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a Piper, ratber frequent; various shrubby Acahjpltas, with two or 

 three Qlocliidiums, and other woody Euphorhiacem ; several Pittosporeoe, 

 rather frequent, and some of the species large and almost arborescent; 

 a Gleyera?, a large and ornamental shrub, chiefly growing along the 

 banks of streamlets; <jen. Chlor<intlioid, arborescent, being sometimes 

 twenty feet high ; several large and ornamental Thymelaceons shrubs ; 

 Maba, two or more species becoming small trees ; Cordia ? aspem, 

 already seen on the Samoan Group; an Ucaria? with subsessile 

 fruit; an Acronychia, large and arborescent; Mcesa, two or three spe- 

 cies; gen. Simaridt. ; a Za^orcZm, sometimes twenty feet high; gen. 

 Ficmdike, with ribbed or plicate fruit ; and especially, species of 

 Garyo-pliyllas or wild clove, one of them arborescent, and another, 

 tall, weak-stemmed, and almost vine-like. But the most frequent 

 shrub, in the forest, along its border, and in open situations, was 

 Micromelum mimdum, already seen on the Samoan Group ; a shrubby 

 species of Ficus also abounded in open situations; accompanied by 

 a frequent showy-flowered, shrubby Cassia ; one or two Sccevolas, rare ; 

 and a few shrubby MeJastomacece. 



Of Musacege and Scitaminacete, large herbaceous plants : the gen. 

 Heliconioid, already seen on the Samoan Group, was growing clearly 

 indigenous in the mountain-forest ; where, also, a tall Hedychium-like 

 Amomam ? formed conspicuous tufts and patches, ten to fifteen feet 

 high. 



Beneath the shade of the forest, the space between the trees and 

 shrubs was chiefly occupied with large Ferns, especially abounding in 

 elevated and somewhat moi^^t situations ; but species of Elatostema 

 were frequent, here and there intermingled ; as also, three or four 

 Opliiorhizas and other low suh-herhaceoiis Coffeacem, very generally 

 diffused and rather ornamental, with small foliage, and neat, white, 

 tubular flowers ; also ground Orchidacea}, hardly as frequent and vari- 

 ous as on the Samoan Group; and tufts of a nov.gen. Carexdike abun- 

 dantly scattered through the forest. — Again, beneath the large Ferns 

 and other herbaceous plants, was a luxuriant coating of diminutive 

 Cryptogamous plants : consisting of numerous species of Trichomanes 

 and HymenopiliyUum ; two or three Hypnoid or moss-like Lycopodiums ; 

 and a variety of Bepaticce and real Mosses. In elevated situati'cjns, 

 the Fungus-like Balanopliora, light-avoiding and etioled or blanched, 

 was rather frequent, parasitic at the base of forest-trees on the roots. 



At the elevation of two thousand feet upon one of the moun- 



