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promise fair results. A number of healthy-looking 
plants grow in the garden of Mr. Binner, of Levuka, 
where the grape-vine (Vitis vinifera, Linn.) and various. 
other useful plants, recently brought to the islands, are 
also to be met with. The different species of Citrus, 
shaddocks, oranges, lemons, and Seville oranges, are 
known collectively as ‘‘ Moli,” and distinguished from 
each other by additional names. The shaddock (Citrus 
Decumana, Linn.) or Moli kana (7. e. edible Molli), is ex- 
tremely common, and thickly lines the banks of rivers; 
as, for instance, that of Namosi in Viti Levu, where, 
during our stay in August, 1860, the stillness of night 
was frequently broken by the heavy splash of the fall- 
ing fruits. There is a variety with white, another with 
pink, flesh, both. of which are much liked by the natives. 
The Moli kurukuru (Citrus vulgaris, Risso) is equally com- 
mon, but the Fijians do not make use of it as an article. 
of diet. The Moli kara, or lemon (Citrus medica, Risso), 
has been brought from Tahiti, about 1823, by Mr. Van- 
derford, and is almost exclusively confined to the neigh- 
bourhood of present or former habitations of white 
settlers. The Moli ni Tahaiti (Citrus Aurantium, Linn.) 
is the common variety of the orange, also derived, as 
the native name indicates, from the Society Islands, 
whence it was introduced simultaneously with the le- 
mon, by Mr. Vanderford. Like the other species of 
Citrus just mentioned, it succeeds well, and small car- 
goes of it have occasionally been shipped to New Zea- 
land. The pomegranate (Punica Granatum, Linn.) is a 
recent acquisition. The pine-apple (Ananassa sativa, 
Lindl.), vernacularly termed “ Balawa ni papalaqi,” or 
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