Fluviales.} 



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The leaves are so membranaceous, that this species may perhaps belong to the genus Piper : the speci- 

 mens in the Collection are not, however, in a state to enable us to determine that point. 



5. Peperomia tetraphylla ; caule sulcato ramoso repente, foliis quaternis stellatis rhombeo- 

 rotundatis subtus convexis brevissime petiolatis glabris, spicis terminalibus solitariis ebrac- 

 teatis. — Piper tetraphyllum. " Forst. Prodr. n. 25." ? — P. reflexum. Vahl. — Spreng. Syst. 

 Veget. v. hp. 121 ? 



We are very doubtful of the synonyms : it is certainly not P. rhombea, Ruiz et Pav., which Sprengel 

 refers to Piper reflexum. It has much the appearance of some species of Rubia. 



Ord. XLV. SCITAMINE^E. Br. 

 1. Canna Indica. Linn. 



Ord. XLVI. SMILACINE^E. Br. 

 1. Smilax Pseudo-china. Linn.? 



Ord. XLVII. ASPHODELEiE. Br. 



1. Dianella Sandwicensis ; foliis radicalibus Uneari-ensiformibus carina marginibusque 

 laevibus, panicula decomposita, ramis ramulisque divaricatis, pedicellis laxe racemosis 

 arcuatis secundis perianthium subsequantibus. 



Gaudichaud appears also to have found this species ; but he has given neither specific name nor character. 

 It is very closely allied to D. divaricata, Brown. 



1. Dracaena terminalis; caule fruticoso vel arborescente, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis 

 utrinque attenuatis, panicula? ramis divaricatis simplicibus ramosisve, floribus subsessilibus. 

 Blume.—Lam.— WiUd. Sp. PL v. 2. p. 157. Blume, En. PI. Jav. p. 10. Schult. Syst. 

 Veget. v. 7. p. 343. — D. ferrea. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 93. — Asparagus terminalis. 

 Linn. — Cordyline Eschscholziana. Mart, in Schult Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 347 ? 



Ord. XLVIII. MELANTHACE^. Br. 

 1. Astelia Menziesiana ; foliis strictis subtus sericeis, scapo hirsuto, racemo paniculato 

 multifloro, bacca ovata triloculari. — Sm. in Bees' 1 Cycl. App. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 

 144. Schult. Sijst. Veget. v. 7. t. 1506. 



Gaudichaud met with a species also in Oahu, which he has described under the name of A. veratroides, 

 having the leaves tomentose on both sides. It may, however, be merely a variety. 



Ord. XLIX. PANDANEiE. Br. 

 1. Freycinetia scandens; caudice scandente, foliis lineari-lanceolatis membranaceis, 

 spadicibus fcemineis ovatis, stigmate trilobo. Gaud, in Freyc. Toy. p. 432. 



Our specimens are without flower and fruit. This genus appears to be the same as that alluded to by 

 Mr. Brown, from Norfolk Island, and is distinguished from Pandanus as follows : — Flores dioici. Foom. : 

 Pericarpia baccata, mollia, per paria interdum connata, unilocularia ; placental 4-14, parietales, per paria 

 approximate. Semina creberrima, minuta, fusiformia, striata, altero latere strophiola longitudinali instructa. 



Ord. L. FLUVIALES. Vent. 

 1. Ruppia maritima. Linn. 



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