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p. 66, Nomen vernac. Tahitense, teste Guillemin, “Toroire.’—Vanua Levu (U.S. Expl. Exped.), 
Taviuni (Seemann! n. 142), Also collected in Tahiti (Forster !), the Tongan Islands (Capt. Cook !) 
and New Caledonia (W. Anderson !). 
_ Though at the British Museum there are authentic specimens to which the name Mimosa glandulosa 
1s attached, and though this is one of Solander’s species, yet itis not taken up in Solander’s MS, Flora of 
the Society Islands, a work which I have invariably quoted because, independent of its intrinsic merit, 
a good many of the names there used have found their way into systematic works, such as the supplement 
of Forster’s ‘ Prodromus,’ Parkinson’s ‘ Voyage to the South Seas,’ and other publications. 
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2, L. glauca, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vol, iy. p- 416; pinnis 4-8-jugis; foliolis 
10-20-jugis distantibus lineari-falcatis membranaccis, subtus pallidis glaucisve; bracteolis apice ova- 
tis calycem eequantibus ; calyce corolla dimidio breviore.— Mimosa glauca, Linn. Spec. 1504, Acacia 
glauca, Willd. Spec, Plant. vol. iv. p. 1075; DC. Prodr, vol. ii. p. 467. A. biceps, Willd. l.c.; 
DC. Len. 191. A, leucocephala, Link, Enum. vol. ii. p. 444. A. frondosa, Willd. 1. c. 1075; DC. 
Lc, n. 207.—Bau and Viti Levu, in hedges (Seemann! n. 141). Also collected in the Sandwich 
Islands (Barclay !). Common in the East and West Indies. 
XXXIIT. Acacia, Neck. Elem. n. 1297; Endl. Gen. n. 6834; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
of Bot. vol. i. p. 318. Flores sepius polygami. Sepala 3-5 in calyeem campanulatum coalita y. 
libera. Petala totidem magis minusve coalita, rarius demum libera. Stamina oo (sepius ultra 50), 
libera v. ima basi in cupulam brevem y, in diseum perigynum breviter irregulariter coalita, rarius (in 
floribus masculis) in columnam centralem congesta, nec in tubum cylindricum monadelpha, Legu- 
men varium, seepissime siccum.—Arbores v. frutices, rarissime herbze, inermes v, aculeate; foliis 
omnibus v. saltem primordialibus 2-pinnatis, caulinis in Phyllodineis ad petiolum foliformem sim- 
plicem reductis v. in ApAyllis omnino nullis, glandulosis v. eglandulosis ; floribus capitatis v. spicatis, 
flavis v. albidis, seepius odoratis. 
The genus Acacia is represented in Polynesia by four species, all of which belong to the Phyllodimeous 
section, viz, A, spirorbis, Labill., from the Isle of Pines (M‘Gullivray !) and New Caledonia (W. Anderson ! 
M‘Grillivray !), A. Koa, A. Gray, from the Sandwich Islands (Nelson! Menzies! Macrae! Barclay! Nuttall! 
Seemann!), A. Richii, A. Gray, from the Viti Islands (Seemann! Greffe!), and A, laurifolia, Willd., a 
seaside plant, common in the Samoan, Tongan, Vitian, and New Hebridian groups. 
1. A. Richii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 482. t. 58; arborea; glaberrima; ramulis angulatis; 
phyllodiis lanceolatis acuminatis subfalcatis chartaceo-coriaceis oo-nervils, apice seepius hamato ; 
pedunculis fasciculatis capitulo parvo oc-floro longioribus ; calyce dentato; Ilegumine oblongo plano 
elabro recto, marginibus acutis angustissimis.— Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Qumu.”—Ovalau (Sec- 
mann! n. 144), Viti Levu (Greeffe! n. 19), Vanua Levu and Naloa (U. 5. Expl. Exped.). 
The Qumu yields a hard wood, and supplies the paint which the heathen natives use for blacking their 
faces when they wish to look particularly smart, hence Qumu = paint That a black colour should ever be 
used as a cosmetic may seem rather singular to Europeans; but there can be no doubt that the cosmetic 
properties of black are considerable. I was much struck with this in the islands, and have made the same 
observation at home, where we often have opportunities of seeing white men who blacken their faces to look 
like negroes, and by doing so improve their features considerably. 
9. A. laurifolia, Willd. Spee. vol. iv. p. 1053; arborea; glaberrima; ramulis vix angulatis, 
phyllodiis ovato-oblongis acutis v. ellipticis v, emarginatis 7-11-nerviis, capitulis 2-8 axillaribus ; 
legumine compresso toruloso incurvo ; seminibus 5-8. Labill, Austr. Caled: t. 68.—Mimosa Man- 
gium, Forst. Prodr. n. 395, non Willd, AZ. simplicifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. 436.—Nomen vernac. 
Vitiense, «Tataqnia.”—Common on the sea-beach throughout the Viti group (Seemann! n. 143 ; 
Barclay !). Also collected in the Samoan (U. 8. Expl. Exped.) and Tongan Islands (Capt. Cook! Sir 
E. Home!), and the New Hebrides (W. Anderson! Forster !). 
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This seaside tree has a hard wood, used for axe-handles and smaller pieces of carpentry e leaves are 
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