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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



base; flower-stem separate. On the raountain-suuimit behind Muthuata, at the eleva- 

 tion of 2000 feet. 



? (No. 5). Epidendric; leaves elliptical, three inches long; flower-stem separate; 



large sulcate capsule. On the mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at the elevation of 

 2000 feet. 



? (No. 6). Epidendric; leaves linear-lanceolate, seven inches by one; flower-stem 



infra-axillary, or from base of stem ; flowers in a raceme ; capsule of medium size. On 



the mountains behind Muthuata, at the elevation of 1500 feet. 

 — ? (No. 7). Very large ; leaves a foot and a half, by four inches ; large cluster in 



fork. On the mountain-summits back of Mbua bay, at the elevation of 2000 feet. 

 (Amomum, No. 3); compare Thalia cannaeformis of Forster. Hedychiuni-like, ten to 



fifteen feet high ; large white flowers ; roundish fruit. On the mountains on Ovolau. 

 Nov. gen. Musac. (bis No, 1 Samoa); Heliconia-like. In the mountain-forest on Ovolau, 



clearly indigenous. 



Dianella; compare (No. 1) Taheiti to Tongatabu. In open ground, at Mbua Bay and 

 elsewhere. 



Eustrephus (No. 1). Near the Australian species; capsule or berry three-valved. On the 

 mountain-summit behind Muthuata, at the elevation of 2000 feet. 



Smilax (compare No. 1 Tongatabu). Leaves large, round-cordate, with a deep sinus. 

 Ovolau, in the forest. 



(No. 2) ; leaves ovate, five-nerved; flowers umbell. Mbua Bay, and elsewhere. 



(No. 3); leaves 3-5-nerved; long umbels and pedicels. "Ovolau," Bracken- 

 ridge. 



(Hamelinia, No. 2) ; Astelia of authors. Near the broad-leaved New Zealand sp. ; the 

 flowers seeming larger. On trees, on Ovolau. 



Areca nov. sp., (No. 2). Distinct from the Samoan sp., and less lofty, yet from thirty 

 to fifty feet high ; icosandrous ; calyx of six scales ; fruit larger, two inches, ovoid, 

 acute, the apex terminal and not deflected. Planted at Rewa; but probably indigenous 

 somewhere in the Feejee Islands. The fruit astringent, but eaten by the natives. 



nov. sp., (No. 3). Fifteen feet high; fronds pinnatisect ; panicle below the 



fronds ; calyx of six bracts or sepals, disposed in two series ; fruit red, two-thirds 



Cocos nucifera, (bis Paumotuan coral-islands to Tongatabu). Cultivated, but not very 

 abundantly; two varieties distinguished by the natives; the one with brownish fruit 

 being superior to the other in quality. 



(Borassus flabelliformis ; No. 1, bis Samoa to Tongatabu) ; the fan-palm. Planted 

 around dwellings at Levuka. 



Pandanus (bis No. 1 Paumotuan coral-islands to Tongatabu). The leaves long and narrow. 

 Planted on Ovolau, and elsewhere. 



; possibly distinct. Fewer-flowered than the last; and the leaves shorter, broader, 



and slightly glaucous. Isolated trees, ten to twenty feet high, growing at short inter- 

 vals, or in a scattered manner all over the unwooded portion of the Group. 



(Colocasia) macrorhiza, (No. 1, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Seldom met with. (Cultivated, 

 according to Mr. Hale, principally at Rewa ; and, as the roots may remain several 

 years in the ground, looked to by the natives as a safeguard against famine). 



