BOTANY. 353 



Pemphis acidula. Society Isles ; native name 

 haraniia. 



ICOSANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Eugenia malacensis. Pomey rose, or South-Sea 

 Apple. This is a tall umbrageous tree, with heavy dark 

 green foliage; it bears, annually, elegant clusters of 

 scarlet blossoms, and a globular edible fruit, the size of 

 an orange, and of a crimson colour externally, whilst its 

 pulp is white, very sweet and juicy, and about the con- 

 sistence of an apple. The leaves of this species are 

 usually much blistered, apparently by the punctures of 

 some insect of the genus cynips. 



Society Isles ; native name ahia. Sandwich Isles, 

 ohia ai. Marquesas. 



E. Sp. A shrub, infesting mountain-lands ; its young 

 and tender leaves are crimson, and present a beautiful 

 appearance. The bark of this species is employed as a 

 brown dye for native cloth. 



Oahu, Sandwich Isles ; native name ohia ha. 



Psidium pyriferum. Guava or Bay Plum. This is 

 a fruit-tree well known in the East and West Indies, 

 where a very palatable jelly is prepared from the pulp 

 of its berries. I have already had occasion to mention, 

 in my Narrative, the surprising extent to which the 

 species has established itself as a naturalized exotic on 

 the shores of Tahiti ; as well as on many other of the 

 well-watered islands of the Society group; and the 

 alteration that its presence has effected in the vegetation 

 of their lowlands. 



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