366 SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
opposite, dotted, emitting when rubbed a very grateful perfume. The 
lip of the corolla lilac or light purple. Stamens didynamous. Fruit 
a 2-celled, many-seeded capsule. Used medicinally by the natives. 
Tanetane. A small herb, dark green, kidney-shaped leaves. 
Tanitani (Wothopanax Samoense, Seem.) An arboraceous shrub: 
Leaflets inciso-dentate, minutely dotted, odoriferous. Inflorescence 
terminal, umbelliferous, brown. 
Tanitani. A smaller species of the same, introduced from Tonga as 
an ornamental shrub. 
Tapaa. The Samoan form of Tobacco, of which many kinds are 
cultivated. 
Taptia (Musa sp. indigena). Fruit long, sweet. 
Tapumatau e¢ Taputo‘i (** matau” and “ toʻi ” both mean a hatchet). 
A small tree with small opposite pinnate leaves. Wood hard, good 
for tool-handles, hence its name, ** Hatchet-wood." 
Tapuna (Loranthacea), also Tupuga. Stems pendent, and curving 
upwards, Flowers red, erect. 
Tatanfá (Acacia laurifolia). A tree 15-30 feet. Leaves alternate, 
concave, 8-ribbed, ovate, exstipulate, shining green. Flowers yellow. 
Legumes in clusters. 
Tauanave (Cordia subcordata). 
Taulo‘u (Solanum repandum). 
Tausunu. A name given by some to the “ Fueselela ” (Hoya sp.) 
Tavai (nacardiacea). A valuable timber tree. Leaves unequally 
pinnate. Flowers regular, minute, 5-petalous. Stamens alternate 
with the petals of the corolla. Anthers large, opening by slits. Ovary 
superior, not lobed. Fruit a very small drupe, 1-celled; the stone 
flattish, shining, blackish, with a hollow cavity, and the embryo situated 
next the hilum. The birds are very fond of these seeds: 
Tavatavamanu (Melastoma sp.). A very pretty shrub 2-3 feet 
high, 5-veined roughish leaves, pinkish-white flowers. Calyx hairy, 
6-sepalous. Corolla 5—6-petalous. Stamens 10-12. Pistill. Stamens 
doubled down in estivation. Fruit a dehiscent blackish capsule. 
Tavatio. See “ Filitavatio.” 
Tene. A species of Banana. 
Teve (Amorphophallus sp.). This is one of the plants referred to 
in the legend of raising the heavens. The chiefs in Samoa sometimes 
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