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capsula parva quadripartita glaberrima. — Kauai, on the mountains 

 above Waimea, at the elevation of three thousand feet. — A small tree, 

 fifteen or twenty feet high. (M. & B.) 



70. Pelea anisata (H. Mann, 1. c. p. 314) : glabra; foliis charta- 

 ceis oblongis obtusis petiolatis ; floribus in axillis solitariis raro binis 

 vel ternis brevissime pedicellatis ; calycis lobis late ovatis obtusis petalis 

 ovato-oblongis triplo brevioribus ; stylo ovarium bis superante ; capsula 

 leviter quadriloba. — Kauai, on various parts of the island, but most 

 abundant in the neighborhood of Hanalei. (M. & B. 557.) 



71. Pelea oblongifolia, Gray, 1. c. p. 343; H. Mann, 1. c. p. 



315. (M. & B. 208, 235, 376, 600.) 



72. Pelea rotundifolia, Gray, 1. c. p. 344, t. 37 ; H. Mann, 1. c. 

 p. 315. (M. &. B. 209.) 



73. Pelea Sandwicensis, Gray, 1. c. p. 345, t. 37 ; H. Mann, 1. c. 

 p. 315. Brunettia Sandwicensis, Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Voy. p. 93, sine 

 descr. ; Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 80. (Remy, 622.) 



74. Pelea volcanica, Gray, 1. c. t. 38 ; H. Mann, 1. c. (M. & B.) 



75. Melicope cinerea, Gray, 1. c. p. 350, t. 39 ; H. Mann, 1. c. p. 



316. (M. & B. 558.) 



76. Melicope barbigera, Gray, 1. c. p. 351, t. 39 ; H. Mann, 1. c. 

 p. 316. (M. &B. 560.) 



77. Melicope spathulata, Gray, 1. c. p. 352 ; H. Mann, 1. c. 



78. Melicope elliptic a, Gray, 1. c. p. 353 ; H. Mann, 1. c. p. 



317. (M. & B. 377.) 



Platydesma, H. Mann. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx quadrisepalus, persistens, imbricatus ; 

 sepalis rotundatis, exterioribus majoribus interiora sestivatione inclu- 

 dentibus. Petala 4, agstivatione late convoluto-imbricata vel convoluta, 

 ampla, obovata, apice recurva. Discus planus, leviter 4-lobus. Sta- 

 mina 8, disco inserta, infra medium monadelpha ; filamentis nudis ovatis 

 seu ovato-lanceolatis crassis ; antherce sagittataa, facei interiori infra 

 apicem filamenti adnatae. Ovarium 4-partitum : stylus centralis : stig- 

 mate 4-lobo : ovula in loculis 5, amphitropa. Cocci erecti, omnino 

 discreti, subsucculenti, abortu saepissime dispermi, endocavpio tenui 

 cartilagineo. Embryo .... — Arbuscula Sandwicensis, fere glabra, 

 graveolens. Folia opposita, ampla, simplicia, lanceolata vel obovato- 

 lanceolata, obtusa vel acuminata, petiolata. Cymas axillares paucifloras, 

 pedicellis 2-bracteolatis. Flores magni, albi. 



