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the axils of the leaves and on the inflorescence. Leaves numerous, 

 small, spathulate-linear, entire at the obtuse apex and raucronate, or 

 slightly notched, one-nerved, tapering at the hirsute-ciliate base into a 

 very short petiole. Panicle compound, diffusely branched, bracted. 

 Calyx 2 lines long, the sepals lanceolate, acuminate, rather thick, nar- 

 rowly scariou^-margined, longer than the 3-valved capsule. Stamino- 

 dia, stamens, etc., as in S. amplexicaulis. Seeds few, tuberculate- 

 roughened. (M. & B. 595.) 



29. ScHiEDEA. Menziesii, Hook. Ic. PI. foL 649, adnot. 



30. ScHiEDEA HooKERi, Gray, L c. p. 133, adnot. 



31. ScHiEDEA LiGUSTRiNA, Cham. & Schlecht. in Linngea, 1, p. 46; 

 Fenzl, in Endh Atakt. Bot. t. 14, & Ann. Wein. Mus. 2, p. 273 ; 

 Gray, 1. c. p. 133. Portulacea, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 

 188. (M. & B. 578.) 



32. ScHiEDEA SPERGULINA, Gray, 1. c. t. 11. (M. & B. 342.) 



33. ScHiEDEA Remyi (H. Maun, 1. c. p. 310): suffruticosa ; foliis 

 inferioribus angustato-linearibus uninerviis faseiculatis, superioribus 

 subiilatis ; panicula thyrsoidea contracta e cymulis brevibus puberulis 

 compositis ; sepalis ovatis obtusis plurinerviis capsulam supcrantibus ; 

 staminodiis apice bifidis ; filamentis brevibus ; semiuibus fere laivibus. 

 — Molokai. — Lc:aves very narrowly linear, 2-3 inches long, a line 

 wide, with smaller ones often fascicled in their axils. Inflorescence a 

 very much crowded thyrsus, minutely pubescent. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 many-nerved. Staminodia short, bifid at the apex. Stamens short, 

 of about the length of the staminodia. Ovary ovoid. Styles 4-5, 

 rather long. Capsule ovoid, shorter than the calyx. Seeds numerous 

 (30 - 40) , small. (Remy, 55 1 .) 



34. ScHiEDEA GLOBOSA (H. Maun, 1. c. p. 311) : humilis; caulibus 

 e caudice herbaceo erectis simphcissimis ; foliis inferioribus obovato- 

 lanceolatis sessilibus 3 -5-plinerviis, superioribus angustioribus parvis 

 tripli-nerviis ; cymulis plurifloribus in capitulum terrainale globosum 

 raro trifidum longius pedunculatum arete congestis ; sepalis ovatis 

 obtusis infra medium nervatis capsula ovato-lanceolata 4-valvi brevi- 

 oribus ; staminodiis integerrimis obtusis staminibusque calyce 2 - 3-plo 

 brevioribus ; seminibus paucis rugulosis. — Oahu. — Herbaceous, prui- 

 nose-puberulent on the upper part of the stem and on the inflorescence, 

 otherwise glabrous. The simple branches rising from the base a span 

 to a foot high, bearing 4 or 5 pairs of leaves. The lower leaves obo- 

 vatc-lanceolate from a narrowed sessile base, somewhat fleshy, about 



