creeper, with a large, rough, dark-skinned fruit hanging 
from the stem. The fruit ground, washed, and eaten in times of 
scarcity. 
Suni (Drymispermum Burnettianum, Seem.). A small tree growing 
petioles. Flowers sweet-scented. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed, regular in 
length, 1 narrower than the others. Stamens 10, in two rows, the 
upper row of 5 opposite the lobes of the calyx, the lower alternate 
with them. Ovary superior. Ovules 2 or by abortion only 1, pen- 
dulous. Fruit drupaceous, red. 
Sunitai. The name of a plant similar to the above. 
. Taamu (Alocasia Indica et A. costata ?). There appear to be 
several kinds. Corms stringy or rather fibrous, and considered by the 
natives astringent, and consequently of service in diarrhea. 
Taataaiala. The Rarotongan name of a species of ** Tamole," g. v. 
