Myrtaceae. 
Sage Soe. III. abe AE 268.—M. metry Gaertn. Fruct. I. (1788) 172, pl. 34. 
fig.-03——Sol, Pri oe Behe car a (ined.) et in Parkins. Draw. Tah, Pl. t. 54.— 
‘. et 3 Smith) 
‘Gites. 00 eech. (1832) 638, (non —M., rg ese 
Hook. et Arn. Bot.  pisck © caste) 63. 12.—Melaleuca villosa 
fig. m-p.—Nania collina O. K. Genres. P rie915 242.—Nania pumila Heller 
in Minn. Bot. St ae peo IX, AS97864 Bieeiaeg gla oe Heller 1. ¢. 866.— 
Nania lutea Heller 1. x Nania F i Levl. in Fedde Repert. X. 10/14 
ae 1) 150.—x Nania pinaesoe pe 1 Wear eee 50 ae polym couche var, nummularifolia 
Levl. oan X. 10/14 (1911) 149. 
Branches angular or terete, tomentose or glabrate; bracts of leafbuds ~ car 
early dectdas ous; leaves opposite on short or cig petioles, lanceolate, shih obova 
or orbicular, at t ie tine et abies ordate, glabrous or tom se “andemneath 
wit th faint nerves; ‘Sa6 n terminal cymose stats sairiened or gorse im on 
branchlet or es ae eperties on pink, or yollew, ‘practlets mm ¢a iran anlyx 
turbinate, 3 to m, glabrose or tomentose, with deltoid or roun ca lobes; setae 3 to 6 
mm, oblong or xe Waist capsule semi-adnate, ‘at last simak free, 3-lobed, 3-valved, glabrous 
iform. 
or tomentose; seeds linear fus 
The numerous varieties of Metrosideros polymorpha may be arranged into 
three sections as follows: 
Glabrae. 
Leav es glabrous on both sides, calyx also glabrous. 
Sect. II. He 
Leaves glabrous on bout sides, calyx silvery or whitish tomentose or woolly. 
Sect. III. Tomentosae. 
Leaves whitish or grayish tomentose, ealyx tomentose or woolly. 
Sect. I. Glabrae, 
a Small plants usually only found at the summit swamps as on Mt. Puukukui, 
and a Eke on Maui, (no. 8145). 
eaves small cordate, suborbicular, Te on both faces, strongly but finely reticu 
la Be po glabrous = — ere and ther ith a small patch of ages silky pubsscetiee; 
petals and stamens red, the former slightly. ciliate "at § the margin 
8 Trees on the main range of Oahu, at an elevation of 1000-2000 feet. Niu 
Valley, (no. 4829), Pauoa Valley (no. 1010), Manoa Valley. 
Leaves small ovate- -elliptical, acute or rounded a e apex, tapering at the base into 
& somewhat margined petiole; calyx perfectly lg the lobes triangular acute, 
branchlets red; res es uM. tremuloides. Inflorescence occasionally but sparingly 
sprinkled with a silky pubescence. 
y Large trees, probably the typical M. polymorpha on the main range, Koolau 
Mts. (no. 1279), Oahu; also from Kauai. 
Leaves mye Soa to ovate-oblong, larger, glabrous on both faces bluntly acute, dark 
green, with a straight marginal nerve, shortly petioled; calyx and corolla glabrous or very 
finely Bupsiato ig of a silky white. 
Sect. II. Hemilanatae, 
8 Trees or shrubs. Kamoku forest, Molokai, (no. 6181). 
Leaves — to ovate-oblong, obtuse both ends, rather large, long iy white 
glabrous on both faces with indistinct marginal nerve; calyx and pedicel s densely: whi 
tomentose, the rounded sepals green and glabra, petals re red and m margins not <i 
e Creepers in swampy open places, or bogs, on Molokai, Kawela, (no. a 
and 6097), resembles var. a sect. I. glabrae. 
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