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(Paritium) tiliaceum, (No. 1 ; compare Brazil. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Nov. gen. procumbens, (No. 1); Triumfetta of Forster. A procumbent vine; leaves 



roundish-cordate ; flowers yellow. Maritime. (Afterwards seen on Aimeo, and on the 



Phoenix coral-islands). 



Calophyllum (inophyllum; No. 1); a magnificent tree. Frequent on the flat summit of 

 the island. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti, and by Mr. Rich on the Tarawan coral- 

 islands). 



Dodonaea (No. 1 ; compare Brazil and Lower Peru. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 (Xylosma ? No. 1). A shrub; leaves alternate, oblong, acute at each end, crenately 

 dentate, reticulate ; (compare the Betuloid shrub afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Gossypium (religiosum ?; No. 1). A spreading shrub, six to eight feet high. (After- 

 wards seen on Taheiti). 



Sida(No. 2); near S. spinosa. A frequent weed. (Afterwards on Taheiti). 



Urena (No. 1) ; leaves slightly trilobed ; flowers not seen ; the fruit echinate. (Afterwards 

 seen on Taheiti). 



Cardiospermum (No. 1). Apparently only naturalized. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Spondias dulcis, (No. 1) ; the vi-plum. In the fertile soil of the flat summit of the island. 



(Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 (Tephrosia piscatoria, No. 1) ; the pod notalate. Naturalized. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Desmodium (purpureum ; No. 2) ; flowers purple, in a dense raceme. (Afterwards seen 



on Taheiti). 



Abrus precatorius, (No. 1). Apparently only naturalized. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 (Pachyrhizus ? No. 1 ; recorded as) Dolichos ? ; leaves trifoliolate. Cultivated for its 



"esculent yam-like root;" (see Tongatabu). 

 Carica papaya, (bis No. 1 Tropical America). Cultivated ; and a favorite fruit with the 



natives. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Morinda; bis (No. 1 Paumotuan) coral-islands. The ripe fruit edible. (Afterwards seen 



on Taheiti). / 

 Siegesbeckia (No. 1) ; normal. Growing as a weed. (Afterwards observed on Taheiti). 

 (Batatas edulis; No. 1, bis Peru and Brazil); the flowers seemed smaller than in the 



variety we have in the United States ; the roots also smaller and more fibrous, yet of 



good quality. Cultivated in patches oa the flat summit of the island. (Afterwards 



seen on Taheiti). 



Nicotiana tabacum, (bis No. 6 North America). Cultivated in a few small patches around 

 the houses of the natives. (Obtained from trading and colonial Whites, perhaps at 

 Taheiti). 



(Leucas decem-dentatus. No. 1. In cultivated ground. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Boerhaavia (procumbens ?, No. 3); flowers minute. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Achyranthes (No. 2); seeming distinct from sp. of Paumotuan coral-islands. On the flat 

 summit of the island. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti, and compare Bellinghausen coral- 

 island). 



Amaranthus (No. 1). Growing as a weed, and probably introduced. 



Aleurites triloba, (No. 1); the stocks all young, with the leaves mostly five-lobed. Fre- 



<|uent, but probably planted. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Broussonetia papyrifera, (No. 1). A tree, in otie instance forty feet high; the branches 



