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loculare ; ovulis plurimis columellas central! affixis. Capsula trivalvis, 

 raro 4 - 5 - 7-valvis. Semina plurima, estrophiolata. Embryo annu- 

 laris, albumen farinaceum cingens. — Suffrutices vel herbas perennes, 

 Sandvvicenses, oppositifolii, exstipulati ; cymulis thyrsoideo-congestia 

 vel effuse paniculatis, raro cyma pauciflora. 



25. Schiedea Nuttallii, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 649, 650 ; Gray, 1. c. p. 

 137. Eucladus suffruticosus, Nutt. in herb. Hook. (Remy, 547.) 



26. Schiedea diffusa, Gray, 1. c. p. 138, t. 11. (Remy, 546.) 



27. Schiedea amplexicaulis (H. Mann, in Proceed. Bost. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. vol. 10, p. 310, Apr. 1866): sufTruticosa ; foliis oblongo- 

 linearibus obtusis mucronatis uninerviis basi lata auriculata amplexi- 

 caulibus ; panicula ramosissima patentissima ; pedicellis minutissime 

 hirsutis ; sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis scarioso-fibrilloso-margi- 

 natis hispidulis enerviis capsula 3-valvi paullo longioribus ; staminodiis 

 lanceolatis apice attenuato integerrimis ; filamentis brevibus; seminibus 

 hevibus. — "Kauai or Niihau." — Leaves oblong-linear from a wide 

 auriculate and clasping base, one-nerved, obtuse, mucronate, about 2 

 inches long, and 5-6 lines wide. Panicle compound, diffusely spread- 

 ing, bracted, about a foot long, its younger parts and the calyx minutely 

 hirsute. Pedicels capillary, 4-8 lines long. Calyx 2 lines long, 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with scarious and fibrillose margins. 

 Staminodia lanceolate, with an entire attenuated apex. Stamens shorter 

 than the calyx. Capsule few-seeded, nearly equalling the calyx in 

 length, splitting into 3 valves. Seeds smooth. (Remy, 548 bls .) 



28. Schiedea stellarioides (H. Mann, 1. c. p. 310): caule basi 

 suffruticoso ramosissimo ; foliis spathulato-linearibus obtusis mucronatis 

 emarginatisve uninerviis, junioribus basi attenuata hirsuto-ciliatis ; pa- 

 nicula effusa gracili ; pedicellis primum pubescentibus ; sepalis attenu- 

 ato-lanceolatis enerviis capsula 3-valvi paullo longioribus ; staminodiis 

 lanceolatis apice attenuato integerrimis ; filamentis brevibus ; semini- 

 bus rugulosis. — On the mountains above Wairaea, Kauai. — Bushy 

 and very much branched from a suffruticose base. Finely hirsute in 



# #.# # Thyrsus globosus, nunc tripartitus: folia tripli - quintupli-nervia : sta- 

 minodia integra obtusa : filamenta brevissima. 



10. S. globosa, sp. nov. 



§ Nothoschiedea. Filamenta coraplanata subulata. Styli 7, undique stigma- 

 tosi. Staminodia integra, obtusa, brevissima : filamenta calyce breviora. — 

 Flores pro genere maximi, perpauci, sepalis subpetaloideis. 



11. S. VISCOSA sp. nov. 



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