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(Paritiuni) tiliaceum, (bis No. 1 Metia). Abundant; and seen also on Aimeo. Called 

 "purau," and said to afford good timber, though of inferior size. The bark used for 

 cordage. 



( tricuspe, Roxb.). Not free from the suspicion of being a variety of the preced- 

 ing, though the leaves differ so remarkably in being three-lobed. A few rather large 

 trees growing in one or more localities on the sea-coast; the originals probably of Rox- 

 burgh's plant, which was brought to Calcutta "from the Society Islands." (We did not 

 meet with P. tricuspe in any place subsequently visited by the Expedition). 



Sida '/ (No. 3) ; but the carpels aristate. SufiFruticose, one to two feet high ; the flowers 

 axillary, glomerate, small, and yellow. Within the shade of the Interior forest ; fre- 

 quent. 



Nov. gen. procumbens, (bis No. 1 Metia); Triumfetta of Forster ; capsule five-celled; the 

 cells one-seeded. Maritime; seen only on Aimeo. 



Commersonia echinata, (No. I. Arborescent); six to twenty feet high. On mountain- 

 ridges; as also in Aimeo. 



Calophyllum (inophyllum; bis No. 1 Metia). Seen only in the vicinity of the sea-coast; 

 called " ati," and the timber " valued for ship-building." 



Gen. incert. Clusia-like, (No. 1). A spreading tree, forty feet high, having the habit of 

 Clusia ; opposite, coriaceous leaves. In the mountain-forest. 



Dodonaea (bis No. 1 Metia). Growing on dry ridges near the sea-coast, and in some 

 localities abundant. 



Gen. incert. (No. 1). A large tree ; leaves pinnate, 5-jugis cum impar. ; flowers not 

 seen. Frequent in the mountain-forest; called "apapi," and " used for large canoes." 



Suriana ; bis (No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands). "On islet within the coral reef," Rich. 



Xylosma suaveolens, Forst. ? (compare No. 1 Metia). A shrub, having alternate, ovate, 

 denticulate, Betuloid leaves; flowers dioecious; calyx 4-parted ; no corolla; stamens 

 numerous; a Celtis-like berry, with four seeds. In the mountain-forest; also seen on 

 Aimeo. 



Gossypium (religiosum ? ; No. 1), bis Metia. Naturalized near the coast; (having been 

 introduced by aboriginal settlers. The wool white) ; the only use observed to be made 

 of it, being for wicks in burning cocoa-nut oil; kept upright in the centre of the recep- 

 tacle by means of two elastic slips. 



Urena lobata, (No. 1, bis Metia). Everywhere an abundant weed ; (introduced by abori- 

 ginal settlers). 



Sida; bis (No. 2, Metia); habit of S. rhombifolia. Abundant; apparently introduced. 

 Citrus aurantium ; the orange. Introduced (by trading and colonial Whites) since Cook's 



first visit; abundantly cultivated ; seen also in remote situations in the Interior. 

 (acida). The so-called "citron," a thick-skinned variety of the lemon; agreeing 



in the acid pulp, but six or eight small rounded seeds in each cell ; cultivated, and seen 



also on mountain-ridges in the Interior. The thin-skinned lemon also seen cultivated; 



this at least, having been introduced since Cook's first visit. 

 (linionum); the lime. Leaves crenate. Abundantly cultivated; introduced (by 



trading and colonial Whites) since Cook's first visit. 

 Cardiospermum (No. 1, bis Metia). Seen in wild situations; (introduced by aboriginal 



settlers). 



Melia azedarach. Introduced, having been " raised from seed" by Rev. Mr. Wilson j 



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