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of an inch, the apex regular and central, not deflected laterally; kernel astringent. On 

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



Caryota (No. 2). Thirty feet high, with the trunk four inches in diameter; calyx of three 

 bracts ; corolla of three valves ; flowers icosandrous. Frequent in the forest on Ovolau. 



(No. 3) ; perhaps the same with the last, but the trunk only an inch in dia- 

 meter; fruit small. The trunk or stem "used by the natives for spears;" and called 

 " black bamboo" by residents. 



Freycinetia (No. 4) ; a fourth species. The stem branching ; leaves broad, with a long 

 muero ; yellow bracts or floral leaves around the male flowers, none around the female. 

 Frequent in the forest. 



(No. 5) ; a fifth species. Also branching ; the leaves narrower, acute, but not 



acuminate. Woods on Ovolau. 



(No. 6) ; apparently a sixth species. Also branching; the leaves smaller, tenderly 



herbaceous. On the mountains on Ovolau. 



Nov. gen. (No. 1). Habit of a giant short-stemmed Cyperus ; stem triangular, only a foot 

 high ; leaves very long ; fruit Pandanus-like, but nearly segregate. IMarshes around 

 the wet sub-maritime grove opposite liewa ; and in similar situations at Naloa and 

 elsewhere. 



Pothos; bis (No. 1) Samoa. Incised leaves; thick, green spadix ; spatha greenish-white, 



deciduous. Frequent in the forest. 

 ; compare (No. 2) Samoa. Small lanceolate leaves. 



Flagellaria ; bis (No. 1) Samoa; but less frequent. Ovolau, Mbua Bay, and elsewhere. 



Scleria; compare (No. 3 Samoa to Tongatabu). " Savu-savu," Brackenridge ; and fre- 

 quent also in other localities. 



(No. 4) ; a fourth species. The fruit smooth. Barren ridges on the Leeward 



coast, growing in tufts. 



(No. 5) ; a fifth species. The fruit beaked, and roughish. Barren ridges on the 



Leeward coast. 



nov. sp., (No. 6) ; a sixth species. Four to five feet high ; sheaths trialate. In 



open marshes around Mbua Bay ; rare. 



; perhaps distinct from the last. Very diminutive ; leaves with small divaricate 



acute lobes ; no flowers. Along the stream that descends through the village of Levuka. 



( Antiquorum ; No. 2, bis Metia to Tongatabu). Abundantly and very carefully 



cultivated ; streams of water being terraced at intervals, so as to form artificial pools ; 

 but as an article of diet, the natives are said to " prefer yams." An upland variety, 

 planted in clearings in the damp mountain-forest, on Ovolau and elsewhere. 



Rhynchosphora ; bis (No. 1) Samoa. Ovolau, growing in taro patches; and observed 

 also at Mbua Bay. 



Eleocharis capitata ? (compare Manilla, Bombay, and No. 17 Peru). Ovolau, growing in 



a wet taro patch ; perhaps introduced. 

 Cyperus ; bis (No. I Metia to Tongatabu) ; the glaucous species. Frequent. 

 Mariscus (paniceus); bis (No. 1 Metia to) Samoa. Muthuata, and elsewhere; frequent. 

 Kyllingia (monocephala) ; compare (No. 1 Taheiti to) Sanioa. 



Panicum; bis (No. 2) Samoa to Tongatabu. Normal ; small-flowered. Ovolau; growing 

 in cultivated ground. 



