A. W. Evans — Saioaiian IIe2)aticm of the Tribe Juhuloidem. 403 



two fifths with obtuse or rounded lobes and narrow sinus, entire or 

 angular-unidentate on sides: leaf-cells thick-walled, with distinct 

 trigones and occasional intermediate thickenings, often becoming 

 confluent : $ inflorescence borne on a principal branch; bracts in 

 two or three pairs, the lobe ovate, acute or obtuse (away from peri- 

 anth), entire or sparingly and irregularly angular-dentate, lobule 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or short-acuminate, angular-dentate (on innei*- 

 most bract, two to four teeth on each side) or subentire, bearing a 

 slender cilium-like stylus near the base on the inner edge; bracteoles 

 free from bracts, ovate, bifid almost to middle, with divisions simi- 

 lar to the lobules of the bracts ; perianth about half exserted, 

 oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex and narrowed into a rather 

 long beak, ciliate at the mouth, with a narrow postical keel and 

 smooth surface: 5 spike globose, usually borne just below the invo- 

 lucre ; bracts in about three pairs : capsule borne on a very short 

 stalk; spores yellowish -brown, verruculose, the verruculse in small 

 circular patches. 



Stems 0. H™"" in diameter, lobes of leaves from 0.5-0.85™"' long, 

 0.4-0.75'"'" wide, lobides 0.17x0.08""", underleaves 0.25x0.15""", 

 leaf-cells at edge of lobe 16)U, in diameter, in the middle 20/x, at the 

 base 25x23|u,, bract I, lobe 0.95x0.45'""', lobule 0.85x0.25'"'", brac- 

 teole I 0.75x0.5°'"', bract I[, lobe 0.7 x 0.35°'"', lobule 0.85x0.17'"'", 

 bracteole II 0.5 x 0.25'""', perianth 1.35 x 0.7, capsule 0.5"'™ in diam- 

 eter, spores 40-50|U, in diameter, patches of verruculoe about 5/a wide. 



On trees. Oahu: Nuuanu (Heller, Cooke); Lnakaha, Mt. Tant- 

 talus, foot of Konahuanui (Cooke); first collected on the island by 

 Meyen ; also collected by Mann and Brigham. Kauai : Kilohana 

 (Cooke). West Maui (Baldwin). 



My determination of this species is based on the original descrip- 

 tion and on a drawing of a sterile fragment kindly sent me by Herr 

 Stephani, Avho had examined the original material. The most im- 

 portant difference which this author points out between F. Meyen- 

 aina and his recently published F. Ilelleri is in regard to the bracts. 

 In the diagnosis of F. Meyeniana in the Synopsis, the involucre is 

 briefly and inadequately described as " integerrimum," whereas in 

 Herr Stephani's description of F. Ilelleri the bracts are said to be 

 " acuta vel apiculata, angulatim paucidentata, lobulis duplo angus- 



tioribus acuminatis paucidentatis." As my description shows, 



the characters drawn from the involucre are very variable, and this 

 is true even of the specimens of F. Ilelleri sent me by Mr. Heller 

 himself. I have, therefore, been unable to keep the two species 

 distinct. 



