Loganiaceae. 
between the leaves would be the only characteristic which might separate them 
from the former family, had it not been demonstrated that too much value alto- 
gether has been attached to the presence or absence of these organs, ete.”’ 
Owing to limited space it is here impossible fully to discuss this interesting ques- 
tion. A definite settlement in regard to the nomenclature of our Hawaiian 
Labordia will have to be deferred until the future. The writer possesses numerous 
new species of Labordiae and complete material of those already known, which 
will be worked up after the writer’s return from Europe, where he will have 
opportunity to compare his specimens with the types in the various Herbaria of 
Europe. Only after then can a satisfactory treatise on this difficult group be 
published. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Corolla yellow 
lowers single, ncaa within the foliaceous calyx lobes. 
Capsule anigll wrested ic.<5 c5565sa ee ee es 
Flowers ol in a qed fee 
apsule-40 mm long, not crested........--eeeeeeeee eee eeeees L. membranacea 
Capsule ry mm high, three va minutely pedunculate......- L., sessilis 
Pp 
ae greenish, 
wers in & panicnlate cyMe.... 0... ce ce eee cece wee rene se L. tinifolia 
i. are undoubtedly several more Labordia which become trees, but owing 
to the general chaos in which this genus is at present, it was decided by the 
writer to limit the number of arborescent species to be described to four, as the 
diagnosis of the latter is fairly certain. 
Labordia Molokaiana H. Baillon. 
L. molokaiana 
Kamakahala 
LABORDIA MOLOKAIANA H. ee - tte: Soc. Linn. Paris, I, (1880) n. 30. 240; — 
Del Cast. Il. Fl. Ins. Mar (1892) 237.Labordia lophocarpa Hbd. Fi. 
Haw, Isl. es 289 ; sie oreo in mPa et Prantl Pfizfam. IV. 2. (1892) 32. 
s fleshy, slender, and sharply ridged 
a 
Shorter than the broad clavate stigma; capsule 12 to 14 mm 
valves broadly winged at the back, above, with the wings roun 
apex. 
fluent at the 
In regard to the nomenclature of this species there seems to be some doubt 
whether it is Hillebrand’s Labordia lophocarpa or Gaudichaud’s L. fagraeoidea, 
but to the writer’s mind it must be identical with the former. However, the 
question cannot be decided definitely until material has been examined on which 
Baillon based his description. Baillon states in regard to L. Molokaiana as 
eee: :* The L. Molokaiana gathered on Molokai by Mr. J. Remy (no. 363 
high, 
ded and generally not con- 
* Translated from the original. 
