316 DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



calyx tonientoso, 5-ficl j fruit larne, indehiscent; seed single, the cotyledons small, 

 buried in pithy substance. Growing along the margin of the lagoon-like inlet, behind 

 the mangroves, and above highwater mark. 

 Grewia mallococca, Forst. (No. 1 ). A small tree, twenty feet high, frequent. Compare G. 

 tiliEefolia of Richard. 



Gen. Sapot. (No. 2); Aegiceras-like. A shrub, twelve feet high, having the Termi- 

 nalia mode of growth; leaves obovate, entire, one and a half inches long; sepals six, 

 three outer ones and three inner; a long and persistent style. Near the margin of 

 the lagoon-like inlet. 



(No. 3); Achras-like. Leaves scattered, obovate, entire ; larger than the last. 



Found by Mr. Rich. 



(Gen. Olacac. ?), bis (No. 1) Samoa. Short spines ; Diospyroid leaves; no flowers, nor fruit. 

 (Microinelum ) niinutuni; bis (Nu. 1) Samoa A shrub, six to ten feet high. Frequent. 

 Calophylluni inophylluui, (bis No. 1 Mctia to Samoa). Young stocks only. 



( ) ; perhaps, bis (No. 2) Samoa. Rare ; leaves obtained by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(Gen. Sapindac. ?) ; bis (No. 1) Samoa. Terebinth. ? ; stipules at base. Young stocks only. 

 (Xylocarpus, No. 1). A tree, twenty feet high ; leaves pari pinnate, 2-3-jugis, smooth 



above, reticulate beneath ; flowers not seen. Subuiaritime ; growing along the margin 



of the lagoon. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. A tree twenty feet high, branching from the base ; 



leaves irregularly pari-pinnate, the petioles persisting; calyx 4-fid; petals four, the 

 interior tube 8-dentate ; stamens eight, style single; fruit of the size of an orange, 

 with four large seeds. Growing along the margin of the lagoon, behind the mangroves 

 and above highwater mark ; abundant. 



Gen. Pittosporac. ? (No. 1). A tree, branching, twenty-five feet high; leaves scattered, 

 entire; flowers numerous, small ; calyx 5-fid ; tube of the corolla of five weakly-united 

 petals; berry of the size of a cherry, orange-colored, two-valved as in Geniostoma, the 

 seeds numerous, imbedded in pulp. 



Gen. (Pittospor. ?, No. 1). Habit of Cordia ; ten to fifteen feet high; leaves scattered, 

 obovate, entire; cymes; calyx 5-fid; five distinct petals; berry superior, of the size of 

 a pea. Frequent. 



(rapa, bis Taheiti, United States, and No. 2 Europe); the turnip. A weed 



around the Mission-houses; introduced by trading and colonial Whites. 



Gossypium, bis (No. 1 Metia to Samoa). Growing around dwellings; introduced by abori- 

 ginal settlers. 



Urena, bis (No. 1 Metia to Samoa). A fre([uent weed in cultivated ground ; introduced 

 by aboriginal settlers. 



(Abelnioschus nioschatus, No. 1, bis Taheiti to Samoa). In cultivated ground; intro- 

 duced by aboriginal settlers. 



Sida ; bis'/, compare Samoa. One to one and a half feet high. In cultivated ground, 

 not very frequent ; introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Citrus decumanu (No. 2); the .shaddock. A tree, thirty feet high, with the trunk a foot 

 or more in diameter; spines (on the young branches). Frequent; introduced by abori- 

 ginal settlers, and already here at the time of Cook's first visit. 



(iimonum, bis Taheiti to Samoa) ; the lime. Frequent; obtained from trading 



and colonial Whites. 



