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the leaves larger than in the other species, verticillate in threes ; the drupe also larger, 

 solitary, three-fourths of an inch long by half an inch thick. Tutuila and Savaii. 



(Tylophora ?, No. 1); gen. Cynanchoid. An herbaceous vine; leaves ovate, subcordate, 

 acuminate; umbel long-peduncled ; flowers small, greenish; follicles geminate, long, 

 tapering towards the apex ; seeds flat, pencilled. Savaii. 



( ) ; perhaps a second species. The leaves larger, four inches by three, cordate ; 



umbel compound, slightly pilose ; flowers small, greenish. Savaii. 



Hoya (No. 1). Smooth; leaves broad-lanceolate, acute, opposite, often falsely alternate 

 from the deficiency of one in each pair; follicles long; seeds tufted. Frequent on Savaii. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. Larger; stem closely puberulous ; leaves broad at base. 



In the forest of Interior Savaii. 



(No. 3) ; perhaps a third species. Stem smooth and fleshy ; leaves large, sub- 

 cordate at base, elliptical ; flowers white. Manua. 



Cerbera (No. 2) ; a second species. " Upolu," Rich. 



(Geniostoma, No. 2). A shrub, eight feet high ; leaves opposite, herbaceous, entire; 

 flowers axillary ; about five calyx-teeth ; corolla 5-fid, inconspicuous, hairy inside ; sta- 

 mens five, style one ; capsule of one cell, bivalved, the seeds numerous. In the coast 

 portion of Tutuila, and elsewhere. 



(No. 3) ; seeming distinct ; the leaves coriaceous, a margin becoming visible when 



held to the light ; capsule superior. On the mountain-ridge in Tutuila, at the eleva- 

 tion of eighteen hundred feet. 



(Labordia, No. 2); a second species. Tube of the corolla more slender, and longer than 

 in the Taheitian species; the five calyx-segments overlapping as in Convolvulus; the 

 calyx bibract. at base; stamens five; seeds small, numerous. Savaii, somewhat rare. 



(Ipomoea) pes-capras ; bis (Brazil, and No. 2 Metia and Taheiti). Manua, Tutuila, and 

 Upolu, growing in maritime sands. 



(Calonyction, No. 1) ; much resembling Ipomoea turpethum. Leaves broad-cordate, reti- 

 culate, penninerved, acuminate, the basal sinus open ; flowers white, the tube of the 

 corolla four inches long. Growing along the sea-shore of Tutuila 



(Batatas edulis, No. 1; compare Taheiti). Leaves cordate-hastate; flowers purple; 

 capsule small, 3 to 4-lobed. Frequent in cultivated ground on Tutuila and Savaii; but 

 not used. — The sweet potato (bis Metia to Taheiti) abundantly cultivated ; (having 

 been introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Nicotiana tabacum, (bis Metia and Taheiti, and No. 6 North America). Yery generally 

 cultivated in small patches around the houses of the natives; (having been obtained 

 from trading and colonial Whites). Manua and Savaii. 



Physalis; bis (Taheiti); small, smooth. Tutuila and Savaii, growing around houses; in- 

 troduced (by aboriginal settlers). 



(edulis, bis Taheiti, and compare No. 7 Chili and Peru); the "Cape gooseberry;" 



pubescent. "Upolu," Rich and Brackenridge. 



Solanum repandum ; bis (No. 1) Taheiti. Habit of S. melongena; the fruit pubescent. 

 Naturalized in cultivated ground on Tutuila, Upolu, and Savaii ; introduced (by abori- 

 ginal settlers). 



nigrum '!, (bis Taheiti, and compare No. 28 (Jalifornia, Chili, and Peru) ; flowers 



very small; berries black. Tutuila and Savaii ; introduced (by aboriginal settlers). 



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