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22; Pittosporum acuminatum (sp. nov.) : foliis chartaceis ob- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis glaberrimis ; pedunculis axillaribus gracillimis 

 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. Silexe lanceolata, Gray, 1. c. p. Ill, t. 10. 



Schiedea, Cham, et Schlecht., 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 staminodiorum 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. 



§ Etjschiedea. Filaments capillaria. Styli 3, rarius 4-5, intus stigmatosi. — 

 Flores parvi, thyrsoideo-congesti vel effuse panieulati. 



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

 •»- Staminodia apice bifida : filamenta longe exserta. 



1. S. Nuttallii, Hook. 



2. S. diffusa, Gray. 



-t- -*- Staminodia lanceolata, acuminata : filamenta calyce breviora. 



3. S. AMPLEXICAULIS, Sp. TIOV. •» 



4. S. STELLARIOIDES, Sp. TIOV. 



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



5. S. Mexziesii, Hook. 



6. S. Hookeki, Gray. 



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

 -i- Staminodia apice bifida: filamenta longe exserta. 



7. S. ligusteina, Cham, et Schlecht. 



8. S. spergulina, Gray. 



•*- -»- Staminodia apice bifida : filamenta calyce breviora. 



9. S. Remyi, sp. nov. 



