Tahiti.
The peculiarities of the Tahitian flora as compared with Hawaii and Fiji may be discussed by treating first those genera that are alone represented in Tahiti, the “residual” genera; then those that it possesses in common first with Hawaii and then with Fiji; and lastly by pointing out the more noticeable gaps in the flora. By Tahiti is typically signified the whole Tahitian region, which includes the Austral and Cook Groups, the Society Islands, the Paumotus, and the Marquesas.