Goodeniaceae-Compositae. 
feet, but is seldom a tree; it grows usually in out-of-the-way places, as on the sum- 
mit ridges of the mountains of Oahu, and ia the swampy forest and borders of 
great bogs on Kauai, usually at an elevation of from 3000-5000 feet. The flowers 
are the largest of the Hawaiian Naupaka and are bright yellow. 
Scaevola procera Hbd. 
Naupaka or Naupaka kuahiwi. 
sepia PROCERA Hbd. Fl. Haw. Isl. (1888) 268;—Del Cast. Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pae. 
VIT. (1892) ie ee in Minnes. Bot. Stud, Bull. TX. (1897) 914;—Krause Das 
en ee Ty. 4. . (1912) 123.—Lobelia procera O, Ktze . Rev. Gen. Pl. II. 
(1891) 3 
Branches terete, densely and shortly cinereous tomentose, adult ones somewhat glabrous, 
acutely cee ieee or the base entire, o 15 em long, 2.5 to 4.5 am fais sparsely 
Sogn ae bove, pubescent beneath, with eka and —- nent nerv owers large 
in axillary divaricate trichotomous cymes which are cinereous i aaiaion: and shorter 
a ty) ovary ng, 
puberulous or subglabrous, aes e mm; calyx lobes very short, obsoletely deltoid-ofate, 
subacute, with ciliolate margin olla white pe purple ites 1.8 to 2.5 em long, 
outside sparcely but in ae densely “puberulous, the subpaten es shorter than the 
tube, with somewhat broad wings; stam at the base little * ailated, the filiform fila- 
ments 7 to 8 mm long, cote elliptical- phlons, truneate, much shorter than the filaments; 
style somewhat complanate, sparsely puberulous, quite glabrous at the apex, little shorter 
than the corolla; indusium with the upper margin shortly cater fruit ovoid, glabrous, 6 
mm long, 3 to 4 mm thick, indistinctly and longitudinally cos 
This rather handsome species occurs as a shrub and small tree 15 feet or so 
high on several islands of the Hawaiian group, but is most common on Molokai. 
It resembles somewhat S. mollis. It was first found by Hillebrand on Molokai 
at the Pali of Pelekunu Valley. It was collected by the writer March, 1910, 
flowering and fruiting back of Kamoku, near Kawela swamp (no. 6159), and 
again at Wailau pali (no. 7031 and 7036), Molokai. On Kauai he collected it 
back of Lihue on the Haupu range with almost entire leaves, flowering March 19, 
1909. (College of Hawaii Herbarium. ) 
COMPOSITAE. 
The Composite, or Sunflower, family, is the largest family of plants, com- 
prising over 800 genera, with more than 10,000 species. The Composite family 
is considered one of the youngest of the plant families, as some of its tribes are 
still in full evolution. 
It is distributed over the whole Globe, and is represented in these islands by 
about 60 species, only a few of which become trees. Of striking character is 
the well-known Hawaiian Silversword, Argyroriphium sandwicense (Hinahina), 
with its variety macrocephalum from Haleakala crater. Some of the arborescent 
species of Hawaiian Compositae inhabit the high mountains of the group, up to 
an elevation of over 10,000 feet. 
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