Mann.] 316 



Melicope Forst. 



Relying upon the vah^ate sestivatlon of the corolla, I have still kept 

 the genus Pelea distinct from Melicope, notwithstanding Bentham 

 and Hooker, in the Genera Plantariim, have united them. They say 

 of Melicope proper "petala imbricata vel valvata" ; but all those 

 from the Hawaiian Islands most certainly have an imbricative sestiva- 

 tion, as also has the original M. ternata of New Zealand. Their sec- 

 tion Astorganthus is said to have "petala valvata," but in all the spec- 

 imens which I have examined of its only known species, M. simplex, 

 the aestivation is certainly imbricative. If, therefore, this character is 

 sufficient, these genera should be retained. If not, the best arrange- 

 ment might be to throw the Melicopes of the Hawaiian Islands, which 

 all have simple leaves, into Pelea-, and retain the genus Melicope 

 Forst., for the unifoliolate species M. simplex and the trifoliolate 

 species of New Zealand and Australia. 



Melicope eiuerea Gray, 1. c. p. 350, t. 39. 



Foliis oblongis obtusis basi rotundatis petiolatis pallidis utrinque sub- 

 tus praesertim ramulisque junioribus puberulo-tomentellis ; peduncu- 

 lis petiolum subaequantibus ; floribus cymosis extus canescentibus ; 

 calycis lobis ovatis acutis sericeis petalis sericeis brevioribus ; capsula 

 quadripartita, coccis ovoideis glabratis. 



Oahu, on the Kaala Mountains, (Expl. Exp.; Mann & Brigham, 

 558.) 



Melicope barbigera Gray, 1. c. p. 351, t. 39. 



Foliis ovato-oblongis utrinque obtusis petiolatis, adultis viridibus 

 supra glabris subtus secus costam villoso-barbatis ; pedunculis uni-tri- 

 floris petiolo brevioribus ; floribus canescentibus ; calycis lobis ovato- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, puberulis petalis ovato-lanceolatis pubcrulis 

 paullo brevioribus ; capsula quadrisecta, folliculis lenticulari-ovoideis 

 glabratis. 



Kauai, on the mountains above Waimea. (Expl. Exp.; Mann & 

 Brigham, 560.) 



Melicope spathulata Gray,l. c. p. 352. 



"Glabra; foliis elongatis spathulato-oblongis sen oblanceolatis obtu- 

 sis basi acutis; pedunculis axillaribus bi-trifloris; sepalis pctalisque 

 glabris orbiculatis." 



"Kauai, on the mountains." (Expl. Exp.) 



