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gulari-acuminatis basi subconnatis ; foliis chartaceis lanceolatis seu 

 oblongo-lanceolatis utriiique acutis vel acuminatis ; pedunculis petiolo 

 gracili brevioribus paucifloris ; floribus 6 - 7-meris ; drupa obovato- 

 globosa apice nuda. Euarthronia foliosa, Nutt. in Herb. Hook. — Oahu, 

 Sandwich Islands : where it was also gathered by Gaudichaud, Nuttall, 

 and Seemann. 



CopROSMA PUBENS {Gray, I. c.) : fruticosa ; stipulis late deltoideis 

 connatis strigoso-sericeis ; foliis chartaceis obovato-oblongis oblongisve 

 basi in petiolum attenuatis supra glabratis subtus reticulato-venosis 

 ramulisque pubescentibus ; pedunculis petiolo brevioribus vel subnuUis ; 

 floribus confer tis, masculis 6 - 7-meris, calyce irregulari, corolla bre- 

 viter infundibuliformi. — Var. a. drupis secus ramos subsessilibus basi 

 bibracteolatis ovoideis I'ostello bi-evi apiculatis. Var. /5. Kauensis : 

 drupis obovatis obtusissimis plurimis sessilibus in pedunculo commu- 

 ni. — Sandwich Islands. 



CoPROSMA Menziesii ( Gray, I. c.) : fruticosa ; ramis pubentibus ; 

 stipulis brevibus connatis sex'iceo- vel strigoso-pubescentibus ; foliis obo- 

 vatis seu ovalibus raro oblongis reticulatis glabris ; pedunculis pauci- 

 floris brevibus saBpe aggregatis vel compositis ; floribus 5-11-meris; 

 calyce cupulato breviter dentato ; drupa subglobosa calycis limbo brevi 

 coronata. — Var. «. foliis chartaceis demum coriaceis ovalibus seu ellip- 

 ticis acutis vel obtusis basi in petiolum longiusculum vel brevem con- 

 tractis. Var. ^5. foliis chartaceis longiuscule petiolatis ; pedunculis 

 foemineis geminis ternisve 1 - 3-floris gracilibus. Var. y foliis minori- 

 bus spathulatis obovatisve crassis in ramulos confertissimis breviter 

 petiolatis ; drupis fere sessilibus. — Hawaii, Sandwich Islands. Col- 

 lected by Menzies, Macrae, Gaudichaud, and Douglas. 



CoPROSMA ERNODEOiDES {Gray, I. c.) : fruticosa, procumbens, 

 glabra (nisi ramis junioribus) ; stipulis brevissimis connatis ; foliis con- 

 fertissimis parvis sublinearibus crassis aveniis nitidis sempervirentibus 

 margine parce hispidulis ; floribus foemineis sessilibus ramulos termi- 

 nantibus 4-meris; corolla tubulosa; drupa globosa. — Hawaii, Sand- 

 wich Islands. Collected by Menzies, &:c. 



CoPROSMA Taitensis {Gray, I. c): G.rohustce affinis, glaberrima ; 

 stipulis triangulatis acutis subconnatis persistentibus ; foliis subcoriaceis 

 oblongis obtusis basi in petiolum angustatis ; pedunculis brevissimis vel 

 breviusculis 2 - 5-floris ; drupa obovato-globosa apice nuda. — Tahiti, 

 Society Islands. (In fruit only.) 



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