Rutaceae. 
1 to 2.5 em; samegeiceie’ axillary, covered with a silky appressed yellowish green pubes- 
cence th rougho ut, paniculate, Scien from every node, bracteate throughout, bracts T 
mm, triangular, acute; peau el to 12 mm, the ultimate Sige ties teolate pedicels 5 mm; 
sepals ovate, acute, no are m, petals ‘acuminate, 4 mm, both sepals and petals per- 
sistent with the le, gree wie drawn from pienent sepals and petals) flowers 
unknown; capsule silky tomentose, parted more fo half into 4 pete sone which when 
nah: are nearly as beaked as in Pinigdesels rostrat 
This rather interesting species, which is named here after Prof. Howard M. 
Ballou, to whom the writer is indebted for corrections of the proof sheets of 
this book, grows in the dense rain forest on the slopes of Mt. Haleakala, Maui, 
along the trail leading from Ukulele to Waikamoi Gulch, at an elevation of 5000 
feet. It was collected by the writer in the above locality, fruiting, October 25, 
1910, in company with Mr. L. von Tempsky. The type is numbered 8609 in the 
College of Hawaii Herbarium. 
It is apparently related to the rather dubious Pelea Mannii Hbd., but differs 
from the latter in the pedunculate inflorescence and the silky-haired rostrate 
capsules; while the ovary in Pelea Mannii is glabrous. 
Pelea anisata Mann. 
Mokihana or Mokehana. 
PELEA ANISATA Mann in Proc. Bost. Soe. — Hist. X. (1866) 314, et Proc. Am. 
Aead. (1867) 159, et FI. lone w. Isl. Proc. Ess. Inst. V. (1867) 166;—Wawra in 
Flora (1873) 109:—Hbd. Haw. Isl. (188 8) 6 4s Sia Pl. Haw. Isl, (1897) 
837;—Brigham, Ka Hana pa (1911) 163, fig. 97.—Evodia anisata Drake Del 
Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pace. VI. (1890) 130. 
_A slender lech leaves opposite oblong, 5 to 12 em long, 3.75 to em wide on 
petioles of 2.5 obtuse or rounded at both ends, or emarginate with an Vattennate base, 
chartaceous, the marginal nerve distant from the edge, pylon smaller secondary meshes 
i all, 1 to 5 on a short peduncle of 4 m Ske: ch is bracteate iu the 
d transpa 
petals 4 to 7 mm long, oblo ng, acuminate, stamens 8, four lo ee chin the petals, the 
remaining 4 slightly shorter, or as long as the petals; ovary glabrous, style 1.5 mm, with 
4 minute —— branches; — coriaceous, small 12 mm in diameter, cuboid, sub- 
entire, th er faces notched only by a sha low sulcus, for axis remaining entire after 
dehiscence; al parts of this tree emit a very strong anise odor 
This very strongly scented tree, called Mokihana by the natives of Kauai, is 
peculiar to the latter island. It is a slender tree reaching a height of over 20 
feet, and a trunk of 10 inches or more in diameter, and is vested in a smooth 
thin bark; all parts of the tree have a strong anise odor, which is retained even 
for years in the dry wood as well as in the capsules. The latter are in great 
favor with the natives and are threaded and worn by women and men alike as 
leis or wreaths. It was one of their favorite perfumes and twigs as well as cap- 
sules were placed between their tapa cloth. 
The tree is evenly distributed over the Island of Kauai, and is quite common 
in the forest of Kaholuamano and Halemanu, above Waimea, as well as at Ha- 
nalei on the windward side; it, however, does not ascend higher than 4000 feet 
and not lower than 3000 feet. This is not the only tree of this genus which 
possesses an odor of anise. On the Island of Hawaii in the high swamp forest of 
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