Rubiaceae. 
corolla waxy white, funnel shaped, Mest at the throat, 6-lobed; anthers subsessile at the 
throat, acute, little exserted; style slightly exserted, the short lobes dilated; drupe 12 mm 
crowned wi ith the ehipcing 3 imb; pyrenae with 3 ridges at the bac 
This species, for which there is no native name as far as can be ascertained, 
was originally discovered on Kauai. It was however found by the writer on the 
Island of Oahu, in the forests of the Koolau range. It is a small tree 15 to 20 
feet in height and occurs along the Manoa cliff trail back of Honolulu, as well 
as in the forest of Punaluu, on the windward side of Oahu. The flowers of this 
species are white and much larger than those of Straussia (Kopiko). 
On Kauai in the mountains of Kaholuamano and Halemanu occur two other 
species, one of them a small tree, first described by Wawra as a variety hirta 
of the above species, but raised since to specific rank by Heller and now known 
as Psychotria hirta (Wawra) Heller. It differs from P. hexandra in the leaves, 
which are obovate cuneate at the base and pubescent underneath; the calyx 
teeth are also shorter. The third species, Psychotria grandiflora Mann, is a 
shrub and was collected by the writer in the swampy forests of Halemanu near 
Alakai swamp. It is the handsomest species, as it has the largest flowers, which 
are pure white to cream colored on long drooping panicles. Hillebrand records 
it as a tree, but it was observed by the writer only as a shrub. 
COPROSMA Forst. 
wers unisexual, dioecious in all Hawaiian species. Calyx cup- shaped, truncate or 
or less toothed or lobed, larger in the female flowers than in the male. Corolla 
aped or nula = i 
rted. Ovary 2 
e fie style divided to the base, Trae ent. Drupe ovate or globose, gigs ea Laren 
rect shrubs or trees with opposite or rar ely verticillate leaves, entire or dentate stipules. 
te white or greenish, quite inconspicuous, single or in few flowered cymes, terminal 
or axillary. 
The genus Coprosma, which consists of about 45 to 50 species, of which the 
majority are found in New Zealand, has quite a number of species in the Ha- 
waiian Islands. So far 15 species have been found in these islands, of which 4 
were described lately,—two by the present writer in this volume and two by 
H. Léveillé in Fedde repertorium (C. Fauriei and C. parvifolia). The latter 
was first collected by the writer on West Maui, while Faurie’s specimen came 
from Molokai. (C. Fauriei is not a good species and is referable to C. Kauaiensis 
(Gray) Heller. A few species occur in the Fiji and Norfolk Islands, 8 in 
Australia, 1 in the Malay Peninsula, and 1 or 2 in Chile. 
None of the Hawaiian species has a foetid odor, as the generic name would 
imply. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Leaves  opposit 
ers me on short aperée —— Pe aa Nee ees oie ae 
Powers raised on a peduncles. ...-.-----eeeere cece teeter 
te He Leong the tae paren limb of the calyx. 
s 3-5-6, " citamatie at the end of a short peduncle. C. rhynchocarpa 
Peed single or in racemes, pedicellate..-...-.--++++++++- Cc. Vo 
Cc. montana 
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