LIST OF PLANTS. 295 



-Oalophyllum sp. . . vulgo '' Katari." Two tall trees apparently distin- 

 guished by the size of the fruits. (Flowers not obtained.) A dark 

 resin oozes from the bark, which the natives burn in torches. 



MALVACE^. 



Hibiscus tiliaceus, L. : vulgo " Dakatako." 

 Thespesia populnea, Corr. : vulgo "Kai-k:iia." 



STERCULIACEiE. 



Kleinhovia Hospita, L. : vulgo " Lafai." 



Heritiera an H. littoralis, var. angustifolia 1 viilgo " Pipilusu." 



TILIACEiE. 



Triumfetta procumbens, Forst. 



Eloeocarpus sp. . . vulgo " Toa " A tree about seventy feet high, with 

 conspicuous blue fruits, eaten by fruit-pigeons. 



Oxalis corniculata, L. 

 ■Soulamea amara, Lam. 



oxalidacej: 



SniARUBE^ 



BUTACEjE. 



Evodia hortensis, Forst. : vulgo " Luk-a-luk." 



liutacea (§ Toddaliee 1 ). Detached leaves and flowers picked up from the 

 ground at the foot of a tall forest tree. Flowers " 4-meri ; petala 

 imbricata libera ; stamina 4 libera, pet. alterna, ovarium liberum 

 integrum, 4-loc 1 " 



BURSERACE^. 



Canarium sp. . . No flowers obtained. A tall forest tree, a hundred feet 

 and upwards in height. Yulgo ' Kai " Known as the Solomon 

 Island almond tree. The kernels afford a common article of food in 

 August and September. 



€anarium 'i vulgo " Nie." A tree with buttresses, a hundred feet high. 



•Canarium'? vulgo "Nie." A tall forest tree, with buttresses, 100 to 150 

 feet high. 



OLACIXE^. 



■Gomphandra sp. . . vul^o "Ninilo," or " Ningilo." A tree thirty to forty 



feet high. Fruit eaten by wild pigs. 

 Lasianthera sp. . . nov 1 vulgo " Forutolo." A tree sixty to seventy feet 



high. 

 Olacinea (dub) : vulgo " Poporoko." A tree sixty feet high, having a liglit 



reddish wood, and a dark red sap. 



tion with subsequent collections. I take this oi^portunity of expressing my sense of the great 

 kindness he showed me with reference to my plant collections. To Signer Beccari I am also 

 indebted. Owing to my inexperience in botanical collecting, the specimens were often in- 

 adequate for descriptive and specific determination ; but my deficiencies will appear more ex- 

 cusable when I state that I devoted my attention more particularly to the trees. Professor 

 Oliver, however, informs me that, in spite of its defects, my collection gives an excellent 

 •conception of the flora of the islands visited. 



