2()6 DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Sautaluiii (No. 1). " Sandal-wood formerly sold to traders ; procured on the Interior 

 mountain-ridges, by the aid of ropes and cutting artificial steps." Mr. Morenheit 

 informed me, that "the natives could still furnish specimens; but it is no longer an 

 article of commerce, and has become excessively rai'e." No direct evidence of its 

 existence was met with by ourselves. 



(Onialanthus ?, No. 1). Alow shrub, smooth in all its parts; with poplar-like leaves, 

 broadly cuneate at base, the margin entire; fruit triangular. On mountain-ridges. 



(Gen. Ricinoid, No. 1 ; compare E,. ? Tanarius). A shrub, ten feet high; leaves peltate, 

 dentate. On mountain-ridges. Also seen in Aimeo. 



Phyllanthus (virgata, Forst., No. 1). One to two feet high, but not fruticose ; leaves 

 mostly lanceolate. Frequent in dry situations, and elsewhere near the coast. 



(Glochidium, No. 1 ; recorded as) Bradleja. A tree, thirty feet high, with the trunk a 

 foot and a half in diameter ; spreading, pendent branches ; leaves inequal ; calyx 

 six-cleft. On dry ridges in the vicinity of the coast ; also seen on Aimeo. 



( No. 2); a second species. Habit of the preceding; but only a shrub, eighteen 



inches high; leaves equal. On the mountain-ridge visited in Aimeo. 



(Euphorbia ramosissima. Hook.); bis (No. 1 Paumotuan) coral-islands. An intermediate 

 stipule. Ou dry ridges near the coast. 



Ascarina polystachya, Forst.? (No. 1). A shrub; leaves opposite, petioled, attenuate, 

 crenate ; long and branching aments ; berry minute, one-seeded. In the mountain- 

 forest. 



Coff'ea Arabica. Cultivated; and said to succeed, even in the low valleys; (introduced by 



trading and colonial Whites). 

 (Adenostemma viscosum. No. 1); leaves opposite, Eupatorium-like ; three or more short 



clavate pappus rays. On dry ridges, and in other situations near the coast. Also seen 



on Aimeo. 



Bidens (compare No. 13 Chili and Peru.) Two to six feet high. In ravines, and other 

 situations, frequent. 



Sonchus oleraceus ?, (compare United States, Patagonia, the Peruvian mountain-region. 



and No. 2 Europe). In waste places; introduced. 

 Siegesbeckia (No. 1, bis Metia). A frequent weed; (introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Also seen on Aimeo. 



(Myriogyne minuta, No. 1). A frequent weed in fertile ground; (introduced by abori- 

 ginal settlers). 



Conyza ? (No. 1). Resembling Csenotus Canadensis; upright, two to five feet high. 



Abounding on dry ridges near the coast ; growing as though indigenous. 

 (Cerbera, No. 1). A tree, twenty feet high, with large white flowers. Cultivated for 



ornament by the natives. 

 (Batatas edulis, No. 1 ; bis the variety cultivated on Metia), dilfering from ours in the 



leaf, the smaller flowers, and the smaller and more fibrous roots; which, however, 



are of excellent quality. Perhaps the same species, growing spontaneously on dry 



ridges. 



Cordia sebesteua, (No. 1 ; compare Otafuan, Phoenix, and Wake's coral-islands). A 

 spreading tree, thirty feet high. Apparently introduced, (of course by aboriginal set- 

 tlers ; being) already mentioned by Forster. 



