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sulam superantibus ; starainodlis apice bifidis ; filamentis brevibus ; 

 seminibus fere laevibus. — Molokal, one of the Hawaiian Islands. 

 (Remy, 551.) 



Schiedea globosa sj). nov. 



Hiimilis; caulibus e caudice herbaceo erectis simplicissimis ; foliis 

 inferioribus obovato-lanceolatis sessilibus 3-5-plinerviis, superioribus 

 angustioribus parvis tripli-nerviis ; cymulis plurifloribus in oapitulum 

 terminalc globosum raro trifidum longius pedunculatum arete con- 

 gestis ; sepalis ovatis obtusis infra medium nervatis eapsula ovato- 

 lanceolata 4-valvi brevioribus ; staminodiis integerrimis obtusis stam- 

 in:bus;|ue calvce 2-3-plo brevioribus ; seminibus paucis rugulosis. 

 — Oahu. (Mann & Brigham, 580 ; Remy, 552.) 



Schiedea viscosa sp. nov. 



Decumbens, sufFruticosa, glanduloso-pubescens ; ramis adsurgenti- 

 bus foliosis apice laxe 2-6-floribus ; foliis breviter oblongis utrinque 

 acutissimis petiolatis trinervatis demum glabratis ; sepalis ovatis acumi- 

 natis plurinerviis capsulam 7-valvem superantibus ; filamentis calyce 

 brevioribus staminodia late ovata obtusa 3-plo superantibus, iis stam- 

 inodiorum oppositis latioribus; seminibus plurimls tuberculato-rugulo- 

 sis. — At three thousand feet elevation, on the mountains of Waimea, 

 Kauai. This species differs so entirely in its aspect from the rest 

 of the genus, in its almost trailing manner of growth, and in its pecu- 

 liarly nerved leaves and large flowers nearly half an inch long, 

 formmg a comparatively simple cyme, as to form quite a distinct 

 section. (Mann & Brigham, 579.) 



Alsixidexdron Nov. Gen. Caryopliyll. 



Calyx quinquepartitus, sepalis decussatim imbricatis ovalibus sub- 

 carnosis albidis etiam in anthesi conniventibus, raro cum quinto min- 

 imo interno. Petala et staminodia nulla. Stamina 10, margini disci 

 tenuissimse basi calycis accreti inserta : filamenta filiformia : anthers 

 lineari-oblongae, utrinque emarginatae. Ovarium uniloculare ; ovulis 

 plurimis columellEe centrali affixis : styli 4-7, breviter filiformes, 

 apice intus stigmatosi. Capsula utriculata?, polysperma. — Frutex 

 Sandwicensis, orgyalis, fere glaber ; ramis foliosis ; foliis oppositis 

 amplis ovatis ovalibusque cuspidato-acuminatis basi in petiolum sub- 

 ito angustatis eximie trinervatis subeveniis; cymis plurifloribus pedun- 

 culatis ex axillis superioribus, floribus subglobosis in pedicelHs filiform- 

 ibus pendulis. 



