368 SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
Tono. The name of a herb, 
Totofufula. A kind of “If” (Jnocarpus | edulis), with very large 
fruit. 
Tou (Cordia aspera). “Its wood used for cork; its berries for 
paste," zeste Pratt. 
umanu. The term used on Manu'a for the spadix of the Banana, 
to avoid the use of the word “ Moa,” the family name of the king of 
Manu‘a. 
Tumoa. The name for the spadix of the Banana on all the islands 
of Samoa except Manu'a. Sve * Tumanu.” 
Tupe (Entada scandens). The name of the seeds of this large 
creeper, which are used in the game of “Lafo” or “Lafoga.” 
“ Tupe” is the term by which foreign coins are distinguished.  In- 
stead of the bean, the Samoans generally use a die made from a piece 
of cocoa-nut shell. 
Tupu, or also Togo (Rhizophoree). 
l. Rhizophora mucronata. Tree 6-8 feet, rather dense foliage. 
Young bark brown. Leaves much further apart than in Bruguiera 
Rheedii, covered on the back with small brown dots. Flowers in 
small clusters of from 2-5. Calyx monosepalous, valvate in æstiva- 
tion, 4-lobed. Lobes deeply divided, spreading. Petals 4, opposite 
the lobes of the calyx. Stamens 8, perigynous. Ovary semi- 
inferior, 2-celled, containing 4 pendulous ovules. Style short. Stigma 
This is not so abundant as Bruguiera Rheedii, and grows in 
deeper water, 
2. Bruguiera Rheedii. Trees 6-10 feet high. Young bark green. 
Flowers single, axillary. Calyx ll-parted, the lobes nearly $ its 
whole length, valvate in westivation. Petals 11, the edges of each 
of which are in cestivation united so as to form a sheath, which 
contains 2 stamens; the edges and tips of the petals are bearded with 
shortish hairs; each one has also a long hair at the back or external 
part at the point where the petal slits on expanding. Stamens 22. 
Ovary 4-celled, with 2 ovules in each of the lateral cells and 1 in each of 
the transverse ones. Placenta central, Stylelong. Stigma 4-toothed, 
forming a cross. Fruit long, projecting far out of the centre of calyx, 
which is persistent and inferior or semi-inferior. In bloom from No- 
vember to January. The Samoans make much the same use of these 
trees that the Fijians and Tongans do. They used formerly the bow 
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