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exserted to about 3 beyond the calyx. Capsule 3-chambered below, 
entirely protruded beyond the calyx when mature. 
Molokai! Kamalo, about 2000 ft. above the sea. 
4. S. cryptopetala, sp. m. — Subherbaceous, decumbent, the elongate 
stems or branches 1—2 ft. long, distantly foliose, with internodes of 2'/2—4’. 
Leaves glabrous, linear-lanceolate, 3—4'  3—5“, acute at both ends, 
nerved, very shortly petiolate. Cyines i axillary, subpaniculate, rather 
dense, with foliaceous bracts, the peduncle 6“, the pedicels 2—3”, th 
whole inflorescence often forming a ine thyrsoid panicle. Calyx visco- 
puberulous, 3“, clavate, 10-nerved, very shortly 5-toothed at the contracted 
mouth. Corolla and stamens included in the calyx, the petals p zi 
obovate-oblong, slightly and sin emarginate, scarcely more than 
long, without claws or scales, on ynophore of about 1'/2.. Stamens *y 
as long as the sez the Dienes ones shorter; anthers ovoid, obtuse 
bifid at the base. Styles h 1a", Capsule i ER 
ovoid, a Gees on a gynophore of 4—5“, opening into 6 obtuse teeth, 
with 3 slits deeper than the others. Seeds reniform, tuberculate-aculeate. 
Maui! Haleakala (Lydg.). 
5. 8. Gallica, L.—DC. Prod. I, 371. — An annual, !/2—1 ft. high, erect, 
hirsute. Leayes obovate-oblong, 1—11/2‘ long, mucronate, subsessile, the 
upper ones spathulate, feather-veined. 
the flowers single in the axils of bracteiform leaves, on pedicels of 1—2”. 
Calyx 4—5”, tubular, at length ovoid, 10-nerved, with 5 subulate teeth, 
hirsute. Gynophore less than 1“ long. Petals pads pink, with claws not 
exserted, the blades obovate, en or emarginate, with 2 or 3 oblong 
emargina ate scales of half their length. Filaments hispid. Styles very 
short. Capsule 3-chambered below. 
Northern slope of Kaala! Oahu; Waimea! Kauai. 
. SCHIEDEA, Cham. & Schlecht. 
Sepals 5, ee Petals none. Staminodia 5, hyaline, opposite the 
A weed from southern Europe. 
mmonly 4, 5, * or 10, filiform, stigmatose all round at the clavate apices. 
Gains opening into as many valves as there are styles. Seeds reniform 
or orbicular, subglobose or sacl compressed, with a coriaceous, generally 
ee or muricate testa. annular, surrounding a mealy albumen. 
ndershrubs or perennial cies a opposite entire leaves and clasping 
petioles. Stipules none. Flowers in paniculate, open or contracted , rarely 
n simple or corymbose cymes. 
