Rubiaceae. 
The genus Gouldia is strictly Hawaiian, and consists of a goodly number of 
ill-defined species, most of which are shrubs, only very few becoming trees. As 
they are at present in a mixup, and difficult to determine without type material, 
it is thought wise to mention only these few. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Panicles axillary and short, ‘he es pubescent underneath........... Moats G. axillaris 
wemuicios Perminal, Large, 1OOkG. . ot oa son coeds ba ge ss ee a8 bs tea ee se eae G. elongata 
oo axillaris Wawra. 
Manono. 
(Plate 177.) 
GOULDIA AXILLARIS Wawra ‘in Flora (1874) 297;—Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 170;— 
Del i Tl. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. VI. (1890) 189.—G. sandwicensis var. hirtella 
Gra oc. Am, Ac. IV. (1860) 310, in part. 
Brane ae ae solid, densely and evenly foliose throughout, coarsely duane 
leaves on petioles of 4 to 12 mm, elliptical, sere oblong or lanceolate, 5 to 15 em long, 
1.5 to 5 em wide, more or less acuminate, contracted or rounded at the ‘base, bluish- green 
when fresh, membraneous to chartaceous, with not very di sn nerves, coarsely but 
“ar Soka underneath; stipules 6 mm; panicles shonin, pubescent, short, 2.5 
ong, = aS axils - mostly older leaves or on the naked br me with slender 
aes of t to 1 2 mm e lowest bracts 6 to 12 mm or foliaeavun, corolla puberulous, 
small; anthers sabexcerted; berry pale blue or blackish, 3 to 4 mm in diameter; seeds 20 
0 22 on each pla 
This species is a small tree about 20 to 25 feet high, and is very variable. It 
eccurs practically on all the islands of the group in the rain or middle forest 
zone. at an elevation of about 3000 feet. Specimens from South Kona, in the 
forests back of the lava fields of Kapua, Hawaii, have exceedingly large fruits, 
and larger panicles all along the branches, as well as terminal; collected frnit- 
ing February, 1912, (no. 10030). Other numbers in the Herbarium of the 
College of Hawaii are 3706 from Hualalai, Hawaii; 7016 from Maunahui, Molo- 
kai; 8535 from Mt. Haleakala, Maui. 
Gouldia elongata Heller. 
Manono. 
ee reg eee Heller in Minnes. tags Stud. Bull. TX. (1897) 897.—G. terminalis 
d, Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 169 in par 
Branches nl eee near ends, drooping, slender, four-angled, glabrous 
throughout; or ing inst es fine alae ge underneath; bark gray, smooth; leaves 
elliptieal skal on "sli ghtly more sbi tne t the apex than at the ba ase; 5 to 7.5 em 
ong, » ¢m or more wide, pat midrib eeoswedt ne impres ssed above, on short t petioles about 
2 em; panicles termi nal or occasionally rarented PY yramidal, very large and loose; pedicels 
slender; berries small, 2 mm in diameter, bluis 
This Manono is usually a shrub, but it was also observed as a tree in the for- 
ests of Kaholuamano, Kauai. Plants occur on Maui (no. 8531) which would be 
referable to this species, but differ to some extent, as in the contracted panicle, 
which comes closer to G. sambucina. The latter is also a small tree described 
by Heller. It oceurs in the forests of Kaholuamano, Kauai. The leaves of this 
latter species are very wide and thick coriaceous. 
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