E atai, erythoina. Corallodendron.
This is a large tree, and remarkable for Its bright scarlet flower, making a most beautiful show. The venee feeds upon its flowers, and is caught with the clammy juice that issues out of it; the women make garlands of them, and put them round their heads.

E owhaee. Æschynomene-speciosa.
This shrub grows wild, in great abundance, on the island of Toopbai; and is planted on the other islands to shade their houses; and the flower of it, which is very beautiful, they often stick in their ears.

E hora. Galega-piscatoria.
With this plant, beaten small, they poison or stupify fish, throwing it into the water, by which means they are caught.

E peepee. Phaseolus-amœnus.
The stalks of this plant make a very good thread for weaving nets and seins. Of the flowers, which are very pretty, they make garlands for their heads.

E vaeenoo. Cotula-bicolor.
E tooho. Epipactis-purpurea.
Both these plants, bruised, are ingredients in their Erapaow-mai, or plaister to cure sores.

Taro. Arum-esculentum.
The roots of this plant, of which there are several varieties, are as good as Ignames, and are reckoned very wholesome common food in the South-sea islands. The leaves, when baked, taste as well as greens.

E ape. Arum-costatum.
The root of this plant is as good as the last, but considerably larger: the leaves, which are very smooth and extremely large, are used to wrap up, or lay any sort of victuals upon.

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