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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Gen. (Simariib. ? No. 1 ; a congener of New Zealand Zanthoxylum ?). Involucre of 

 floral disc having about six teeth ; the enlarging, Ochna-like receptacle bearing as 

 many as seven ovoid, one-seeded berry-like drupes ; leaves opposite, entirish, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, smooth; flowers not seen. On mountains in Tutuila. 



(Gen. Acronychioid ?, No. 1; recorded a.s) Amyroid ?. A tree of medium size; leaves 

 alternate, obovate, entire, densely and minutely pellucidly-punctate, the petiole articu- 

 late at the base of the leaf; calyx 4-fid ; petals four, estiv. valv. ; stamens eight; 

 style single, very short ; flowers inconspicuous, in axillary crowded panicles, that have 

 opposite branches. Savaii. 



( ?) ; perhaps the same species. Leaves subopposite, petioled, elliptical, entire, 



sometimes trifoliolate ; panicles axillary ; calyx 4-fid, and petals four; style single ; sta- 

 mens eight, the alternate ones shorter. " A tree on Tutuila," Brackenridge. 



( ?). A shrub ; leaves opposite, entire, obovate, the petiole articulate at the base 



of the leaf ; the flowers not seen. Savaii. 



( ?, No. 2). Having the habit of Ilex ; the leaves coriaceous, petioled, entire, 



punctate ; panic, axill., op. pedunc. ; calyx 4-fid; petals four; stamens eight, the alter- 

 nate ones shorter; stigmas four, separating in the ripe fruit; berry or capsule superior, 

 containing four one-seeded cells, but three of the seeds usually abortive. On the moun- 

 tain-ridge in Tutuila. 



Gen. incert. (No. 3; compare Metia and Taheiti). A vine; leaves opposite, comp. ; 

 leaflets petioled, ovate, subcordate, integerrim. Upolu. 



(Alphitonia, No. 1); gen. Rhamnoid. A tree of medium size, having the habit of 

 Laurus ; leaves petioled, ovate, lanceolate, penninerved ; axillary few-flowered racemes ; 

 the berry half inferior, or with a large disc at base, and containing two seeds. Fre- 

 quent on ridges in Tutuila. 



((/olubrina) Asiatica, (bis No. 1 Metia and Taheiti). Not abutidant, perhaps introduced ?. 

 Upolu, and elsewhere. 



Gen. incert. (No. 1) ; habit of Rhamnus. Six to twenty feet high ; leaves petioled, ovate, 

 acuminate, serrate ; flowers in axillary clusters ; calyx 5-fid; stigmas seven to eight; 

 the capsule of five one-seeded cells. In the lower portion of Tutuila. 



Gen. Terebinth.? (No. 1). Young branches ferruginous ; leaves impari-pinnate, entire; 

 the leaflets short-petioled ; panic, branch, axillary ; flowers very small, greenish; sta- 

 mens five; style single; corolla 5-fid, or five minute petals?; the fruit not seen. 

 Tutuila and Upolu. 



Cardiospermum (No. 1, bis Metia and Taheiti). In cultivated ground, on Upolu and 



Savaii ; introduced (by aboriginal settlers). 

 (Mallea Rohrii, No. 1 ; see Voyage of the Astrolabe, vol.) ; gen. Meliac. A small tree ; 



leaves alternate, and ternate ; the leaflets petioled, broad-ovate, serrate ; flowers not 



seen ; berries having three or more seeds, rather large. Growing in cultivated ground 



on Savaii. 



Oxalis (repens. No. 1 ; compare Taheiti). Growing around houses on Savaii; having 



been introduced (by aboriginal settlers). 

 (Euodia hortensis. No. 1); gen. Rutac. A spreading shrub; having the odor of rue; 



corolla 4-fid ; carpels about four. In cultivated ground on Tutuila. 

 ; apparently a second species ?. Trifoliolate, with broader leaflets. " Tutuila," 



Brackenridge. 



