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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



terminal panicle; calyx 6-phyll., scarious; no corolla; capsule or berry containing 

 more than one seed. In the forest of Interior Savaii ; and also on Upolu. 



(Areca, No. 1). A palm, seventy to eighty feet high ; fronds pinnatisect, the segments 

 3-nerved ; inflorescence eight or ten feet below the fronds, the spathe thick and very 

 large, six feet by a foot and a half; calyx of five imbricate scales; nut of the size of 

 a cherry, with the apex turned laterally, the husk a little fleshy externally, and then 

 fibrous. In the forest of Interior Savaii ; also on Upolu. 



(Caryota? No. 1). " A small palm, the stem slender, only two inches in diameter. Upolu," 

 Kich. 



Pandanus (No. 2); apparently a second species. Six to twenty feet high; leaves triquet., 

 long-acuminate, the marginal serratures coarser, fang-like, and pointing forwards ; fruit 

 entirely similar to that of the first species. Seen only on the mountain-ridge in Tutuila, 

 from the elevation of eighteen hundred feet to the summit. 



Freycinetia (No. 2) ; a second species. Very near (No. 1) Taheiti, but the stem stouter, 

 and the leaves larger; margin of the leaf hardly serrulate, but distinct teeth on the 

 midrib; the floral leaves not colored. A decumbent shrub on mountain-ridges in 

 Tutuila. 



■ (No. 3) ; a third species. Climbing, profusely enveloping the trunks of trees ; 



the floral leaves orange-colored. Abounding on Savaii, but seen flowering by myself 

 only on Tutuila. 



Pothos (No. 1) ; leaves broad at base, very large, with natural slits or deep incisures ; the 

 flowers not seen. Investing trunks of trees on Tutuila, frequent. 



; perhaps distinct; leaves broad at base, but small. Savaii. 



(No. 2) ; leaves a foot and a half in length, broad-lanceolate, attenuate at base, 



long-petioled ; flowers not seen. Investing trunks of trees on Savaii. 



; perhaps the same with the last; leaves small, attenuate, broad-lanceolate, 



acuminate. Savaii. 



Flagellaria (No. 1). Climbing, a hundred and fifty to two hundred feet long; a dense, 

 branching panicle ; calyx five-leaved ; stamens apparently six. Abounding, but only 

 once seen in flower. 



Arum Rumphii, (No. 1); the "teveh." Leaves trichotomously ? divided; flower not 

 seen. Cultivated rather frequently on Tutuila and Savaii, (having been introduced by 

 aboriginal settlers). 



Rhynchospora (No. 1) ; near R. corniculata of North America, but rather smaller. 

 Tutuila; (seemingly at home, but perhaps introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Kyllingia (monocephala. No. 1), apparently bis Taheiti. On Manua, Tutuila, Upolu, and 

 Savaii; probably introduced. 



Cyperus ; bis (No. 1 Metia to) Taheiti. Glaucous. Manua, Upolu, and Savaii ; pro- 

 bably introduced. 



Mariscus (paniceus, No. 1 ; bis Metia to Taheiti). On Manua, Tutuila, and Savaii ; 



probably introduced. 

 Panicum ; compare (No. 1) Taheiti. Tutuila and Savaii. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. Small florets. In cultivated ground on Tutuila; (in- 

 troduced by aboriginal settlers). 

 Saccharum ofiicinale, (No. 1, bis Metia to Taheiti) ; the sugar-cane. Cultivated " chiefly 



