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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



(Colubrina Asiatica ; No. 1) ; Ceanothus capsularis of Forster. (Afterwards seen on 

 Talieiti). 



Desmodium (No. 1); near D. gyrans ; flowers distant, or in lax racemes. (Compare sp. 



seen afterwards on Talieiti). 

 Pemphis ; bis (No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands). 



Barringtonia speciosa, (No. 1); a frecjuent and magnificent tree. I could not find tliat 

 any use was made of it by the natives ; (see Feejeeans. The tree afterwards observed 

 on Taheiti). 



Cucumis (No. 1) ; leaves three to five-lobed ; flowers yellow ; fruit small, like a dimi- 

 nutive water-melon, and entirely smooth, bitter. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Guettarda speciosa ; bis (No. I Paumotuan) coral-islands. (Afterwards seen planted on 

 Taheiti). 



(Ipomoea) turpetlium, (No. 1); the capsule inflated. (Afterwards seen on the Phoenix 



coral-islands, and compare sp. on Aimeo). 

 ( ) pes-caprce, (No. 2 ; compare Brazil). Maritime. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



spreading; the leaves large, sometimes eight inches wide, cordate and often trilobed. 



Planted. (Afterwards seen on the Samoan Group). 

 Artocarpus incisa, (No. 1). Planted. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti; and heard of by 



Hale and Rich, as growing on the Tarawan and Radack coral-islands). 

 Casuarina equisetifolia, (No. 1. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Musa paradisica, (No. 1, bis Brazil and Peru); the banana. Cultivated. (Afterwards 

 seen on Taheiti). 



Dracaena terminalis, (No. 1). Frequent on the flat summit of the island, apparently 



cultivated. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Dioscorea (No. 1) ; broad cordate leaves; neither flowers, nor fruit. In cultivated ground 



and neglected clearings. (Probably a species afterwards seen on Taheiti). 

 Tacca pinnatifida, (No. 1). Planted. (Much more abundant than on Taheiti). 

 (Colocasia) niacrorhiza ? (No. 1 ; compare Serle and Vaitupan coral-islands, and Taheiti). 



The young leaves. 



( antiquorum ; No. 2; compare A^aitupan and Tarawan coral-islands). Culti- 

 vated. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Cocos nucifera, (bis Paumotuan coral-islands and No. 1 Tropical America). In regular 

 plantations, both along the beach and on the flat summit of the island. 



Cyperus (No. 1) ; glaucous. (Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Mariscus paniceus, (No. 1. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



Paspalum (No. 1. Afterwards seen on Taheiti). 



; perhaps a second species. 



(Digitaria, compare No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands) ; near Milium paspalodes. (After- 

 wards seen on Taheiti). 



Cenchrus (calyculatus. No. 1) ; spike of three or four capitul. (Afterwards seen on 

 Taheiti). 



Eleusine Indica, (No. 1, bis United States). Frequent, and apparently introduced. 

 (Afterwards seen on Taheiti, Samoa, Tongatabu, the Hawaiian Islands, Zanzibar, and 

 in Oman). 



Saccharum ofiicinarum, (No. 1. The degenerate, juiceless, slender-stemmed variety, 

 afterwards seen naturalized on Taheiti and the other Polynesian Groups). 



