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plants are generally the same as in the Taheitian and Samoan groups ; 

 as will appear from the following List of them : 



Magnoliacese, 



Chailletiaceae, 



Nvctasinaceae ?, 



Menispemiaceae, 



AquilariaceJB, 



Salsohiceae, 



Eerberidaceas, 



the tribe Vicieae, 



Eleagnaceae, 



Nymphaeacese, 



Onagraceae, 



Amentaceae, 



Papaveracese, 



Halorageae, 



(Cycadaceae), 



Fumariaceae, 



Ceratophyllaceae, 



Hydrocharideae, 



Cruciferae, 



Philadelphaceae, 



Alismaceae, 



Droseraceas, 



Crassulacea3, 



Iridaceae, 



Polygalacese, 



Paronychiaceae, 



Hajraodoraceae, 



Frankeniacese, 



the tribe Saxifrageas, 



Amaryllideas, 



Caryopliyllacese, 



Umbelliferae, 



Hypoxidaceaj, 



Linacese, 



Caprifoliaceae, 



Comnielinaceae, 



Bombacese, 



Valerianaceae, 



Pontederiaceae, 



Hypericaceae, 



Vacciniaceae, 



Liliaceae, 



Marcgraaviaceae, 



Ericaceae, 



Juncacoae, 



Hippocrateaceae, 



the tribe Khododendreae, 



Restiaceae, 



Erythroxylaceae, 



Primulaceae, 



Typhaceae, 



Geraniaceae, 



Gentianeae, 



the tribe Agrostideae, 



Balsaminaceae, 



Bignoniaceae, 



Equisetaceje. 



Oxalidaceae, 



Myoporaceae, 





Zygophyllaeeae, 



Plantaginaceae, 





The following plants were found growing on the Feejee Islands : 



Cletuatis sp. nov., (No. 1). Habit of the New Zealand sp.; leaves trifuliolate, the leaflets 



entire. " Ovolau," Brackenridge ; rare.* 

 Dillenia (No. 1); compare D. speciosa. A small tree, twenty feet high; the flowers white. 



Frequent on Ovolau, and elsewhere. 

 (Euryandroid, No. 1); gen. incert. Habit of Leguminosse; the leaves alternate, simple, 



or sometimes trifoliolate ; axillary cymes ; the corolla not seen ; calyx and follicle Con- 



* Cardamine ? sarmentosa, (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Growing around dwellings 

 on Ovolau; introduced (aboriginally, perhaps by colonial Polynesians). 



Bi'assica (rapa; bis Taheiti and Tongatabu, and No. 2 Europe) ; the turnip. Levuka on 

 Ovolau ; introduced by trading and colonial Whites. 



Urena (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Naturalized in cultivated ground ; (introduced 

 by aboriginal settlers). 



(lobata. No. 2) ; a second species. Leaves dissected, or deeply 5-lobed. Growing 



in cultivated ground at Rewa. 



Gossypium (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). A shrub, four to six feet high ; the leaves 

 small, black-dotted, pubescent, trilobed, the lobes acuminate; flowers small. Abun- 

 dantly naturalized, (having been introduced by aboriginal settlers). A variety pro- 

 ducing oclirey or "nankin-colored wool," seen by Mr. Peale. 



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