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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Balanophora Tannensis? (No. 1). At the roots of Ficus and other trees; frequent on the 

 mountains on Ovolau and behind Muthuata. 



Chloranthus? (No. 1). "Twenty feet high, with the trunk six inches" in diameter; leaves 

 opposite, crenato-dentate, slightly sheathing; spikes terminal, branching. Growing 

 " near Levuka" on Ovolau, Brackenridge. 



Hernandia sonora; bis (No. 1 Samoa to Tongatabu). Growing along the sea-shore; but 

 not abundant, and no large trees met with. 



Gen. Euphorb. ? (No. 1), or Celastr. ? A shrub ; leaves ovate, crenato-serrate, reticu- 

 late beneath ; capsule 3-valved ; style elongate, persistent. On the mountains 

 behind Muthuata. 



Phyllanthus ; compare (No. 1) Taheiti ; but seeming more woody and branching. A 



foot high ; leaves lanceolate. Ovolau, Muthuata, and elsewhere. 

 (No. 2). A shrub, three to five feet high ; leaves rather large, broad-elliptical, 



subcordate at base. Frequent on the Leeward portion of the Group. 

 (No. 3) ; perhaps distinct. Shrubby; leaves smaller, roundish, the under surface 



whitish. On the mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at the elevation of two thousand 



feet. 



(Glochidium) ; compare (No. 2) Taheiti ; leaves smaller than in the next species. " Ovo- 

 lau," Brackenridge. 



( , No. 4). Ten feet high. On the mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at the ele- 

 vation of two thousand feet. — Compare the species growing on Ovolau. 



( , No. 5); distitict from the last; the leaves smaller. Ovolau. 



Nov. gen. (Tanarius, bis No. 1 Taheiti to Tongatabu); compare Bicinus dioicus of Fors- 

 ter, but the leaves peltate. Mostly growing near cultivated ground. 



(Omalanthus, bis No. 4 Tongatabu) ; apparently (No. 2) Samoa, the fruit being usually, 

 but not always two-celled. Naloa, and elsewhere ; chiefly growing near cultivated 

 ground. 



Euphorbia ramosissima, (bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Tongatabu). Growing 

 along the sea-shore. 



nov. sp., (No. 3). A thick-stemmed tree, only six to fifteen feet high, having 



a few large branches, and abounding in milky juice; leaves linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 mucronate ; cymes terminal; capsule triquetrous. Muthuata, and elsewhere; and 

 found on the "Island of Lakemba" by Dr. Holmes. 



Gen. Euphorb. (No. 1). An upright, thick-stemmed shrub; ornamental, having smooth, 

 lanceolate leaves ; upright spikes. Ovolau, at the elevation of three hundred feet, 

 frequent. 



Gen. Euphorbiac. with glands at base of leaves, (No. 1). A shrub, two to four feet high ; 

 leaves ovate, serrate, long-petioled, having two pedicelled glands at base; flowers soli- 

 tary, or sometimes in lax, few-flowered racemes. Growing on the North coast of Viti- 

 levu. 



Aleurites triloba, (bis No. 1 Metia to Tongatabu). Naturalized, but not abundant ; in 

 seeming accordance with the restricted use of tattooing. 



Bicinus communis ? (No. 1). Cultivated by the natives, and the seeds used as a substi- 

 tute for candles. (The plant introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Codiaeum variegatum, (No. 1 ; bis Samoa to Tongatabu). Frequent around the dwell- 

 ings of the natives ; having been introduced (by aboriginal settlers). 



