Loganiaceae. 
Labordia sessilis Gray. 
LABORDIA SESSILIS Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. IV. (1860) 323;—H. Baillon Bull. Mens. 
Soe. Linn. Paris. I. (1880)240.—L, fagraeoidea Hbd. FI. Haw. Isl. (1888) in part. 
eaves subsessile, thick leathery, oblong, or lanceolate oblong, acute at the apex, 
cuneate at the base, 7.5 em to 12.5 ¢ ieee. pals underneat ‘ veins transparent, stipules 
united, tubular , long; sepals oblong- aeiate, eapsules 5 mm high, minutely pedunculate 
or sessile in the axis of the last leaves within the stipules, phised: valved. 
This species which is certainly distinet from L. fagraeoidea, is a tree often 35 
to 40 feet in height, but occasionally a shrub, and occurs only in the rain forests 
of Oahu, on the main range. It is especially common in Manoa Valley at an 
elevation of 2500 feet. It can easily be recognized by its oblong-lanceolate pale 
green foliage and transparent venation. The capsules are exceedingly small and 
hidden in the stipules. 7 
Labordia tinifolia Gray. 
(Plate 165.) 
LABORDIA TINIFOLIA Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. IV. (1860) 322;—Mann in Proce. Am. 
Acad, VII. (1867) 197—Wawra in Flora (1872) 515;—Baill. in Bull. Mens. Soe. 
Linn, Paris. (1880) 238-240; ;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 292;—Solereder in Engl. 
et Prantl IV. 2. (1892) 32;—Del Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins, Mar. Pac, VIT, (1892) 237;— 
Heller Pl. Haw. Isl. (1897) 877. 
A small tree 6 to 8 m high, with sive and pale terete branches; leaves ae ee 
or obovate or ovate-oblong, 5 to 10 em long, 18 to 37 mm wide, on petioles of 4 to 12 n 
acute or acuminate at both ends, or obtuse at the apex, chartaceous glabrous; junds 
many in a paniculate eyme 3.5 to 10 em in length, with a peduncle of 12 to 30 mm in 
length, the ultimate pedicels 6 to 18 mm, subequal; bractlets mete ealyx 3 mm, divided 
beyond the mi op fen 5 sige, keel aeute lobes: corolla greenish, very slender, salver- 
shaped, the tube 8 mm, gla , but pubescent ¥ikin thie lobes about one-third as 
ong; capsules g ba short, oe or nage void somewhat obtuse or acute, 8 to “eh mm long, 
slightly suleate, 2 valved or very rarely 3-valved, the valves rounded at the bae 
This species is a small tree of 15 to 20 feet or more in height and oceurs on 
Kauai, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, and according to Hillebrand also on Oahu; as it 18 
found on these various islands at different altitudes it is somewhat variable. 
The trunks of the trees are straight, especially in the specimens from the forests 
above Makawao (no. 8616). The bark resembles very much that of the Aali, 
Dodonaea viscosa, or that of Styphelia tameiameia. It is of a dark brown color, 
and is closely and deeply corrugated, the furrows are not straight, but seem to 
encircle the trunk, somewhat cork-serew fashion. The peduncle varies consider- 
ably in length, as do also the leaves in size. On Lanai the tree was observed on 
the dry forehills of Mahana and Kaiholena Valleys, (no. 8000 and no. 8099). 
On West Maui it grows above Kaanapali at 2000 feet elevation (no. 8169). It is 
typical of the drier regions and hardly ever ascends into the rain forest. It 
comes very close to L. triflora Hbd. and seems to differ from the latter in not 
having cordate and subsessile leaves. On Kauai, along the trail to Opaiwela 
stream near Kaholumano it grows as a shrub; the leaves are larger and the 
capsules ovoid, acute. 
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