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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



large leaf and a small one, alternating; long, glom. aments. "Upolu," Rich and Bracli- 

 enridge. 



Procris ? (No. 3). A tree of medium size; leaves alternate, ovate, subcordate. Tutuila 

 and Savaii. 



(Gen. Morus-like, No. 1 ; recorded as) Procris?. The agglomerate fruit white, somewhat 

 resembling that of Morus alba, and similar also in taste ; leaves ovate, acuminate, the 

 under surface white. Frequent on Savaii. 



Celtis? (No. 2). A small tree, with long branches; leaves cordate, long-acuminate; inflo- 

 rescence axillary. Frequent on Tutuila and Savaii. 



Gen. Urticac. ? (No. 1). Leaves alternate, somewhat resembling those of Pyrus com- 

 munis; the young shoots articulate; aments simple. " Upolu," Rich and Brackenridge. 



Ficus ; apparently the Taheitian sp. On Upolu. 



(No. 4); leaves inequally-cordate at base, oblong, acuminate; fruit glob., sessile, 



densely setose. Savaii. 

 (No. 5) ; leaves smooth, oblong, inequ., the nervures directed forwards ; fruit 



pedicelled. In the forest of Interior Savaii. 

 (No. 6) ; leaves cordate at base ; fruit long-pedicelled, apparently smooth. 



Savaii. 



? (No. 7) ; by resident Whites improperly termed the " banyan tree." One on 



Upolu was visited by Mr. Rich ; but proved lofty and inaccessible, so that he was 

 unable to procure specimens, or persuade the natives to ascend. (Compare the species 

 afterwards seen on Tongatabu and the Feejee Islands). 



Piper (No. 3) ; a third species. A vine, overspreading trees a hundred feet high ; leaves 

 ovate, 5-nerved ; spike very long. Frequent on Tutuila and Savaii. 



(No. 4) ; a fourth species. A shrub ; leaves round-cordate, acuminate. Tutuila. 



(No. 5); a fifth species. Creeping and rooting on the trunks of trees; leaves 



cordate, acuminate; spikes not seen. Tutuila and Savaii. 



Peperomia (No. 2) ; leaves alternate, ovate, acute, short-petiolcd. Frequent on Tutuila 

 and Savaii. 



(No. 3) ; compare the last sp. Leaves alternate, elliptical, or obovate. Savaii. 



(No. 4); leaves opposite, lanceolate, petioled, three inches. "Upolu," Rich 



and Brackenridge. 



Curcuma (No. 1, compare Taheiti) ; turmeric. The powdered root used by the natives, 

 but the plant not seen. 



Musa paradisica, (No. 1 ; bis Metia to Taheiti). As many as " twenty varieties" culti- 

 vated by the natives; including one that bears perfect seeds, (the only seeds of a Musa 

 I have ever met with). Manua, Tutuila, and Savaii. — A "Chinese variety" had been 

 introduced by the missionaries; the single stock at the station on Upolu not yet in 

 flower ; the leaves mutic, the under surface slightly glaucous. 



nov. sp. (No. 2; bis Taheiti), but a diff"erent variety, called the "puputa." 



The swelling and very large fruit having the shape of a young cocoa-nut ; the spadix 

 upright and simple, or the carpels arising singly from the central rachis or flower-stem ; 

 the leaves long-acuminate, or distinctly caudate ; flowers single and very large. Savaii, 

 only seen cultivated; the fruit when eaten, coloring the urinary secretion. 



Crinum (No. 1); large. Savaii; and seen by Mr. Brackenridge "cultivated on Manua." 



