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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



Oberonia nov. sp., (No. 5). Stem flexuous; fruit crowded. On the niountain-sumuiit 



behind Muthuata, at the elevation of two thousand feet. 

 nov. sp., (No. 6). Habit of Aletris farinosa ; leaves a foot long, no leaf-stalk. 



" Ovolau, on trunks of trees," Brackenridge. 

 (No. 7) ; fruit roughish. llewa. 



(Tacniophylluiu ) fasciola ; bis (No. 1) Taheiti to Tongatabu. "Savu-savu," Brackenridge ; 

 also at llewa, and elsewhere. 



( No. 2). Roots foliaceous as in the preceding species, with in addition regular 



leaves four to five inches in length. On the Southern cape or headland of Mbua Bay. 



( No. 3). Seeming allied to the last, but the roots not foliaceous. On the 



mountains back of Mbua Bay, 



(Epidendruin ?, No. 3). Having a singularly compressed gladiate stem; inflorescence ter- 

 minal. Epidendric in the low submaritinie grove opposite Rewa. 



Dendrobium (No. 7). A congener of New Zealand sp. ? ; leaves broad-lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 flowers not seen. Banks of the stream running through the barren upland at Naloa. 



? (No. 8). Stem leafy, the leaves two-thirds of an inch by one fourth ; no flowers. 



On the mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at the elevation of two thousand feet; rare. 



(macranthum, Astrolabe ? ; No. 9). A stem ; very large yellow flowers, which 



are worn on the head for ornament by the natives. Ovolau, growing on rocks and trees. 



(No. 10) ; leaves narrow-elliptical, crowded, bifarious ; inflorescence terminal ; a 



short spur. " Ovolau," Brackenridge. 



? (No. 11); flowers deep orange; a long stout spur. Frequent on mountain- 

 summits on Ovolau. 



(No. 12). Stems one to two feet ; leaves lanceolate, five inches by half an inch ; 



flowers few, axillary, smaller, having an obtuse sack. " Ovolau," Brackenridge. 

 Gen. Orchid, large-fruited; compare (No. 2) Samoa. Stem bulbous at base; leaves ribbed, 



large; capsule very large, alate, or deeply costate. On the mountains on Ovolau. 

 (Desmotrichum ?, No. 1). Stem dilating into a long striated bulb; leaves by twos or 



threes ; inflorescence terminal ; large red flowers ; capsule papilloso-filamentous. " On 



the mountain behind Muthuata, at the elevation of about fifteen hundred feet," Rich. 

 Gen. Orchid, with branching stems, (No. 1). Two to three feet high, stems leafy, some- 



under surface glaucous; spadix nodding; flowers semiverticillate, or in half-whorls 

 as in M. paradisica; the fruit somewhat more costate, flirinaceous when cooked, but 

 not seen in the ripe state ; no seeds. Abundantly cultivated, and the fruit gathered 

 while gi'een to ripen afterwards in dwellings. Naloa, and elsewhere; (introduced by 

 aboriginal settlers). 



nov. sp. ; (No. 2, bis Taheiti to Samoa). The " fehi," the " same precisely as at 



Taheiti," seen by Mr. Brackenridge " on the mountains on Ovolau." 



Crinum (bis No. 1 Samoa to Tongatabu). Sparingly planted for ornament ; and flowers 

 brought from the "Island of Oneata" by Dr. Holmes; (introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



Allium cepa, (bis Peru, United States, and No. 1 Europe) ; the onion. Levuka on Ovo- 

 lau ; introduced by trading and colonial Whites. 



Dioscorea pentaphylla ? (bis No. 3 Taheiti to Samoa) ; the " kawai." Five-leaved ; cap- 

 sule inferior, triquetrous; the root having a separable skin. In cultivated ground; 

 (introduced by aboriginal settlers). 



