Mann.] 314 



calycis lobis ovato-rotimdatis petalis ovatis climidlo brevlorlbus ; stylo 

 ovario glabro asquilongo ; capsula parva quadripartita glaberrima. 



Kauai, on the mountains above Waimea, at the elevation of three 

 thousand feet. (H. Mann.) 



A small tree, fifteen feet high, with the branches and inflorescence 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, from two and a half to four inches 

 long, and one and a half to two and a half inches wide, entire, 

 coriaceous, glabrous and very conspicuously and finely reticulate- 

 veiny above (the veins uniting into an irregular intramarginal vein), 

 beneath clothed with a dense velvety villosity, which is especially 

 thick on the midrib ; petioles one half to one inch long. The 

 small flowers are solitary in the axils of the leaves, borne on 

 slender pedicels about two lines long. Calyx four-lobed ; the lobes 

 rounded-ovate, about three-fourths of a line in length. Petals thin 

 and valvate in aestivation with the apices incurved, ovate, obtuse, 

 about one and one fourth lines long. Stamens eight, short ; filaments 

 slender ; anthers sagittate. Style about the length of the glabrous 

 ovary, terminated by an obtusely four-lobed stigma. Capsule four- 

 parted, one or more of the ovate glabrous cocci often abortive. Ripe 

 fruit unknown. 



Pelea anisata sp. nov. 



Glabra ; foliis chartaceis 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 Hanalai. (Mann & Brigham, 55 7.) 



A large shrub or small tree, the "Makihana" of the natives, fifteen to 

 twenty feet high, or perhaps more (the stem sometimes being four 

 inches in diameter) ; in general appearance resembling P. oUongifolia^ 

 but perfectly distinguished by its overpowering anisateodor when the 

 leaves are bruised or the bark peeled off": the other species have only 

 a heavy rutaceous odor. Leaves elongated-oval or oblong, obtuse, 

 somewhat attenuated at the base, two to seven inches long, one to two 

 inches wide, of a chartaceous texture, loosely reticulate-veined, 

 borne on petioles one half to one inch long. The flowers are 

 usually solitary in the axils of the leaves, but sometimes two or three 

 together ; pedicels one or two lines long. Calyx four-parted ; the 

 lobes ovate, obtuse, rather thick, less than a line long. Petals four, 

 oblong or oblong-ovate, thrice the length of the sepals, valvate in 

 aestivation. Stamens eight, very short, not exceeding the calyx-lobes 

 in length; filaments broadly linear-lanceolate ; anthers short-sagittate. 

 Ovary glabrous, depressed-globular and very slightly lobed, termi- 



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