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feet from the ground. The segments of these pandan us trees all contain 

 edible kernels. The broad leaves of the " pota " are emplajed in making 

 mats. . . . There is another pandanus ti'ee, the "sauiala" of the natives, 

 which often grows away from the coast, as on the banks of streams : it has^ 

 an erect, stout trunk, thirty-five' to forty feet high, without aerial roots,. 

 and does not brauch. 



Freycinetia sp. . . 

 Freycinetia sp. . . 

 Nipa fruticans. 



PALMACE.E. 



Cyrtostachys sp. . . vulgo " Sensisi." Growing up to fifty feet high on tho 



banks of streams. 

 Palmacea dub. (cf. Drymophlorus) : vulgo " Kisu." Growing seventy to 



eighty feet high. The tough sheathing at the bases of the branches 



is employed for making the native dishes. 

 Pinanga sp. . . vulgo " Kisu " : conf. the " Kisu " above. Growing up to 



seventy or eighty feet high. 

 Caryota sp. . . vulgo "Eala." Growing up to fifty feet high. 

 Licuala sp. . . vulgo " Firo." Grows up to thirty-five or forty feet in 



height. More common on volcanic soils. Absent from Treasury 



Island, with the exception of one imjjorted tree. Said to be very 



numerous in the large adjacent island of Bougainville, the leaves^ 



being there used in making conical hats. 

 Palmacea dub. : vulgo " Poamau." Grows up to seventy or eighty feet 



liigh. Its fruit, which is eaten by the women, is said to have a 



stimulant effect like the betel-nut. Its wood supplies the ma,terial 



for spears. 

 Arcoa sp. . . vulgo " Momo." Grows up to thirty-five or forty feet high. 



Small fruits (^ inch) sessile on a branching stalk. 

 Areca sp. , . vulgo " Xiga-torulo," or "Torulo." Grows up to thirty-five- 



or forty feet high. Fruits larger (1 — 1|- inch) sessile, and gathered 



thickly together on an undivided stalk. 

 Areca sp. . . vulgo " Niga-solu." Grows Tip to fifty feet high. Fruits 



(1 — 1|- inch) sessile, gathered thickly together on an undivided 



stalk. 



\_JVote. — The three kinds of areca palms just mentioned are very com- 

 mon on the low ground at the foot of hills. They all have a general 

 I'esemblauce, and their fruits are often chewed iu lieu of " betel-nuts." 

 They are distinguished from each other readily by the size and mode oT 

 attachment of the fruits, and by the number of ribs on the lateral pinnae.] 



Areca sp. . . vulgo " Poamau." Growing up to eighty feet high. 



Areca sp. . . vulgo " Au-Au." Grows up to twelve feet high. Aerial roots 

 rising from stem 1-J- feet above the ground. 



Areca sp. . . vulgo '' Olega." The betel-imt palm of the Solomon Islands. 

 Planted by the natives in the vicinity of their villnges. Height up 

 to thirty feet. 



Sagus sp. . . vulgo '' Bia," "Nami." Height up to sixty feet. Dry situa- 

 tions. 



AROIDE^. 



Schizmatoglottis sp. . . vulgo " Kuraka." Gi'owing wild along the banks 

 of streams. The natives make a savoury vegetable broth of the 

 leaves and unopened spathes. 



