E oomarra, Convolvulus-chryforizus ',
Planted and cultivated by. the natives, on account of its root, which is the fweet
potatoe of the South-fea Iilands.
Pohooe. Convdlvulus-Brq/ilienfisi
Of this plant they make a fort of feine, which they ufe in fuch ground where
they cannot ufe another.
E maireeo. Galaxa-oppofiti-folid.
The leaf of this plant is one of the ingredients in their manoe.
E deva, or E reva. GaJaxa-fparfa.
This plant has a pretty large white flower like that of an oleander. Q f, the
wood of this tree they make their pahaoos, or drums.
E booa, or E pooa. Solanum-latifolium,
The leaves of this plant they uie in making their red dye or mattee.
Pouraheitee. Solanum-vivlde,
The leaves of this plant, baked, are eaten as greens.
E- nono. d$foririda-vitri-fdUn.
The root of this tree they ufe to dye their garments yellow, and eat the fruit
of it.
E' tee. Draccann-termindlis.
OFthis plant there are five different forts, yielding a large root, whksh<ts>eaten,
and counted very good food, -by the iflanders of the South-rfeas.
Tootaoopa. PL,oranlhus-Jiitts,
This plant is remarkable for nothing except its name, -which fignifies the Oopa,
or'pi’geons dung j that bird feeds on'the berries, -and voids -the ,Atones omthe.irunk
of trees, where itigrows.
E peea. Chaiiea-tacca.' '
The root of this '-plant, properly prepared, makes :an ^excellent flrong jelly, lihte
to blanc-mange, of- the'-nature- oF:faIpp, for which -itasfvery juflly. admired by tnefc
iflanders.
Tawhannoo.
Tawhannoo. ; Gudtarda-Jptciofa.
The timber of this tree, which grows pretty large at Toopbai, and other low
i (lands near Otàheite, fervés to make ftools, ehefts, paile-troughs, and various,
other utenliis ; they alfo build canoes of it.
E awaow. Daphne~capìtatà.
This plant is ufed to poifon fifh, in Order to catch them ; and, for this pnrpofe,
they beat or math it together and throw it into the rivers and fea within the reefs.
E owhe. Arundo-bambas.
This is the common bamboe, of which theiè iflanders make great ufe; the
large joints they keep to hold water and'oil; of the -finali they make arrows,
flutes, cafes to hold fmall things; and,-when cut into flips, they ferve them foe
knives, and cut tolerably well.
E motoo. Melajloma-malabathrica.
This plant is one of thofe which they hang upon their whatta-note-toobapaow,
or burial-ftand, to be eaten by the foul of the deceafed.
E hee, or E ratta. jlmotum-fagiferum.
This is a tall and (lately tree which bears a round flat fruit, covered with a
thick tough coat, and, when roafled and ftripped of its rind, eats as well as a
chefnut.
E avee* SpondiasrJulcis..
This is a large (lately tree, and often grows to the height of forty and fifty feet :
the fmit, which, 1 believe, is peculiar to- thefe ides, is- of an oval (hape, yellow
when ripe, and grows in bunches of three or four, and is about the fize of a
middling apple, with a large ilringy core : it is a very wholfome and'palatable- -
fruit, improving on the taile, which is neared that of a mangoe; it is (Ironglyim^
pregnated with turpentine, and makes excellent pies when green, The wood,
ierves for building canoes, and for leverai other purpoies.
- Fouraoo, and epooataroorroo. Cratava-fnndofa.
The fruit of this (hrub they lay upon their corpfes, and hang it upon their burial
whattas*