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DISTRIBUTION OP PLANTS. 



" Pemphis." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Otafu coral-islands).* 

 "Petesia? ; shrubby white-berried llubiac, seen at llaraka." (Compare No 1 Paumotuan 



and Swain's coral-islands). 

 " Guettarda." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Swain's coral-islands). 

 " Scaevola." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Otafu coral-islands). 



" ; second species." 



" Convolvulus." (Compare Otafu coral-island). 



" Cordia." (Compare Taheiti, and No. 1 Swain's coral-island). 



" Tournefortia argentea." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Swain's coral- 

 islands). 



" Boerhaavia." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Swain's coral-islands). 



"Pisonia." (Compare Calpidia No. 1 Paumotuan and Rose coral-islands). 



" Achyranthes." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan and Bellinghausen coral-islands). 



" Cassyta." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to the rocky Samoan Group). 



" Boehmeria." (See above, Otafu coral-island). 



" Urtica." (Compare Paumotuan, Bellinghausen, and Otafu coral-islands). 

 " Sciophila ; fleshy plant ; red flat fruit ; Elatostem." (Compare No. 1 Swain's coral- 

 island). 



" Ficus." (Compare No. 1 Otafu coral-Lsland). 



" Pandanus." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to the rocky Samoan Group). 

 " One gramen." (Compare Otafu coral-island). 



" Polypodium." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan to Bellinghausen and Swain's coral-islands). 

 " Asplenium nidus." (Compare No. 1 Taiara coral-island to the rocky Samoan Group). 

 " Lichen." (Compare Paumotuan coral-islands). 



e. The Vaitupan range of Low coral-islands. 



The Peacock visited also the Vaitupan Range " six hundred miles" 

 farther West : yet even at this distance, the natives knew of the Ota- 

 fuan coral-islands, of " Pukapuka," of " Orosenga" in the Samoan 

 Group, and of Rotuma. On the other hand, Mr. Hale ascertained 

 from the printed accounts, that Dillon heard of Yaitupu at Rotuma, 

 and Cook at Tonga. 



18. Funafuti, or EUice's coral-island. Called a group, but found 



* " Gardenia." (Compare Taheiti, and No. 1 Otafu coral-island). 



" Morinda." (Compare No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to the rocky Samoan Group). 



"Hernandia; small." (See above. No. 1 Otafu coral-island). 



" Cocos." (Compare Paumotuan coral-islands to the rocky Samoan Group). 



"Palm; flabellate leaves; apparently same Honolulu." (Compare Borassus, No. 1 



Samoan and Tongan Groups). 

 "The natives unacquainted with tobacco." 



