THE SAXDWICH ISLANDS 



327 



Peculiar Eaicaiian Genera of Flowering Plants. 



Genus. No. of Species. Natural Order. 



1. Isodendrion 3 Violacese. 



2. Schiedea (seeds rugose or muricate) 17 Caryopliyllacese. 



3. Alsinidendron 1 ,, 



.4. Pelea 20 Kutacese. 



5. Platydesma 4 ,, 



6. Mahoe 1 Sapindaceae. 



7. Broussaisia 2 Saxifragaeece. 



8. Hildebrandia 1 Begoniaceaj. 



9. Cheirodendron (fleshy fruit) 2 Araliacete. 



10. Pterotropia (succulent) 3 ,, 



11. Triplasandra (drupe) 4 ,, 



12. Kadua (small, flat, winged seeds) 16 Rubiacese. 



13. Gouldia (berry) 5 ,, 



14. Bobea (drupe) .5 ,, 



15. Straussia (drupe) 5 ,, 



16. Remya 2 C'onipositse. 



17. Tetramolobium 7 ,, 



18. Lipoehffita 11 ,, 



19. Campylotlieca 12 ,, 



20. Argyroxiphium 2 ,, 



21. Wilkesia 2 



22. Dubautia 6 



23. Raillardia 12 \, 



24. Hesperoinauuia 2 ,, 



25. Brighamia 1 Lobeliaeea:>. 



26. Clermontia (berry) 11 ,, 



27. Rollandia 6 ,, 



28. Delissea 7 ,, 



29. Cyauea 28 



30. Labordea 9 Logaiiiaceoe. 



31. Nothocestrum 4 Solanaces. 



32. Haplostachys (nucules dry) 3 Labiatai. 



33. Phyllostegia (nucules flesh)') 16 ,, 



34. Stenogyne (nucules fleshy) 16 ,, 



35. Nototrichiuni 3 Amarantacete. 



36. Charpentiera 2 ,, 



37. Touchardia 1 Urticacea. 



38. jSTeraudia 2 ,, 



Total 254 species. 



The great preponderance of the two orders Compositse 

 and Lobehacese are what first strike us in this hst. In the 

 former case the facilities for wind-dispersal afforded by the 

 structure of so many of the seeds render it compara- 

 tively easy to account for their having reached the islands 

 at an early period. The Lobelias, judging from Hilde- 

 brand's descriptions, may have been transported in several 



