134 CRUISE OF THE 'CURAQOA.' 



The principal indigenous plants are the cocoa-nut tree, 

 sago, breadfruit tree, the vi, or native apple, the taoa (a 

 kind of plum), the titlka (a kind of pear), garlic, and the 

 tilia, something like the almond, the shaddock, the banana, 

 the kukui, Aleurites triloba or candle-nut tree, and different 

 varieties of taro, and yams ; of the last several specimens 

 were sent on board the ' Cura^oa ' by the king, measuring 

 two feet and a half in length, with a diameter of from six to 

 eight inches. There are besides several less succulent roots, 

 which are resorted to in times of scarcity or famine. The 

 ferns are less abundant, less numerous in species than in the 

 islands previously visited by us, and do not appear to be 

 specifically different from them ; but one species only is 

 arborescent. These plants are more numerous in the island 

 of Eua, the Flora, as well as the Fauna, of which are said to 

 be remarkably different from those of Tonga tabu. 



The plants introduced are the orange, the lime, the lemon, 

 and citron ; pomegranate, custard-apple, china-apple, tama- 

 rind, the loquat, fig, cape-gooseberry, pine-apple, coffee tree, 

 cotton plant, kumala, or sweet potatoe, carrot, cabbage, 

 turnip, parsnip, cucumber, melon, pumpkin, lettuce, onion, 

 parsley, mint, peas, beans in great quantity ; there is also, 

 as at Vavau, growing everywhere a white pea said to have 

 been introduced by the French missionaries. Peaches and 

 nectarines have been also cultivated, but without success. 



We heard of no indigenous mammifers in the island. 

 The ox, horse, sheep, pig, goat, dog, rat, rabbit, ass, are 

 imports. 



