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Bletia?; bis (No. 1) Samoa. Growing in the above-described savanna, or natural opening. 

 Calanthe; bis (No. 1) Samoa. Capsule very large. Growing in the above-described 



savanna, and elsewhere. 

 (Tacniophyllum) fasciola ; compare (No. 1 Taheiti to) Samoa ; but the flowers seemed 



larger. On trunks of trees, not very abundant. 

 Gen. Orchioid with nodding raceme, (No. 1). One to two feet high; leaves large; flowers 



purple ; capsule large. 



Gen. Orchioid. with axillary racemes, (No. 1). Two to three feet high ; compound pani- 



cled axillary racemes of slender, white, nodding flowers. 

 Dendrobium-like but terrestrial, (No. 1). One to two feet high; leaf-stalk bulbous at 



base; the flower-stem separate. In the forest, rare. 

 Dianella ; compare (No. 1) Taheiti. Growing near the sea-shore, frequent. 

 Smilax (No. 1) ; normal. In the deep forest, rare. 



Scleria; bis (No. 3) Samoa. Four to six feet high. Growing in the vicinity of the 

 above-described savanna. 



Fimbristylis (No. 3) ; a third species ; compare F. complanata, Vahl. Flat-leaved ; one to 

 one and a half feet high, stem sulcate. In the savanna. 



Trichelostylis (No. 1); Scirpus of authors. Habit of S. autumnalis; a foot high; radical 

 flat leaves : stem alate or ancipital ; panicle lateral. Growing in tufts in the savanna. 



(Abilgaardioid, No. 1). Habit of Eleocharis tuberculosa, but leafy at base; spike com- 

 pressed or spiral. Abounding in the savanna. 



Gen. Paniceae?; bis (No. 1 Samoa). Creeping in maritime sands, frequent. 



Paspalum; compare (No. 1) Taheiti. Smooth in all its parts. Abounding in the 

 savanna. 



Lepturus (repens, Lesson ; No. 2, compare Paumotuan and Phoenix coral-islands, and 

 Samoa). In sands along the sea-shore, rare. 



" Phrynium ;" large, broad leaf. " Growing near cultivated ground," Eich. (Intro- 

 duced by trading and colonial Whites). 



Musa paradisica, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Cultivated, but not abundant; introduced 

 by aboriginal settlers. Young stocks only met with, and ripe fruit extremely rare. 

 The island, however, is rather famed for bananas ; and the natives appeared to be very 

 discriminating in selecting the soil best adapted to their cultivation. 



Crinum (compare No. 1 Samoa). In cultivated ground. Mr. Brackenridge thought it 

 differed from the species seen on Manua. 



Dioscorea; bis (No. 1 Metia to) Samoa. Broad-leaved; the roots "bitter," and not 

 edible. Frequent in cultivated ground. 



alata; bis (No. 4 Samoa). Seeming the most important article of food, and there- 

 fore abundantly cultivated at no great distance; (probably, as above intimated, on the 

 neighboring island of Eoa). Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Tacca (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). In cultivated ground, but not seen planted ; intro- 

 duced by aboriginal settlers. 



Dracajna terminalis, (No. 1, bis IMetia to Samoa). In cultivated ground, but not seen 

 planted ; introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Cocos nucifera, (bis Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa and Iloorn Island). So abun- 

 dantly cultivated, that from the .sea the whole island seemed to be a grove of cocoa- 

 palms. Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



