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standing erect. The plant is very succulent and tena- 

 cious of life. 



Habitat. Mountain groves, Society Isles. 



E. equitans. This is a very elegant succulent herb, 

 adhering, by fibrous roots, to the trunk or branches 

 of aged trees. The leaves are fleshy, of a vivid green 

 colour, and prettily arranged in an equitant form. A 

 profusion of minute yellow flowers, supported on a 

 tall slender spike, emerge from the summit of the 

 plant. The juice that exudes from a recent specimen 

 imparts a deep-yellow colour to cloth or paper. 



Society Isles; native name/<?. 



Isochilus graminifolius. This is a slender reed-like 

 plant, usually seen rooted to the branches of trees on 

 elevated lands. 



Society Isles ; native name hau tera. 



Liparis Sp. In growth, and the general appearance 

 of its flower and foliage, this plant bears a resemblance 

 to the genus orchis. The flowers are light purple, and 

 arranged as a spike at the summit of a tall scape. 



Society Isles ; native name tupu-tupu. 



GYNANDRIA. POLYANDBIA. 



Pothos Sp. This species of Scunk-weed is usually 

 seen entwined around the trunk of the Bread-fruit 

 Tree. Its foliage displays two distinct forms on the 

 same plant, the lower series of leaves being narrow, 

 lanceolate, and entire, whilst the upper are broad, more 

 or less divided or deeply incised, and have a polished 

 bright-green colour, presenting in the whole a very 

 elegant appearance. 



Society Isles ; native name rima rima. 



