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A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC 



Table illustrating the Degree of Buoyancy of the Seeds and 

 Fruits of Inland Fijian Plants {continued) 



Canarium sp. 

 „ sp. 

 Canna indica. 



Citrus aurantium (3-4 weeks). 

 „ decumana ( I month). 

 „ limonum (5 weeks). 

 ,, vulgaris, R. (6-7 weeks). 

 Coix lachryma (2-7 days). 

 Commersonia platyphylla. 

 Cordyline sepiaria. 

 Couthovia corynocarpa (a few days). 

 Cucumis acidus (a few days). 

 Cucurbita sp. (several months). 

 Cupania sp. 



Dammara vitiensis (7-10 days). 

 Dioscorea sativa (a few days). 



„ sp. 

 Dracontomelon sylvestre. 



sp. 

 Elasocarpus sp. 



„ sp. (a few days). 



Eranthemum sp. 

 Eugenia malaccensis (2-4 weeks). 



„ effusa? (4-7 days). 



,, confertiflora? (10-12 days). 



„ rariflora (a few days). 



„ corynocarpa (a few days). 



,, rivularis (a week). 

 Fagrsea Berteriana (a few days). 

 Ficus Harveyi^ 



,, scabra j- (7-10 days). 



» sp. J 



Gardenia vitiensis (4-5 weeks). 

 Geissois ternata. 

 Geophila reniformis. 

 Gnetum gnemon. 

 Grewia sp. 



Guettarda sp. (a lew weeks). 

 Hibiscus Abelmoschus (months). 



„ seculentus. 

 Ilydrocotyle asiatica (months). 

 Ipomea batatas. 



„ insularis {nil or months). 



„ peltata (weeks or months). 



(nil 



weeks or 



Ipomea turpethum 

 months). 

 „ sp. (7-10 days). 

 Lindenia vitiensis (weeks or months). 

 Maba sp. (7-10 days). 

 Macaranga sp. (1-2 weeks). 

 Melastoma denticulatum. 

 Micromelum minutum. 

 Momordica Charantia (a few days). 

 Morinda Forsteri. 

 Mussaenda frondosa. 

 Myristicasp.|(3_^^^y3)_ 



Myrmecodia sp. 

 Nelitris vitiensis (a few days). 

 Nephelium pinnatum (a few days). 

 Ophiorrhiza leptantha. 

 Phyllanthus sp. 

 sp. 

 Piper Macgillivra)^. 

 Pittosporum sp. 

 Pleiosmilax vitiensis. 

 Portulaca (lutea ? ). 



„ quadrifida. 

 Premna serratifolia. 

 Pritchardia pacifica. 

 Psychotria sp. 

 sp. 



„ sp. 



„ sp. 

 sp. 

 Ptychosperma sp. 

 Rhaphidophora vitiensis. 



^^P°'^^P:}(afewdays). 



Scsevola floribunda. 

 Spondias dulcis (a month). 

 Sterculia sp. (seeds nil, fruits months). 

 Stylocoryne sambucina (2 or 3 days). 

 Tabernaemontana (orientalis ?) (a few days). 

 Tacca maculata {nil or a few days). 

 Trichospermum Richii (a few days). 

 Urena lobata. 

 Veitchia Joannis. 

 „ sp. 



NOTE 5 (page 14). 

 The Inland Fijian Plants possessing Buoyant Seeds or Fruits 



They come under the following heads : — 



(a) Plants of the stream-border or the pond-side or of the inland 

 swamp, «.^., Lindenia vitiensis and Hydrocotyle asiatica. The extension of 

 the principle by which plants with buoyant seeds or fruits are located, not 

 only at the sea-side but at the water-side generally, is here involved, as 

 explained in Chapter III. 



