334 BOTANY. 



Procris Sp. Bears clusters of minute green flowers 

 in the axillae of the leaves. Is thickly spread over the 

 banks and rocks of rivers, and is often inundated. 



Society Isles. 



Spermacoce Sp. Herbaceous. Flowers monope- 

 talous ; their colour a dull-purple ; emit an odour like 

 that of the hyacinth. 



Maui, Sandwich Isles. 



Plantago quelusiana. Leaves procumbent; bear in 

 their centre a scape, supporting a spike of green 

 flowers. 



Sandwich Isles. 



Terminalia Sp. This is a littoral tree of low but 

 umbrageous growth. The flowers (which are disposed 

 in double racemes) are small, yellow, and have a fetid 

 odour. Each double raceme of flowers is usually suc- 

 ceeded by two oblong drupes. 



Society Isles ; native name hautera. 



TETRANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 



Cuscuta Americana. This species of Dodder has 

 the same general appearance and parasitic habits as 

 its congeners of Europe ; its slender stalks (which are 

 destitute of roots, and consequently unconnected with 

 the soil) being without leaves, and entwined around 

 other herbs. The flowers are small, white, and have 

 a delicate waxen appearance. 



Cape St Lucas, California. 



TETRANDRIA. TRIGYNIA. 



Potamogeton gramineum. Habitat. Beds of rivers, 

 Sandwich Isles. 



