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Phrcatia obtusa Schlechter
Medium-sized epiphytic orchid with a swollen base
and small white flowers borne in a long raceme.
Ilncommon in montane forest, reported from 400 to
740 m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Fiji.
Whistler 9000!.
*Pseuderia ramosa L. 0. Williams
Scrambling, epiphytic or terrestrial orchid with a
raceme bearing several greenish flowers. Occa-
sional in montane scrub and montane forest,
reported from 270 to 700 m elevation. Indigenous,
also found on Futuna. Christophersen 1190a, 3533;
Whistler 3345.
Spathoglottis plicata B1.
Large ground orchid with basal plicate leaves and
showy pink flowers on a long scape. Common in
disturbed sunny places and fernlands, reported from
100 to 700 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Vanuatu to Samoa. Setchell 193; Mitchell 514;
Yuncker 9416; Whistler 8558!.
Taeniophyllum fasciola (Forst.) Reichenb. f.
Tiny leafless and stemless epiphytic orchid, consi-
sting of flattened photosynthetic roots, short race-
mes of tiny white flowers, and a cylindrical fruit.
Common in lowland forest, reported from near sea
level to 300 m elevation. Indigenous, ranging from
Guam and New Caledonia to Tahiti. Whistler 2918,
2984,3 1 l7,3 1 l7a, 3343,8657!.
Tacniophyllum gracile (Rolfe) Garay
Tiny leafless and stemless epiphytic orchid consi-
sting of flattened photosynthetic roots, tiny white
flowers on a long scape, and an ellipsoid fruit.
Uncommon in lowland forest, reported from 150 to
250 m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Fiji.
Whistler 3 1 17,9102!.
Thrixspermum graeffei Reichenb. f.
Small epiphytic orchid with small white flowers
borne on several long, spreading scapes. Occa-
sional in montane forest, reported from 400 to 725
m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Fiji. Chri-
stophersen 1 180, 1192; Whistler 3749!, 3852.
*Vrydagzenea vitiensis Reichenb. f.
Small ground orchid with ovate leaves bearing a
silvery median strip, and small white flowers in a
terminal raceme. Occasional in lowland to montane
forest, reported from 175 to 700 m elevation. Indi-
genous, also found in Vanuatu, Tonga, and Fiji.
USEE s.n.; Lister s.n.? (no locality listed).
"Zeuxine stenophylla (Reichenb. f.) Benth. &
Hook. f. ex Drake
Medium-sized ground orchid with a terminal raceme
of white flowers with rounded sepals. Occasional in
lowland to montane forest, reported from 170 to 900
m elevation. Indigenous, also found in Tonga and
Fiji. USEE s.n.; Whistler 2747?.
*Species indet.
An unidentified, leafless orchid with a raceme of
white (?) flowers was collected by W. Sykes (no. 36,
27 Sept. 1974), at Malaeimi on Tutuila, and P.
Kores was unable to identify it even to genus (pers.
comm.). This may be Stereosandra javanica B1.
PANDANACEAE
Freycinetia reineckei Warb.
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Coarse climber with pandanus-like leaves 2.5-5 cm
wide, auricles up to 13 cm long, unisexual inflorescences,
ovaries with 2 stigmas, large oblong
compound fruits 5.5-1 1 cm long, numerous tiny
fruitlets up to 13 mm long, and the fruit stalk
smooth. Common in lowland to cloud forest,
reported from 180 to 1200 m elevation. Endemic.
Garber 906, 907; Long 3013, 3076?, 3077; Whistler
2772!, 8935!, 8993!.
Freycinetia storckii Seem.
'ie'ie
Coarse climber with pandanus-like leaves 1.8-2.8
cm wide, unisexual inflorescences, ovaries with 4-6
stigmas, and a large cylindrical compound fruit 4-7
cm long by 1.5-2.3 cm wide on a scabrid stalk.
Common to abundant in lowland to cloud forest,
reported from near sea level to 1600 m elevation.
Indigenous, also found in Fiji. Reinecke 355c;
Garber 930; Christophersen 3495; Long 3017;
Whistler 2750, 2983, 3548, 3640!, 3661, 9136,
9137. Another species was reported from Tutuila,