342 BOTANY, 



C. argentea. Timor. 



Heliotropium curassavicum. Sandwich group, Caro- 

 line and Christmas Islands. 



Anagallis Indica. St. Helena. 



Kadua acuminata. This is a tall and elegant shrub. 

 Its leaves are light-green, polished, entire and lanceolate. 

 The flowers are pale-yellow, have a waxen appearance, 

 and are very fragrant ; they are highly prized as orna- 

 ments by the natives, and were formerly tabooed, or 

 reserved solely for the use of the royal chiefs, no indivi- 

 duals of inferior rank being permitted to wear them. 



Oahu, Sandwich Isles ; native name kamakarala. 



Cyathodes Tameiamice. This plant, in its general 

 character, bears some resemblance to the common 

 juniper ; it bears small green flowers, and pulpy ber- 

 ries of a red colour, each berry inclosing a single hard 

 seed. 



Sandwich Isles ; native name kara eva. 



Cyanea Grimesiana. This is a tall prickly herb, with 

 long pinnated leaves radiating from the summit of a 

 succulent stem. The flowers issue in clusters from the 

 axillae of the leaves ; they are large and monopetalous ; 

 their colour white, elegantly striped with lilac ; they 

 have no odour, but are much valued for ornamental 

 purposes by the natives. 



Oahu, Sandwich Isles. 



Triaridium Indicum. Deeringia celosioides. Island 

 of Timor. 



