Pinanga sp. . . vulgo “Kisu”: conf. the “Kisu” above. Growing up to seventy or eighty feet high.
Caryota sp. . . vulgo “Eala.” Growing up to fifty feet high.
Licuala sp. . . vulgo “Firo.” Grows up to thirty-five or forty feet in height. More common on volcanic soils. Absent from Treasury Island, with the exception of one imported tree. Said to be very numerous in the large adjacent island of Bougainville, the leaves being there used in making conical hats.
Palmacea dub.: vulgo “Poamau.” Grows up to seventy or eighty feet high. Its fruit, which is eaten by the women, is said to have a stimulant effect like the betel-nut. Its wood supplies the material for spears.
Areca sp. . . vulgo “Momo.” Grows up to thirty-five or forty feet high. Small fruits (1⁄2 inch) sessile on a branching stalk.
Areca sp. . . vulgo “Niga-torulo,” or “Torulo.” Grows up to thirty-five or forty feet high. Fruits larger (1-11⁄2 inch) sessile, and gathered thickly together on an undivided stalk.
Areca sp. . . vulgo “Niga-solu.” Grows up to fifty feet high. Fruits (1-11⁄2 inch) sessile, gathered thickly together on an undivided stalk.
[Note.—The three kinds of areca palms just mentioned are very common on the low ground at the foot of hills. They all have a general resemblance, and their fruits are often chewed in lieu of “betel-nuts.” They are distinguished from each other readily by the size and mode of attachment of the fruits, and by the number of ribs on the lateral pinnæ.]
Areca sp. . . vulgo “Poamau.” Growing up to eighty feet high.
Areca sp. . . vulgo “Au-Au.” Grows up to twelve feet high. Aerial roots rising from stem 11⁄2 feet above the ground.