315 [Mann. 



nated by a style nearly twice its length, which is very slender and 

 bears a spreading crown of four ovoid stigmas. The mature capsule 

 is but slightly four-lobed, about half an inch in diameter, and split- 

 ting by loculicidal dehiscence to the centre into four triangular 

 segments joined at the base. The exocarp is thicJi and woody, the 

 endocarp papery and quite smooth within. 



Pelea oblongifolia Gray, 1. c. p. 343. 



Glabra ; foliis oblongis seu ovalibus petiolatis ; pedunculls florum 

 fertilium uni-paucifloris petiolum adajquantibus, florum sterilium laxe 

 paucifloris petiolo longioribus ; calycis lobis ovatis petalis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis triplo brevioribus ; stylo ovario bis longiore ; capsula p. m. 

 quadriloba, coccis subcarinatis. 



Oahu, in various parts on the mountains. Kauai. Hawaii. (Expl. 

 Exp.; Mann & Brigham, 208, 235, 376, 600.) 



Pelea rotundifolia Gray, 1. c. p. 344, t. 37. 



Glabra; foliis orbiculatis basi subcordata sessilibus ; floribus cymosis; 

 calycis lobis ovatis petalis plus dimldio brevioribus ; stylo ovario pu- 

 berulo bis longiore ; capsula (pollicari) profunde quadriloba, coccis 

 ovalibus haud carinatis, endocarpio intus minute puberulo. 



Oahu, on the mountains behind Honolulu. (Expl. Exp.; Mann & 

 Brigham, 209). 



Pelea Sandwicensis Gray, 1. c. p. 345, t. 37= 



BruneUia Sandtcicensis Gaud. Bot. Freyc. Yoy. p. 93, sine descr.; 

 Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. Yoy. p. 80. 



Eamis novellis cum infl3rescentia cymoso-3-9-florri hirsutulo-tomen- 

 tosis; foliis ovalibus oblongisve petiolatis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 prassertim reticulatis ; calycis lobis ovato-rotundis petalis plus dimidio 

 brevioribus; stylo floram fertilium ovario longiore; capsula quadri- 

 partita tomentulosa, coccis ovalibus haud carinatis, endocarpio intus 

 puberulo. 



Oahu, on the mountains behind Honolulu. West Maui, on the 

 mountains. (Expl. Exp. ; Remy, 622.) 



Pelea volcanica Gray, 1. c. p. 346, t. 38. 



Ramis junioribus petiolis et inflorescentia cymuloso-paniculata hir- 

 suto-tomentosis ; foliis ovalibus petiolatis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 parce hirsutis ; calycis lobis ovatis acutis hirsutis petalis hirsutulis 

 dimidio brevioribus ; stylo gracili ovario tomentoso aquilongo ; capsula 

 (sesquipollicari) glabra quadriloba, coccis recurvis carinatis. 



Hawaii, in forests on Mouna Kea, (Expl. Exp). Oahu, on the 

 Kaala Mountains, (H. Mann.) 



