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GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 697 
to 5 inches high, and elegantly divided in a pinnato- 
pinna way, into narrowish wedge-shaped lobes, 
of which the lower are usually separated at the | 
at і = about three bluntish teeth, while the others | 
The are , tapering 
cR and the "piis are short, more 
obliquely ovate in outline. Very few sori appear 
and these soli on the margin of the 
i menn € openin g outwards, as in the Darea grou 
which the species belongs. The plants э furnished 
with scattered stellate almost сел Xe "y 
renis ‚ veins. a thick d 
are Mau bifid, тонай та: smaller ones undivided 
ronds from the base|an 
prepared for this, having 
seen quantities of the first-| effects of these poisons can form any adequate con- 
named emend as well as 
lan 
the Black ip ponga itself, | ception of the agonies endured and courage dis- 
ae arkets 
(Solanum nigru exposed for sale in ts|played by а Fijian, zt baci. bmits 
of Port Louis, К чы; and learnt, on in fes, ha porca to gd cured eprosy by the smoke 
they were common pot-herbs, — - зз the whi te | o Sinu ga The Re W. Moore, of Rewa, 
d by Boj 
population, as in € 
Бус chnos is m 
Hortus Mauritianus. As species 
in Viti Le 
the етеу аге aware of 
with |" 
kahi whe: 
particulars 
ais guest in 1860, 
| has also published a a in account of it in * The 
e abes Missiona окт ey, 1859, p. ew 
whic may be db e r3 para rase here. Afte 
s even now to be | stating that he kn — Wiliami as а Tabe ану зош 
middle sized tree, | fellow Moore surprised to find him one day 
its containing erue, 
tétrodused from the Tonga — 
planted about heathen temples ý 
vhich gr 
rals liio black buds, from which ым аге боре 
villages. It is , Mr. 
with a Bre crown of dark foliage ME d — "altered by 6: effects of leprosy. Som iD "im me 
Apri afte r he 
again met him full of health, and on inquiry 
cim 
47. TODEA SUPERBA, Colenso, Tasm. Journ. Nat. 
77 5с. ii. 188. 188. Lzrrorrmmus SUPERBA, Presl. 
——— attenuated at "m 
with numerous COE nero w entire t Rp fcm 
rachides clothed with brown edito: sori ^om arpous, consist- 
ing re-cases thinly scattered 'along the veins. 
tiful Fern, which is о one o of the loveliest of | 
was exhibited before th 
tho R "Royal Horticultural Society a short time since, by 
Mr. ин, d Chelsea, тэ: was & 
meri ed, clas ce cate of merit. 
, The fronds 
md urn e^ ho 
; rea — in — the natives handle 5 ; 
warded, as it richly | ™ 
a fleshy fruit of the в 
peoi x ЕЗ а velvety skin of а 
silium gum —£ dm ie нат nd | Takaa toa —- he oi house, the leper is stripped ‹ of 
branches i v9 for arrows. ofits| every particle clothing, his bod Aeg all over 
ties wd not yet Е єл дей шг That | with green Жо апі ра buried in A small 
equal to those ascribed to м true ue fire i DÀ. чат kindled, and а few pieces 2 the Sinu gaga 
y | nid. As soon as the thick black maoka рове o 
but it i3 е leper is bound hand а rope 
а the reasons for its fastened, c his heels, by means of wl 
roba ble introduction | r the fire, во that his head is some 15 «А-4 from 
i ids us smoke. The 
n: to say whether one 
etin tion TH "temples and its 
from Tong ot be found i 
of irs "he ер priests шау have occasionally 
t dreaded by the natives on 
te K 
Pella t more co 
ies known as T. а bu ттеойу E 
d T. props it Г however, Nery 
ewhat ie Rhus 
ФР л 
paint rst slime e scraped from the Wy id den po" 
sist ainly in the outline E 
d fonds. which. D "x superbe aro strictly lan 
th 
ner from th 
babit ol of 3 Veitch's pé 
suberect man 
though yet small,'the fro: spread out in а те ты 
arching manner. ese p» eas are closely pe to 
the Osmunda, and B it fi 
sometimes acquire _ 
—— 
POISONOUS PLANTS OF v VITI OR FIJI 
BY died ensem PH. 
xtracted Weis natives 
M. со а val ce secret of oe art, and it would | ай 
reliab 
cA 1860, he — 
hich long and 22 i дима. їп inen at 52 ке 
x2. and a not unl 
req an inti 
formation on this point вие be elicited. I was ready 
to make presen 
[ 
sinking (often, no d E nes M time 
о! no doubt, from а t 
it is readily "dra z un [ed F: 
then seek the ad 
if possible one at 
ce "s e capi 
теу antidotes and restore him k to health. How- 
heard of ita existence d du 1 
shores of Vitu "yen in dus 1360 1860, me we were = па d laid 
nate enough to of the tree on the n some fenes ws vm n 
banks of the shi б і itto to be the Mr rom т) under, earful' Enter 
Vitiensis, A. Gray, екЫ” ту me оЁ the Voditi of the place, ES on way to 
when fully por is Ate 60 feet high, ^md tho AME сере М them his pitiable рей 5-4 
he e: very curious corky fruit, | hi and his willin to suffer 
‘seed of a Walnut. On | any 
t in 
The leper is now 
wait the res 
n hiam 
to be m oed ру hig 
ы э Р tor ш һе 
те по 
and cries, and the lov 
t | bogged them t to Y" the Rit i well, and hratened 
balf. Im 
the , cene d D th 
unfortunate in his accidental with the Kau Karo, 
and on visiting his oon E on the 2d of July, 
ring from the effects of|up by his he 
they retire to som e distance, ети улут are horri- 
fied by his piteous er eny mag Som еер, some 
[e home, ot "do 
m down, i "with. (snb -like deditio he com- 
nude them not to terminate big suffering until the 
the acc 
to procure 
one was brought. 
eu 
baring a whi 
ud Vau dina | 
pore sim 
Ms с th Ecc e vegetable 
e Ne 
ingdom, irritating but never kilig E hey do,— 
враг, [аге collectively termed “Salato also 
ИИ, Safe beris d thosé animals fam: T, kaoi Sea- 
sat across the tree when barking it. All the ard пеш] There аге two kinds. o Salato: to ni rai is 
affected became red and inflam: in in- | an tuit Me rie Hd — Gand var. interrupta, 
numerable pustules, which emitted a yellowish matter | Wedd.), w abo an lages 
with a nauseous smell. The itching was exceedingly | (hence ir wir ран. M ss rere and 
pai de although the TL of its sting is not to be com- 
to that of our European ев, t the natives во 
| carefully avoid a н with it, and ran 
hered 
“In the eveniat, бон es 
in a letter to the British 
y 
my hen quiet pee not 
to inflamed. This advice, 
however, I could not follow, the irritation for several | 
days being excessive. I employed no remedy, but 
alt h advi 
pain ascri 
Malawaci (їторыв Lemos res 
Gard. Misc. ix. 
ose and its consequences, the effect Veing | 
nrtantaneou TAE in pua el Е, 
роїво һаа 
smoker. Т! A ап 
PX огы 
individuale el vds e Hs ы 
There being no chance of 
nation about the more dd ipa of 
ner 
сайа by re$ ot "ihe e Tex m he Каш фео ‚ Мап 
1 кышк s certain drug їп a cigarette which | hi 
been instru. 
cope pre оробо 
Wh 
he о. i 
sperma, Forst.' 7), an Sinu pcr n (Унга when sed t 
indica, C. А, Meyer), oth of ое» like the Sin Ee. - i 
gaga, are littoral pla - The Sinu, gag sf as prevalent 
as it is amongst the Indians of Ameri 
e fruit of рә ME. а kara 
milky juice fi lows, which causes а burning effect on 
PUN da y direct 
[mm how Му p 
ÁN ад examination n of all plan 
tic properties would supply the defe | im 
һе natives 
)Omsessing narco 
the skin. вава E. Rd 
Has сап 
Mushrooms which la 
abeolutely noxious, on the 36-48 pe 
In Fiji the leaves of the s 
enger oleraceum, Dun), а 
to Solanum nigrum Ls. d 
ана (Solanum ^ p" those of 
a | pau 
iny oer 
е Yorws of IMs. Herald, vol 
our boat's crew becoming ev pa 
l wood. | a 
s afer lighting a ire vi Малага x from the 
it ho efi 
ew years ago, but I found so many objects of iterat 
on the journey that I was longer on the way than I 
