370 SAMOAN PLANTS AND THEIR VERNACULAR NAMES. 
Usivao. A small tree with yellow striped long lanceolate leaves, 
amentaceous, moncecious flowers 
*Uto'*uto, al. Ma‘osina (Mussenda frondosa). Sometimes one is 
told that its name is “Aloalo.” A small tree or arboraceous 
shrub. Leaves opposite, stipulate; flowers yellow; tube long, in 
which the stamens are concealed. Stamens 5. Pistil 1. The white 
growing on the upper part of the fruit renders this plant conspicuous 
and attractive. 
‘Utu‘utu (Juncus sp.). This rush grows in swamps. 
*"Uunu (Meryta sp.. A small tree 20-30 feet high, 6-8 in. 
diameter, no branches, but the leaves growing in a whorl at the top of 
the tree. Petioles 6-8 in. long. Stipules large and coriaceous. 
Leaves dark green, lanceolate, entire, very large, 3 ft. 6 in. long, 13 in. 
at its widest part, 7. e. one foot from the apex, 73 in. wide at one 
foot from the base. Ribs very prominent, 2 in. apart; midrib round, 
very prominent, l in. diameter at the base. Inflorescence axillary in 
capitula of 180—200 flowers, each on peduncles of 12-15 in. long. 
Calyx coriaceous, slightly 5-lobed, persistent, forming cups projecting 
above the fruit. Corolla valvate in zestivation, deeply slit into 5 seg- 
ments as far down as the divergence of the anthers, where it is hairy, 
the hairs closely surrounding the pistil, and protecting the upper part 
ofthe ovary. Anthers adnate. Ovary 2-celled. Style nearly as long 
as the stamens, simple, green. Fruit a capitulum of united ovaries, 
2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds long, stony. 
ao. The collective term for herbs and shrubs. 
Vaotuaniu (Pteris quadriaurita). 
Vi (Spondias dulcis= Evia dulcis). Leaflets serrate, the teeth far 
apart. Blooms in April. Fruit not so large as some found by 
Dr. Seemann in Viti. 
Vivao (Wild-vi).. Leaves pinnate, some of them with an odd leaflet 
like those of S. dulcis. Fruit small, superior, 4-seeded. Placenta 
central. 
Vili vel Vilivili. A large spreading tree with very small flowers. 
In bloom in June. On Aunuu, near the sea. 
