Rubiaceae. 
Var. sccriacea Rock var. nov. 
Branches light gray, terete and striate. Leaves suborbicular, ee Magergatiye: 
pubescent along the prominent nerves and midrib, on gone of 2 t i 5 eo t 
glands ears and very ig Sis in the axils of the nerves; panicles ‘of a 
whorls, rather short, 2.5 to 3 em, densely tomentose, with a airly yellow ish- gi necro oli 
calyx and corolla pubescent, he former truncate; ‘drupes angled, obovate, rather small, 7 
mm, pubescent. 
As the name implies, this variety occurs on the scoria or aa lava fields of 
Manuka in Kau on the southern slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. It is a small 
tree 15 feet in height and grows in company with Nototrichium sandwicense, 
Santalum Freycinetianum, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, and others. Collected 
July, 1911, flowering and fruiting. The type is no. 10201 in the College of 
Hawaii Herbarium. 
Straussia Fauriei Lévl. 
Kopiko. 
STRAUSSIA FAURIEI Lévl. in Fedde Repert. X. thd oe 155 
Branches stout; ees es obovate or suborbicu to 7.5 em Jon ng, 2 to 6 em wide, 
rounded or acute at the apex, somewhat hae ‘at the Sees, slightly subcordate, sub- 
sessile or on petioles of 1 mm, reddish to bronze-colored when dry, glabrate, with strong 
prominent nerves; panicles erect, short, rusty tomentose, peduncle 15 to 25 mm; calyx limb 
truncate or wavy, corolla lobes twice the length of the tube, puberulous, slightly bearded 
at the throat; the drupe is obovate, crowned by the calycine limb and a small conica 
dise which is ‘not protruding. 
This marked species is a small tree 10 feet or little more in height and occurs 
on Oahu as well as on Lanai on the crests of the mountain ridges exposed to the 
wind and cold and therefore appears stunted. The species was first discovered 
by the writer in the Punaluu Mts., Oahu, on Aug. 23rd, 1908 (no. 25), was 
again collected on December 3, 1908 (no. 634); and also on the Island of Lanai 
(no. 8047) on the top of the ridges leading to the summit Lanaihale. In the 
Lanai specimens the leaves are 3x2 em, while the Oahu specimens have larger 
leaves. The panicles are usually one-whorled. Collected also by Abbé Faurie 
(no. 400) at Nuuanu pali, December, 1909. 
Straussia leptocarpa Hbd. 
Kopiko. 
STRAUSSIA LEFTOCABEA Hbd. Fl. Haw. i A eel 180;—Del Cas . Fil. Ins. Mar. 
- e. VI. (1890) 197;—K. Schum, in Engl. et Prantl ‘Pfizfam. TV. fe (1891) 112. 
s obovate or elliptical oblong, 10 to 125 em long, acuminate, contracted below 
wit 
Lea 
triangular, 0 obtuse, 3 mm; panicle furfuraceous-pubescent, erect, short, h 2 to 3 whorls, 
pedu nele about 2.5 em; calyx and corolla ts aged in the bud, the latter four to six- 
n 
lobet, with get oe at the iitoat, the lobes scarcely longer tha an the tube; stamens 
to 6; ovary s superior; drupe slender, ellipsoi jdal_ or Sein 12 mm long a nd 4 mm 
Ge at the middle, the conical apex or dise projecting beyond the calycine limb. 
Hillebrand records this species as a shrub from East Maui, woods of Pumelei. 
The writer collected specimens from apparently this species from West Mam, 
and also East Maui, in open gulches above Makawao, where it is a small tree 
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