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Gen. Melastom. ? (No. 1). A shrub, the stem jointed; leaves 3-5-nerved, tenderly her- 

 baceous, cordate at base, and closely sessile. Mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at 

 the elevation of two thousand feet. 



Caryophyllus nov. sp., (No. 1). Probably a tree of medium size ; the flower-buds precisely 

 similar to the cloves of commerce, but destitute of flavor. Mountain-summits on Ovolau. 



? nov. sp., (No. 2). Twenty feet high ; leaves broader than in the other species; 



the flowers large. Planted near a dwelling at Kewa ; but probably indigenous in some 

 portion of the Group. 



? nov. sp., (No. 3). A small tree, branching, ten to fifteen feet high, with the 



trunk six inches in diameter; leaves narrower than in the last; fruit sulcate, and 



larger than in the other species. Planted around dwellings ; but probably indigenous 



in some portion of the Group. 

 ? nov. sp., (No. 4). A weak-stemmed, rambling shrub, ten to fifteen feet high; 



the branches quadrangular while young; leaves broad-lanceolate, sub-petioled ; the ripe 



fruit red. Frequent in the forest on Ovolau. 

 Eugenia (No. 1). A shrub, six feet high; leaves oblong, two inches by one; flowers white; 



calyx 4-fid; fruit orange-colored, as large as a plum, and containing one or more large 



seeds. Littoral; growing on Nukulau, and in other localities. 

 ; perhaps the same species on the North side of Viti-levu, but the fruit seeming 



more pubescent. 



(No. 2); regarded by Mr. Brackenridge as "a distinct species, having smaller 



fruit. Ovolau." 



Myrtus?; bis (No. 3) Tongatabu. A shrub; leaves ovate, acuminate; terminal leafy 

 panicles of white flowers; calyx 5-fid ; petals five. Frequent in open ground, at 

 Mbua Bay and elsewhere. 



? (No. 4). "A shrub ;" terminal lax corymbs; red pisiform berries. "Ovolau," 



Brackenridge. 



Gen. Myrtac. (No. 1). A shrub, six feet high; leaves oblong, acute at each end ; panicle 

 large and spreading, having long branchlets. Deep woods in the Sandal-wood District. 



Syzygium nov. sp., (No. 4). A spreading tree, forty feet high, with the trunk two feet 

 in diameter ; terminal corymbs ; calyx 4-angled, white. Mountain-summit behind 

 Muthuata, at the elevation of two thousand feet. 



? (No. 5). " A shrub, fifteen feet high ;" leaves oblong, acute at each end, three 



inches by one and a half ; a large, terminal, branching panicle ; calyx turbinate, not 

 angular, the margin entire; corolla a lid. " Ovolau, at the elevation of fifteen hundred 

 feet," Brackenridge. 



Gen. Syzygioid, (No. 3); leaves obovate ; terminal corymbs; flowers unexpanded, very 

 small, young, and indistinct; the calyx apparently 4-toothed. " Ovolau," Brackenridge. 



(Nov. gen. fruticosum, No. 1) ; Panax of authors. A shrub, two to four feet high ; 

 leaves alternate, compound, the leaflets with interrupted spaces, where reduced to the 

 midrib ; no flowers. Planted around dwellings ; (having been introduced by aboriginal 

 settlers). 



Morinda citrifolia, (bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Tongatabu). Frequent. — A 



variety "having .short fruit," distinguished by Mr. Brackenridge. 

 Geophila (reniformis, No. 1, bis Taheiti to Samoa). Ovolau and elsewhere, frequent. 



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