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DISTRIBUTION OB PLANTS. 



Terminalia; bis, compare (No. 2) Samoa. Leaves pubescent beneath ; the fruit not mar- 

 gined. Submaritime ; frequent along the sea-shore. 



Khizophora ; bis (No. 1) Samoa ; the mangrove With exposed spreading interlaced 

 roots, forming tangled beds in the portion of the lagoon within the tidal overflow. 



; possibly distinct; larger in all its parts; leaves having a soft mucro or point, 



which is easily deciduous. 



Bruguiera; apparently, bis (No. 1) Samoa; but not becoming a tree. Intermingled with 

 the mangroves in the portion of the lagoon within the tidal overflow; frequent. 



Myrtus? (No. 3). Eight to ten feet high; leaves ovate, pointed; calyx 5-fid ; pedicels 

 solitary ; berry of the size of a pea. Growing in the savanna or natural opening, and 

 elsewhere. 



Gen. Myrtac. (No. 1). Very large elliptical leaves; no flowers, nor fruit. Frequent in 



the forest ; young stocks in company also frequent. 

 Cucumis; bis?, compare (No. 1 Metia to) Taheiti. Normal; flowers small, yellow; fruit 



small, and smooth. Growing around dwellings. 

 Portulaca (No. 4) ; apparently distinct from Samoan sp. Hairs at the base of the leaves; 



five large yellow petals. Near the sea-shore, rare. 

 Sesuvium (No. 1); compare Trianthema polyantha of the Voyage of the Astrolabe. 



Flowers purple ; polyandrous. Along the margin of the lagoon, forming loose beds a 



foot high at about highwater mark ; frequent. 

 Nov. gen. Cus.sonioid ; bis (No. 1) Samoa. A shrub, six to fifteen feet high; leaves 



three to four feet long. In the forest, not infrequent. 

 Loranthus; compare (No. 2) Samoa. 



Spondias dulcis, (bis No. 1 Metia to Samoa) ; the vi-plum. Introduced, a few trees 

 planted in the village of Nukualofa. 



Tephrosia piscatoria, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Growing as a weed ; probably in- 

 troduced by aboriginal settlers. 



(Pachyrhizus ? No. 1, compare Metia; recorded as) Phaseolus. Spoken of, as cultivated 

 for the sake of its esculent tuberous root. Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Erythrina (bis No. 1 Taheiti to Samoa). Planted in the villages ; introduced by abori- 

 ginal settlers. 



Abrus precatorius, (bis No. 1 Metia to Samoa). The flowers small, purple. Naturalized, 

 growing often in wild situations in the forest ; introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Poinciana pulcherrima, (bis Taheiti to Samoa). Flowers worn for ornament in the hair. 

 Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Cassia Occidentalis ?, (bis Taheiti to Samoa), but woody. Planted in the village of 

 Nukualofiu 



Mimosa pudica; bis (Taheiti to Samoa), but in more flourishing beds. Introduced, a 

 weed around dwellings. 



(Serianthes myriadenia, No. 1, bis Taheiti); gen. Acacioid. Tamarind-like, but the 

 seeds very small. A low spreading tree, twenty feet in height ; petioles and mid-ribs 

 hairy ; leaflets smaller. Planted in the village of Nukualofa. 



Terminalia (catappa, No. 4). A spreading tree, sometimes forty feet high ; fruit mar- 

 gined. Planted ; having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



