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DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS. 



acuminate, the under surface less white than in Samoan. Puna and Mauna Roa, as 

 flir as the elevation of 5000 feet. — Apparently the same species, the flowers seeming 

 smaller and more congested, on the mountains behind Honolulu. 

 Neraudia (melastomaefolia, Gaud., No. 1) ; very smooth. On the mountains behind 

 Honolulu. 



? (No. 2) ; compare the entire-leaved species of Oahu; the under surf;»ce of the 



leaves softly pubescent. Tauai. 

 Parietaria? (No. 1); minute. "Puna" on Hawaii, Brackenridge ; and the same species 



on Oahu. 



? (No. 2) ; perhaps distinct ; larger; four to seven inches high. In the mountain- 

 defile across West Maui. 



Peperoniia (No. 10). A foot high ; leaves verticillate in fives or more ; long spikes. Upper 

 margin of the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of G700 feet. 



(No. 11). Two to three feet high; leaves opposite, the veins pubescent beneath. 



Frequent in the Inferior portion of the forest on Mauna Kea, from the elevation of 

 2000 to 4000 feet; growing on the ground, like a forest-shrub, and taking the place of 

 the Pipers of Southern Polynesia. 



(No. 12). Small ; leaves fleshy, verticillate. On trunks of trees in the forest on 



Mauna Kea. 



(No. 13); resembling the last, but hairy, and the leaves opposite, or only in pairs. 



Upper portion of the forest on Mauna Kea, at the elevation of from 4000 to 6700 feet. 

 (No. 14). Ornamental ; leaves opposite, petioled, the under surface purple, with 



white veins. Frequent throughout the forest on Mauna Kea, to its termination at 6700 



feet. 



nov. sp., (No. 15) ; verticillate, crowded leaves; a single large terminal spike. On 



the mountains behind Honolulu. 

 (No. 16) ; leaves opposite, about 5-nerved, the under surface white. " Puna," 



Brackenridge. 



Gen. Urticac. ?, (No. 1). A fleshy or stout-stemmed tree, thirty feet high; leaves long- 

 petioled, ovate, obtuse, entire yet somewhat resembling those of a pear tree, apparently 

 alternate, at the end of the branches ; no flowers. South flank of Mauna Kaala. 



Gen. incert., with flattened nut, (No. 1). Habit of Glochidium ; woody; leaves alternate, 

 elliptical, entire; apparently several styles; nut flattened, having irregular ridges; small 

 5-tid calyx at base. Tauai ; and on the mountains behind Honolulu. 



( No. 2; congeneric with the last?). Habit of Phyllanthus and Cuban Ca.searia; 



pentaphylla; bis (No. 3 Taheiti to the) Feejee Islands; the " pia." Seen flow- 

 ering ; the purple kidney-shaped root " eaten in times of scarcity." Naturalized ; 

 growing often in wild situations ; and abounding around Pahuhali near the new lava- 

 stream. Introduced by aboriginal settlers. 



Tacca pinnatifida, (No. 1, bis Metia to the Feejee Islands). Abundantly naturalized ; 

 having been introduced by aboriginal settlers. Arrow-root from this plant, manufac- 

 tured in large quantities by the natives. 



Dracaena terminalis, (No. 1, bis Metia to the Feejee Islands). The sweet-rooted variety, 

 which was not seen at Taheiti nor at Samoa, is the only kind here; and is abundantly 

 naturalized in wild rich shady situations at the commencement of the forest. 



