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as from Easter Island to New Zealand, 
considering it correctly as merely a form 
or variety of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir., the 
common sweet potato. He compiled other 
information from Rumphius, indicating the 
significance of the names used for it in the 
Moluccas before about 1680 {castila, uhy-, 
ima-, and Uitu-castila, and camotes), these 
names having been introduced there from 
the Philippines. However, the sweet potato 
was first recorded from Guam, Cebu, and 
the Moluccas by Pigaletta when these is- 
lands were first discovered by Magellan 
in 1421, a too often overlooked record. 
The name camotes is of Mexican origin. 
Coriaria fsarmentosa Forst. f., PI. Esculent. 
46, 1786, descr. ampL, Prodr. 71, 1786, 
diagn. New Zealand. The first reference is 
to a very detailed one-and-one-third page 
description, the second to a four-line 
diagnosis. 
Crataeva t^eligiosa Forst. f., PL Esculent. 
45, 1786, descr. ampL, Prodr. 35, ampL, 
Prodr. 35, 1786, diagn. Tahiti and the So- 
ciety Islands. The first reference is to a 
detailed, 40-line description, the second to 
less than a full line diagnosis. Here Forster 
f. appropriated Solander’s name as his own, 
as he did in many other cases. 
Dracaena findivisa Forst. f., PL Esculent. 
64, 1786, descr. ampL, Prodr. 24, 1786, 
diagn. New Zealand. = Cordyline indivisa 
(Forst. f.) Steud. The contrast here is a 
two-line diagnosis in the Prodromus to a 
60-line detailed description and discussion 
in the original place of publication. 
Ficus faspera Forst. f., PL Esculent. 36, 
1786, descr. ampL, Prodr. 76, 1786, diagn. 
New Hebrides (Tanna). In contrast to the 
two-line diagnosis in the Prodromus, the 
earlier description cited consists of about 
15 lines and was based on specimens from 
Tanna. In the Prodromus, Namoka is also 
listed; this is Nomuka in the Tonga group. 
Ficus tgranatum Forst. f., PL Esculent. 37, 
1786, Prodr. 76, 1786. New Hebrides 
(Tanna). The first published description 
consists of about 20 lines, the diagnosis 
published later in the same year consists 
of three lines. 
Lepidium foleraceum Forst. f., PL Esculent. 
69, 1786, descr. ampL, Prodr. 46, 1786, 
diagn. New Zealand. The first published 
description is a greatly detailed one of 35 
lines; the diagnosis published later in 1786 
consists of two lines only. Limited to New 
Zealand and neighboring islands. 
Lepidium fpiscidium Forst. f., PL Esculent. 
70, 1786, Prodr. 46, 1786. Huaheine (east- 
ernmost of the Leeward group. Society 
Islands) and "botanices insula ad novam 
Caledoniam adjacente.” Solander had this 
written up in his unpublished manuscript 
under a different specific name from Eimeo, 
Huaheine, Ulaietea, Tahiti, and Otaha, and 
observed: ”. . . copiosissime autem in in- 
sulis depressionibus Oceani Pacifici.” The 
original and first published description by 
Forster f. is in great detail, about 30 lines; 
the later published diagnosis of two lines 
only, but in the Prodromus, between Bo- 
tanices insula and Huaheine, he added 
Teautea. Botanices insula is between New 
Caledonia and the Isle of Pines. 
Maba tmajor Forst. f., PL Esculent. 54, 1786, 
descr.. Prodr. 92, 1786, nom. nud. Friendly 
Islands. The first published description is 
a rather cursory one consisting of 11 lines, 
but therewith Forster f. records having ob- 
served the species on Tongatabu, Namoka 
[Nomuka], Euwa, Hopai, and other islands 
in the Friendly group. 
Solanum javiculare Forst. f., PL Esculent. 
42, 1786, Prodr. 18, 1786. New Zealand. 
The original and first published descrip- 
tion is a detailed one of nearly 30 lines, the 
later diagnosis consists of two lines only. 
Known also from Tasmania, Australia, and 
Norfolk Island. 
Solanum fviride (Soland.) ex Parkinson, 
Jour. 38, 1773, nom., nota; Solander ex 
Forst. f., PL Esculent. 72, 1786, nom., nota. 
Prodr. 89, 1786, nom. nud. Society Islands, 
= 5. uporo Dunal. Parkinson provided no 
