Solanaceae. 
Nothocestrum longifolium Gray. 
Aiea. 
NOTHOCESTRUM LONGIFOLIUM Gray, in Proc. Am. Acad. VI, (1862) 48;—Seem 
Flora Vit. (1866) 173;—Mann in Proe hi Acad. VIL. (1867) 1915 —Wawra in 
Flora (1873) 62;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 308;—Del Cast. Il. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif, 
VIT. (1892) 249, 
A small tree or shrub with slender ascending branches, asia glabrous; leaves thin 
membraneous, lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, acuminate at both ends or occa asionally only 
acute or oo brebdaas obtuse, 10 to 20 em long, 3.5 to 8.5 em ie on petioles of 8 to 20 mm; 
flowers eps ae single, but not uncommonly 2 or 3, on pedicels of 8 to 30 mm; 
calyx tubular, 8 to 12 mm with flowers, 14 to 16 mm with fruit, glabrous, sharply or ob- 
tusely, sivas oe, 4-toothed; corolla aie yellow, the t not longe the 
calyx, the lobes of va sine size, narrowly margined, glabrous when open, silky pubescent 
bu 
anthers pag seucttes: stigma clavate, included in the tube; berry elon 
12 to 20 mm long, orange- ied rather fleshy, included in the calyx or eine bey 
This rather slender species is more often a shrub than a tree, and is pe 
to the rain forests on all the islands of the group. It usually sends out thin 
slender stems which do not branch, reaching a height of 7-10 feet, bearing leaf 
whorls at the ends, or it is a regular shrub with long and slender branches. 
Oceasionally it is a tree 15-20 feet high. As such it was observed and collected 
by the writer in the Kipuku Puaulu, near the Voleano Kilauea on Hawaii at 
an elevation of over 4000 feet. This is the only record where it was not found 
in the rain forest proper. It is not uncommon on Oahu, on the Koolau range, 
and can be collected in the mountains back of Honolulu. 
A variety B brevifolium Hbd. occurs in the mountains of Kauai, where it was 
collected by the writer along Opaiwela stream in the forests of Kaholuamano. 
Nothocestrum breviflorum Gray. 
Aiea. 
eee S70: TiS 
NOTHOCESTRUM BREVIFL Gray in Proc. -* Acad, VI. Sage eg ;—Seem. 
Flora hee (1866) 173; mete Proc. Am, Acad. VII. een) i91;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. 
tae (1888) 308;—Del Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pac, VII. (1892) 248 
sige ricoh 10 to 12 m high; branches stiff, ene 
3 5 
& abi the ce eee to 10 mm, ealyx pacino with: Howes 
ha over it, dentate, kg bilabiate; cohol greenish yellow, 
Obes with yellowish, coa e pubescence outside, with the exception o 
=e glabrous, glabrous inside; anthers not protruding, linear, acute, glabro 
§ yle short; berry globose or oblong, ceakiee -red, 8 mm, or more lon ng. 
The Aica of Hawaii is a medium sized tree, 30-35 feet high, with a trunk of 
often 114 feet in diameter ; the bark is perfectly smooth and of a chccolate brown 
or grayish color; the w oe is soft and whitish-green, and full of sap. It is 
Peculiar to the tlcad of Hawaii, where it occurs in the dry districts especially 
on the aa lava flows of North Kona, at Puuwaawaa on the slopes of Mt. Hualalai, 
In that locality the writer met with the big- 
aged and often 
Us; ovary ovoid, 
where it is exceedingly common. 
gest trees. The trunks, owing to their softness are easily dam 
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