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22. PiTTOSPORUM ACUMINATUM (sp. nov.) : foliis chartaceis ob- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis glaberritnis ; pedunculis axillaribus gracilliiuis 

 petiolum bis superantibus corymboso-5 - 8-floris ; sepalis bracteisque 

 angustissimis subulatis ; staminibus petalis plus dimidio brevioribus ; 

 antheris sagittatis ; stylo gracili ovario tomentoso longiore ; stigmate 

 capitato ; capsula globosa tomentosa tuberculato-rugosa. — On the 

 mountains above Waimea, Kauai, 3,000 feet. — A small tree, 15 or 20 

 feet high ; branches slender. Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 6 to 20 lines 

 wide. Petioles about half an inch long. Peduncles 10 to 20 lines long. 

 Bracts and sepals a line and a half long. Flowers about 5 lines long. 

 Capsule much tuberculate-roughened. (M. & B. 603.) 



Caryophyllacece. 



23. SiLENE STRUTHiOLOiDES, Gray, Bot. S. Pacif. Expl. Exp. 1, 

 p. 109, t. 10. (M. & B. 312.) 



24. SiLENE LANCEOLATA, Gray, 1. c p. Ill, t. 10. 



SCHIEDEA, Cham, et ScklechL, Char. Gen. emend.* 



Calyx quinquepartitus, persistens. Corolla nulla. Staminodia sub- 

 petaloidea 5, hyalina, sepalis opposita. Stamina fertilia 10, imo calyci 

 inserta, quinque sepalis opposita cum basi stamiuodiorum accreta, quin- 

 que alterna breviora. Styli filiformi 3, rarius 4 - 5 - 7. Ovarium uni- 



* Synopsis. — Reprinted from the Proceed. Bost. Soc.Nat. Hist., Vol. X., 1866. 



§ EuscHiEDEA. Filamenta capillaria. Styli 3, rarius 4 - 5, intus stigmatosi. — 

 Flores parvi, thyrsoideo-congesti vel effuse paniculati. 



* Panicula deliquescens, effusa : sepala acuminata : folia uninervia. 

 ■*- Staminodia apice bifida : filamenta longe exserta. 



1. S. NUTTALLII, ^00^. 



2. S. DIFFUSA, Gray. 



■*- -I- Staminodia lanceolata, acuminata : filamenta calyco breviora. 



3. S. AMFLEXICAHLIS, Sp. UOV. 



4. S. STELLAKIOIDES, Sp. UOV. 



* * Panicula contracta, ramosa, deliquescens : folia trinervia. 



5. S. Menziesii, Hook. 



6. S. HooKERi, Grai/. ' 



* * * Panicula thyrsoidea, contracta, interrupta: folia uninervia. 

 t- Staminodia apice bifida: filamenta longe exserta. 



7. S. LiGusTKiNA, Cham, d ScMeclit. 



8. S. SFERGULINA, Gvat/. 



■*- ■*- Staminodia apice bifida : filamenta calyce breviora. 



9. S. Remyi, ap. nov. 



