BSIP Discoveries
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Are New To Science
Two discoveries new to science have so far been recorded by the Royal Society Expedition to the British Solomon Islands, which began work in the Protec torate in June.
One discovery is a type of iguana lizard which originated in the South American tropics.
These lizards have been re corded previously in the Galapagos Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, but not in the Solomons.
The other discovery, made near Wainoni Bay, is of an entirely new species of pandanus.
The leader of the expedition, Mr. E. J. H. Corner, says this discovery alone has justified the botanical side of the Royal Society expedition.
Mr, Corner says there are three kinds of plant in the pandanus family, and that the new species is unusual in that it flowers from the trunk, below the single head of leaves, like a betel nut palm.