28 Director' s Annual Report. 



Fleminga strobulifera R. Br. 



Fleminga strobulifcya R. Br., Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. ii, 1810-13, 350. 

 Fleiiii)iga bractcata Wight, Ic, 1840-53, 268. 

 Fleuiinga fruticulosa Wall, Cat., 1828, 5754. 

 Fleminga abrupta Wall, Cat., 1828, 5755. 



I am iudebted to Mr. C. J. Austin for showing me this plant. 

 It occurs in compan}^ with Psidium guajava at Nahiku, East Maui. 

 The plant is widely spread in India, where it is said to be very 

 variable. It is a small shrub, and can be distinguished by the 

 conspicuous folded bracts which hide the small flowers. 



Medicago apiculata Willd. 



JMedicago apiculata Willd., vSp. PL, iii, 1S03, 1414. 



Rather rare but probably has the same range as the next 

 species. It can be recognized b}- the unarmed pods. In the 

 Index Kewensis it is regarded as being synomymous with the next. 

 C. N. P., no. 1718. O. Honolulu, Oahu. 



Medicago denticulata Willd. 



Medicago denticulata Willd., Sp. PI., iii, 1803, 1414. 



The bur clover is more or less common on all the islands. 

 According to Van Dine,^ it was introduced on Maui in 1882. 



Medicago intertexta Mill. 



Jfedicago intertexta Mill, Gard. Diet. Ed. viii, 1768, n. 4. 



The above species is reported to be common about Honolulu, 

 by Heller. 



Melilotus indica (L. ) All. 



Tri/oliuiii iiietilotus h., Sp. PL, 1753, 764. 



Trifoliuni indicuni Thunb., Prod. PL Cap., 1800, 136. 



Melilotus indica AIL, Fl. Pedem I, 1785-89, 308. 



Melilotus pa) viflora Desf. , Fl. Atlant., 1800, ii, 187. 



Melilotus miniDia Roth., Nov. PL vSp., 1821, 361. 



Melilotus occidentalis Nutt., ex Torr & Gray, Fl. X. Am., 1838, i, 321. 



Melilotus regulosa Willd., Enum. Hort. BeroL, 1809, 789. 



Rather common on Oahu and Hawaii ; probably on all islands. 



Trifolium repens h. 



Trifoliurn repens L., Sp. PL, 1753, 767. 



The white clover is common in the pastures on Haleakala, Maui. 



GERANIACEAE. 

 !Ef odium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. 

 Geranium cicutarium L.. Sp. PL, 1753, 680. 

 Erodium cicutarium L'Her., Ait. Hort. Kew., 1789, 2, 414. 



Oahu, not common. 



Hawaii Agr. P^xp. Station Rept., 1908, p. 25. [328) 



