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SOCIETY ISLANDS. 



[BoraginecB. 



1. Geophila reniformis. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linn, v. 4. p. 137. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. 

 p. 537. — Psychotria herbacea. Linn. — Jacq. Am. t. 46. 



1. Diodia rigida. Cham, et Schlecht, in Linn. 1828. p. 341. De Cand, Prodr. v. 4. p. 

 564. — Spermacoce rigida. Humb. et Kunth. 



1. Mitracarpum hirtum, De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 572. — Spermacoce hirta. Sw. 



Ord. XXIII. COMPOSITE. Juss. 

 1. Lavenia erecta. Sw. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 445. 



1. Bidens odorata ? Cav. Ic. v. 1. t. 13. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 454. 



2. Bidens paniculata ; suffruticosa, foliis oppositis longe petiolatis lato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis glabris serratis acumine integerrimo, panicula patente terminali, floribus parvis parce 

 radiatis, involucro brevi, acheniis dentibusque 2 brevibus hispidis. 



The specimens are in a bad state. The plant is said to he suffruticose by Mr. Collie, and, mixed with 

 Cocoa-nut juice and boiled, is employed as a cathartic by the natives of Otaheite, who call it Motu. 



! . Ethulia ageratoides ? Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 458. — Alomia ageratoides. Humb. 

 et Kunth, Nov. Gen. t. 354. 



Our plant, which is in a very imperfect condition, is an Ethulia, and appears to be a luxuriant state of the 

 E. ageratoides. 



1 . Siegesbeckia orientalis. Linn, — S. triangularis. Cav. Ic. v. 3. t. 253. 



Ord. XXIV. GOODENQVI^. Br. 

 1. Scaevola Konigii, Linn, 



Ord. XXV. JASMINES. Juss. 

 1. Jasminum azoricum? Linn, — Bot. Mag. t. 89. 



Our specimens of this plant from Tahiti come so near the J. azoricum, that we scarcely know how 

 they are to be distinguished ; but the present has smaller flowers, and less distinctly marked teeth of the 

 calyx than is the case in that species. 



Ord. XXVI. APOCINE/E. Br. ' 

 1 . Alyxia scandens ; foliis oppositis elliptico-oblongis obtuse acuminatis utrinque nitidis 

 paralleling venosis, pedunculis sub-3-floris folio multo brevioribus. — Roem. et Schul. Syst. 

 Veget. v. 6. p. 440. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 835. 



Ord. XXVII. ASCLEPIADEiE. Br. 

 1. Asclepias Curassavica. Linn. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. I. p. 847. 



Ord. XXVIII. CONVOLVULACEiE. Juss. 



1. Convolvulus Batatas. Linn. 



2. Convolvulus Pes Capraz. Linn. 



Ord. XXIX. BORAGINEiE. Juss. 

 1. Heliotropium ? anomalum ; suffruticosum, foliis lineari-lanceolatis inferne attenuatis 

 strigoso-hispidis, racemis glomeratis, segmentis calycinis valde inaequalibus, nucibus 5 ! 



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