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DISTRIBUTION OP PLANTS. 



Orthopofron ; compare (No. 1 Taheiti to) Samoa. In cultivated ground, frequent. 



(No. 2) ; a second species. Much larger, hairy. Frequent in cultivated ground. 



Oynodon (bis No. 1 Taheiti to Samoa). Frequent in maritime sands. 

 Anuropogon (No. 1); the stem branching. Growing in large tufts in the savanna. 

 Psilotum (triquetrum ; bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa). On trunks of 

 trees, I'are. 



Davallia; bis, compare (No. 1 Metia to Samoa). On "root of cocoa-palm," Bracken- 

 ridge ; rare. 



Acrostichum aureum; bis (Brazil, and No. 2 Taheiti to Samoa). Abounding on the flat 

 infiltrated margin of the Lagoon, growing in large tufts. 



Polypodium phymatodes?; compare (No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa). Rather 

 fi'cquent, chiefly growing on the ground. 



Pteris ; bis, compare (No. 7) Samoa. Habit of Stegania; frond simply pinnate. Fre- 

 quent in the savanna. 



Thelypteris ; compare Samoan sp. Pubescent stipe ; frond larger, and the sori larger 

 than in the next species. The most abundant fern, especially in the savanna. 



(No. 5); a species here first met with. Frond narrow, pinn., the segments 



dentate; sori very minute. In the savanna, rare, found by Mr. Brackenridge. 



(Nephrodiuni) ; bis (No. 1 Metia to Samoa), and compare N. exaltatum. The rachis 

 pubescent. Occasionally met with in the forest. 



Asplenium nidus ; bis (No 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa). Not infrequent. 



(Borassus flabelliformis ; No. 1, bis Samoa). Frond only four to five feet in diameter, 

 and the petiole smooth; flowers bisexual; calyx monophyl., corolla of three petals. 

 Planted ; having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Pandanus (bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Samoa). Cultivated; having been intro- 

 duced by aboriginal settlers. 



(Colocasia) macrorhiza, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Cultivated ; having been intro- 

 duced by aboriginal settlers. 



Cyperus; bis? (No. 1 Metia tu) Samoa. Glaucous. Growing near the sea-shore. 



Panicum ; bis? (No. 2) Samoa. Small, smooth. Growing in cultivated ground. 



? (No. 3). Large, the leaves hairy. In cultivated ground, frequent. 



Saccharum officinale, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Abundantly cultivated. The slender- 

 stetnmed variety that grows in wild situations, woven into wicker fences and partitions. 

 The y)laut introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Coix lachryma, (No. 1, bis Samoa). In cultivated ground ; introduced by aboriginal 

 settlers. 



Digitaria (compare No. 2 Taheiti to Samoa); seeming less hairy than D. sanguinalis. 



Abounding in cultivated ground ; having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. 

 (ciliaris, No. 3); seeming a distinct species; more hairy. 



Eleusine Indica, (No. 1, bis Metia to Samoa). Abounding everywhere; having been 



introduced by aboriginal settlers. 

 Rhapis acicularis, (No. 1, bis Taheiti to Samoa). Rare; introduced? by aboriginal 



settlers. 



Cenchrus calyculatus, (No. 1, bis Metia to Taheiti). 



