16 PHYTOGRAPHY OF THE 
TEUCRIUM INFLATUM (Swartz, Prodr Flor. Ind. Occid., 
page 88. 
TANA, near the sea-shores, Three feet high. Corolla purple. 
VERBENACEAE. 
LipPiA NODIFLORA (Cl. Richard, in Michaux Flor. Boreal 
Americ., 1., 15.) 
Tana. Frequent in swampy places. Mr. Campbell records it two 
feet high. Peduncles not rarely opposite, such as may be observed also 
in specimens from other parts of the globe. 
VITEX TRIFOLIA (Linné, fil. suppl. pl., 293.) 
Tana and ANEITYUM. From the latter island with five leaflets, 
representing apparently Vitex bicolor (Willdenow, Euumerat. Plant. 
Hort. Berolin, p. 606.) Leaflets sessile or conspicuously stalked. 
PREMNA OBTUSIFOLIA (R. Brown, frodr. Flor. Nov. 
Holland, 512.) 
ANIWA, in woods. Five feet high. Flowers white. Fruit black. 
The seemingly identical species occurs in New Caledonia and Samoa, 
according to the collections of Dr. Veillard and the Rev. S. T. Whitmee, 
but the distinctions between P. integrifolia (Linné, Manéiss, 252) P. 
Taitensis (J. C. Schauer, in De Candolle, Prodr. xi., 638) and P. latifolia 
(Roxburgh, “lor. Jnd., ., 76) have never yet been set forth with 
clearness. Roxburgh designates the flowers of the last mentioned plant 
as yellow. The length of the petioles of P. obtusifolia is variable, and 
the leaves verge more or less into an oval or orbicular or cordate 
form. 
MYRSINEAE. 
MAESA BAEOBOTRYS (Roemer et Schultes, Syst. Vegetab., 
v. 226.) 
Tana, on sides of hills. Height up to about fifteen feet. Leaves 
charactaceous, verging sometimes into an almost orbicular form. 
Bracteoles rhomboid-orbicular. Lobes of the calyx almost deltoid; those 
of the corolla about as long as the tube, roundish semiovate, white. 
The opposite leaves of some species of Ardisia on the one hand, and 
the almost woody stem of several Lysimachiae on the other hand, oblitrate 
es more the physidgnomic differences between Myrsineae and Primu- 
aceae. 
Mr. Campbell’s collection from Tana contains also a branchlet with 
flower buds only of a sapotaceous tree, evidently distinct from the like- 
wise yet obscure Bassia obovata (G. Forst., Prodr., p. 35) from the same 
island. The sap of this tree should be subjected to experiments for 
ascertaining whether it could be converted into gutta-percha; it being now 
well known that many very different kinds of sapotaceous trees yield this 
substance, now so extensively in demand for commerce and manu- 
factures. 
