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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



4-5-jugis, the leaflets small, and Phyllanthus-like ; flowers white, and rather small ; pod 

 not seen. In open ground, on the Leeward side of the group. 

 (Dendrolobium, bis No. 1 Samoa to Tongatabu). A shrub, eight to twelve feet high; 

 mostly littoral, or growing along the sea-shore. Ovolau, and on the North coast of Viti- 

 levu. 



( sp. nov., No. 2) ; a second species. A shrub, eight to ten feet high, niany- 



stennned ; the leaves smaller, and thinner. Muthuata, at the elevation of a thousand 

 feet. 



Desmodium (No. 5). Having small blue flowers. "Ovolau," Brackenridge. 



Dolichos; bis (No. 1 Taheiti to) Tongatabu. Yellow-flowered. Growing in maritime sands. 



Mucuna (No. 2); leaflets very broad; ferruginous pubescence; large green flowers. 



Growing in clearings near Rewa. 

 ; perhaps not distinct from the last ; pod broader and shorter than in the Tahei- 



tian sp., but in like manner having oblique alae ; leaflets large, the under surface 



pubescent. " Ovolau," Brackenridge. 

 sp. nov., (No. 3). Leaflets smooth, pointed ; pod 4-alate, smooth on the sides. 



Growing at Mba. 



(Gen. Mucunoid, No. 1). A thin-leaved woody vine; (the "flowers scarlet," according 



to Mr. Brackenridge). Woods on Ovolau, and elsewhere. 

 Kennedyoid ; bis (No. 1) Tongatabu. Leaves pubescent, Rhynchosia-like ; calyx bilabiate ; 



flowers reddish-purple, the carina elongate. Kewa, and elsewhere; frequent. 

 (No. 2); apparently a second species. The leaves smooth, thin, green on both 



sides ; and the flowers smaller. Ovolau. 

 Canavalia; bis (No. 1 Samoa to Tongatabu). Frequent. 



Glycine ? ; compare (No. 1) Tongatabu. A woody vine, frequent along the sea-shore ; 



used by the natives to poison streams of water, for the sake of capturing the fish. 

 (Derris ?, No. 1 ; recorded as) Glycine, a second species. A woody vine, with Sesbania, 



like or Cassia-like foliage; leaves impari-pinnate, trijugis, the leaflets alternate, obovate- 



small. Climbing among mangroves at Naloa; and in the low submaritime grove, 



opposite Rewa. 



(Ponganiia ? ; No. 1) ; Amerimnoid and Robinia-like. A spreading tree, sixty feet high; 

 leaves large, impari-pinnate, mostly trijugis ; flowers purple, the calyx obsoletely den- 

 tate ; the pod flat. On the low coral-islet of Nukulau. 



Guilandina; bis (No. 1) Samoa to Tongatabu. Maritime; growing on the low coral-islet 

 of Nukulau, and also at Mba. 



; apparently, bis (No. 2) Samoa to Tongatabu. Rare. 



Cassia sp. nov., (No. 1). A shrub, three to five feet high; with showy flowers. Fre- 

 quent on Ovolau. 



(No. 2); apparently a second species. Larger; the flowers large, and the pods 



flatter; compare Chamaecrista. "Island of Oneata," Dr. Holmes. 



? (No. 2). A spreading tree, forty feet high; trifoliolate, the leaflets broad-lanceo- 

 late, flowers not seen. Near the village at Naloa; and again, at the Middle village on 

 Mbua Bay. 



Abrus precatorius, (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Frequent, and probably introduced. 

 The idol, or carved block of wood a foot in length, in the Oracle building at Levuka, 

 was coated with the scarlet seeds. 



