- G Thespesia populnea (Malvaceæ)
- Dioclea (violacea?) (Papilionaceæ)
- G Mucuna gigantea, D C (Papilionaceæ)
- G Mucuna urens, D C (Papilionaceæ)
- Mucuna, sp. (Papilionaceæ)
- Mucuna, sp. (Papilionaceæ)
- G Strongylodon lucidum, Seem. (Papilionaceæ)
- Sophora tomentosa, (Papilionaceæ)
- G Cæsalpinia bonducella (Cæsalpinieæ)
- Entada scandens (Mimoseæ)
- Morinda citrifolia (Rubiaceæ)
- Scævola Koenigii (Goodeniaceæ)
- Cordia subcordata (Boragineæ)
- Tournefortia argentea (Boragineæ)
- G Ipomœa grandiflora, Lam. (Convolvulaceæ)
- Tacca pinnatifida (Taccaceæ)
NOTE 4 (page [13])
Table illustrating the Degree of Buoyancy of the Seeds and Fruits of Inland Fijian Plants
(Unless otherwise indicated, the seeds or fruits sink at once or in a day or two)
- Abrus precatorius.
- Acacia Richii.
- Ageratum conyzoides.
- Alphitonia excelsa.
- Alpinia sp.
- Alyxia (scandens?).
- Artocarpus incisa.
- Artocarpus integrifolia.
- Barringtonia edulis (1 month)
- Barringtonia sp.
- Bauhinia sp.
- Bischoffia javanica.
- Cæsalpinia sp.
- Calophyllum spectabile (2-4 weeks).
- Calophyllum Burmanni (4-10 days).
- Cananga odorata.
- Canarium sp.
- Canarium sp.
- Canna indica.
- Citrus aurantium (3-4 weeks).
- Citrus decumana (1 month).
- Citrus limonum (5 weeks).
- Citrus vulgaris, R. (6-7 weeks).
- Coix lachryma (2-7 days).
- Commersonia platyphylla.
- Cordyline sepiaria.
- Couthovia corynocarpa (a few days).
- Cucumis acidus (a few days).
- Cucurbita sp. (several months).
- Cupania sp.
- Dammara vitiensis (7-10 days).
- Dioscorea sativa (a few days).
- Dioscorea sp.
- Dracontomelon sylvestre.
- Dracontomelon sp.
- Elæocarpus sp.
- Elæocarpus sp. (a few days).
- Eranthemum sp.
- Eugenia malaccensis (2-4 weeks).
- Eugenia effusa? (4-7 days).
- Eugenia confertiflora? (10-12 days).
- Eugenia rariflora (a few days).
- Eugenia corynocarpa (a few days).
- Eugenia rivularis (a week).
- Fagræa Berteriana (a few days).
- Ficus Harveyi (7-10 days).
- Ficus scabra (7-10 days).
- Ficus sp. (7-10 days).
- Gardenia vitiensis (4-5 weeks).
- Geissois ternata.
- Geophila reniformis.
- Gnetum gnemon.
- Grewia sp.
- Guettarda sp. (a few weeks).
- Hibiscus Abelmoschus (months).
- Hibiscus seculentus.
- Hydrocotyle asiatica (months).
- Ipomœa batatas.
- Ipomœa insularis (nil or months).
- Ipomœa peltata (weeks or months).
- Ipomœa turpethum (nil or weeks or months).
- Ipomœa sp. (7-10 days).
- Lindenia vitiensis (weeks or months).
- Maba sp. (7-10 days).
- Macaranga sp. (1-2 weeks).
- Melastoma denticulatum.
- Micromelum minutum.
- Momordica Charantia (a few days).
- Morinda Forsteri.
- Mussænda frondosa.
- Myristica sp. (3-7 days)
- Myristica sp. (3-7 days)
- Myrmecodia sp.
- Nelitris vitiensis (a few days).
- Nephelium pinnatum (a few days).
- Ophiorrhiza leptantha.
- Phyllanthus sp.
- Phyllanthus sp.
- Piper Macgillivrayi.
- Pittosporum sp.
- Pleiosmilax vitiensis.
- Portulaca (lutea?).
- Portulaca quadrifida.
- Premna serratifolia.
- Pritchardia pacifica.
- Psychotria sp.
- Psychotria sp.
- Psychotria sp.
- Psychotria sp.
- Psychotria sp.
- Ptychosperma sp.
- Rhaphidophora vitiensis.
- Sapota sp. (a few days)
- Sapota sp. (a few days)
- Scævola floribunda.
- Spondias dulcis (a month).
- Sterculia sp. (seeds nil, fruits months).
- Stylocoryne sambucina (2 or 3 days).
- Tabernæmontana (orientalis?) (a few days).
- Tacca maculata (nil or a few days).
- Trichospermum Richii (a few days).
- Urena lobata.
- Veitchia Joannis.
- Veitchia sp.
NOTE 5 (page [14]).
The Inland Fijian Plants possessing Buoyant Seeds or Fruits
They come under the following heads:
(a) Plants of the stream-border or the pond-side or of the inland swamp, e.g., Lindenia vitiensis and Hydrocotyle asiatica. The extension of the principle by which plants with buoyant seeds or fruits are located, not only at the sea-side but at the water-side generally, is here involved, as explained in [Chapter III.]
(b) Plants following the rule deduced by Schimper for Terminalia, that when a genus comprises several species possessing buoyant fruits, only those having fruits with the greatest floating power are found at the coast, the least buoyant plants occurring inland; examples, Calophyllum and Guettarda.
(c) Plants that like Ipomœa behave irregularly in respect to seed-buoyancy, a difference in behaviour often associated with varying stations both at the coast and inland.
(d) Plants with dehiscent buoyant capsular fruits, like Sterculia, where dehiscence takes place on the tree and the seeds have no buoyancy. Although the unopened fruit may float a long time, it does not in that condition come under the influence of the currents.