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*Etatosterna scabriusculum Setchell
Small herb with alternate leaves, long stipules, and
tiny green flowers. Uncommon in montane forest,
reported from 30 to 600 m elevation. Endemic.
Setchell375; Yuncker 941 0; Long 1961, 1963.
*Elatostema tutuilense Whistler
Small herb with alternate leaves, deeply pinnately
toothed leaf margins, and tiny greenish flowers.
Rare in montane forest, no elevation reported (but
over 200 m). Endemic to Tutuila (and collected
only once). Reinecke 590.
*Laportea interrupta (L.) Chew
ogoogo
Erect herb with toothed, ovate, alternate leaves,
mildly stinging hairs, and a long, loose, axillary
inflorescence of greenish, apetalous flowers. Un-
common in disturbed places, reported only from the
lowlands. A Polynesian introduction, possibly
native to Southeast Asia. Setchell 145, 533;
Whistler 8487.
Leucosyke corymbulosa (Wedd.) Wedd.
'ala'alatoa
Small tree with alternate, palmately veined leaves
gray on the lower surface, tiny greenish flowers, and
a white fleshy compound fruit. Uncommon in low-
land forest, reported from 100 to 250 m elevation.
Indigenous, ranging from Vanuatu to the Cook
Islands. Setchell 258; Wilder 86; Garber 809, 922;
Yuncker 9340, 94 12; Long 1981, 3 104; Spence
5 lo!; Whistler 2689!, 2890, 8608!, 8980!.
*Maoutia australis Wedd.
Small tree with alternate serrate leaves white
beneath, and tiny green flowers in axillary inflore-
scences. Uncommon in lowland to montane forest,
reported from 200 to 900 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from Fiji to the Society Islands. Reinecke
522 ("Tutuila and the Manu'a Islands!"). This
record is questionable.
Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm
Small prostrate, somewhat succulent herb with tiny
leaves and greenish, inconspicuous flowers. Occa-
sional in sunny disturbed areas and especially on
rock walls, reported only from the lowlands. A
modern introduction, native to tropical America.
Diefenderfer 24; Yuncker 9373; Long 3096;
Whistler 2759, 9035!.
Pipturus argenteus (Forst. f.) Wedd.
soga; fau soga
Small tree with alternate leaves gray beneath, tiny
flowers in branching inflorescences, and white,
fleshy compound fruits. Common in disturbed
places and early secondary forest, reported from
near sea level to 700 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from Vanuatu to the Marquesas. Reinecke
506; Setchell 85, 122, 544; Bryan 974; Garber 813;
Wilder 90 (n.s.); Christophersen 1073; Mitchell 565;
Meebold 26589; Yuncker 9375; McKee 2941;
Comstock 2; Wisner 59; Long 3095, 3096, 3103;
Spence 479!; Whistler 2861, 8572!, 9145.
Procris pedunculata (Forst.) Wedd.
fua lole
Terrestrial or epiphytic herb with tiny white flowers
and red, strawberry-like aggregate fruits. Occasional
in littoral to montane forest, reported from
near sea level to 700 m elevation. Indigenous,
ranging from Malaysia to the Marquesas. Graeffe
s.n.; Setchell 7, 212, 513; Garber 859, 869, 934;
Bryan 932; Christophersen 986; Mitchell 573;
Yuncker 9405; Whistler 2704, 2725, 2768, 8473,
8996!, 91 15.
VERBENACEAE
Clerodendrum chinense (Osbeck) Mabberly
losa Honolulu
Large shrub with opposite, cordate leaves and
showy white, many-petaled flowers in dense
clusters. Occasional in plantations and along
roadsides, reported only from the lowlands. A
modern introduction, native to tropical Asia.
Whistler 8898, 8967!.
Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.
aloalo tai
Sprawling shrub with opposite leaves and showy
white flowers having exserted stamens. Common in
the littoral strand and sometimes as a scandent shrub
in littoral forest, reported only in coastal areas. Indigenous,
ranging from tropical Asia to Niue. Setchell
97, 292; Wilder 74; Garber 963; Diefenderfer