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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Cerbera (No. 3); a third species; compare C. iiianghas. The fruit seeming thicker and 

 more obtuse; no wiiitc floral bracts. A small tree, abounding, especially along the 

 sea-shore. 



parviflora, Forst. (No. 4); a fourth species. Twenty feet high, the trunk rather 



slender; the leaves very large. On the islet near the anchorage, rare. 

 (Tabernjemontana, No. 1); Apucynoid. A shrub, six to eight feet high; leaves penni- 



nerved; flowers white, the corolla tubular; geminate orange-colored or yellow capsules; 



seeds in two bodies, live or six in each, enveloped in red pulp. 

 (Melodinus ? No. 1). A vine; not in flower; leaves large, ovate, acute at each end, 



petioled. 



Geniostoma (No. 4) ; perhaps, bis (No. 2) Samoa. A frequent shrub, six to ten feet high, 

 with weak branches. Forster appears to have had this plant in mind when he gave the 

 name of " Coprosma" to a Rubiaceous shrub. The odor of the flowers is very remarkable, 

 and has proved the source of ludicrous mistakes. 



(Labordia 'Z, No. 3 ; compare No. 2 Samoa). A shrub or small tree, twenty feet high ; 

 large, smooth leaves, cushioned at base ; a long, tubular corolla. In the forest. 



(Ipomoea) turpethum ? ; bis (No. 1 iMetia to Taheiti, and Otafuan and Phoenix coral- 

 islands); leaves broad-cordate. Submaritime; growing along the sea-shore, and rather 

 fre(|uent. 



( ) pes caprag?; bis (Brazil, and No. 2) Metia to Samoa. Frequent in maritime 



sands. 



(Pharbitis? No. 1). Convolv. ; leaves cordate, acuminate; flowers large, blue. 



Nov. gen. aspera, bis (No. 3) Samoa; Cordia of Forster. Minute flowers. 



Tournefortia (argentea, bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa). Growing along 



the sea-shore, once only met with. 

 Solanuiu ; compare (No. 2) Samoa. Bearing red, Capsicum-like fruit. Growing along 



the sea-shore. 



(No. 4) ; perhaps a distinct species. Leaves broad, with close pubescence on the 



nervures. Growing along tlie sea-shore. 



Siegesbeckia (No. 1, bis Metia to Taheiti). Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



(Batatas, No. 1; compare B. edulis, .Metia to Samoa). Habit of Calystegia sepium, but 



true Convolv. ; leaves narrow-cordate ; flowers purple. (Growing spontaneously). 

 Capsicum (frutescens, bis No. 4 Peru); flowers rather large. Introduced; growing in 



cultivated ground. 



Nicotiana tabacum, (bis Metia to Samoa, and No. 6 North America). A few stocks culti- 

 vated; introduced by trading and colonial Whites. 



Physalis (bis Taheiti to Samoa); smooth. Growing around dwellings; introduced by 

 aboriginal settlers. 



(edulis, bis Taheiti to Samoa, and compare No. 7 Chili, Peru, and) Cape-goose- 

 berry. Growing around dwellings; introduced by aboriginal settlers. 

 Lycium (Barbaruni). Introduced by trading and colonial Whites. 



Leucas 10-dentatus, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Not very frequent; introduced by 

 aboriginal settlers. 



Gen. Labiiit. (Teucrioid, No. 1). Calyx inflated, having five equal teeth; corolla not seen. 

 Growing in cultivated ground. 







