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rays 6—12‘, most branches dividing from the base, with the lowest branch- 
lets deflected. Median pedicels 4—5“; bractlets short subulate. Sepals 
11/2, narrow lanceolate, acute, glabrous, green, with scarious edges. 
aminodia nearly as long, linear from an orbicular base, bifid. Stamens 
exserted, filiform. Styles 3, long exserted. Capsule generally not ex- 
ceeding the s Spald. Seeds few, citittan ehacets: much curved, transversely 
Walp. R S. E. E. 
muricate or rugose. — Walp. Repert. V, 789. — Gray, Bot. U. 
p. 137. — Mann, Fl. Haw. Islds. p. 16. — Eucladus suffruticosus, Nutt. - 
in herb. Hook. —- S. Oahuensis, Wawra. 
Oahu! soy Niu to Kaala; Molokai! Stem short, leaves thin and crowded; panicle 
stramineous: capsules mostly | exserted. Kauai! leaves obovate-oblong; panicle smaller, 
with prea po hengere ge the flowers larger, approaching those of S. diffusa; immature 
se. 
seeds only 
ar. imp at — Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute at both ends. Panicle 
shark with filiform rays spreading in every direction, the median pedicels 
me i ie: elliptical, almost twice as long as the calyx. 
Ea st Maui! In W. Maui ae the branches of the panicle are 
hispid aie sherk whitish, not glandular hairlet: 
+ var. intermedia. — Subherba about 1'/2 ft. long, dichotomously 
branching. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, thin and dull. Panicle short, about 
red. 
6‘ long, quite open, the rays not pane at the base, rather me flowe 
Sepals and capsules 2“. Seeds tuberculate. 
Western end of Molokai! Habit of S. diffusa, but the seeds not smooth. 
. diffusa, on y, Bot. U.S. E. Exp. p. 138, pl. 11. — Subherbaceous, 
a stems 1—1!/2 ft. long, quite glabrous. Leaves thin membranous, pale, 
oblong or lanceolate, 2—4‘ > 3/s—1'/4‘, on petioles of ee acute, con- 
tracting or rounded at the base, 1-nerved, with evanescent veins, Panic 
6—12‘ long, with 6—7 pairs of spreading rays, the rays ak shah, 
or glabrate, sparingly divided and few-flowered, the median pedicels 
2—18” long. Bracts setaceous, those of the main rhachis sometimes 
Sepals 2—3”, ovate, actue, prominently several-nerved at the 
minodia gradually contracting from a broad base, linear, bifid. 
Capsule not exceeding the calyx, 3—5-valved. Seeds numerous, smooth. 
Hawaii! forests of Kohala, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa; West Maui! flowers smaller. 
3. S. pubescens, sp. n. — Suffrutescent, the straggling stems several 
feet long, purplish. Leaves distant, broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, 1-nerved, 
—41/2' & 11/4—21/2, on petioles of 4—12", somewhat obtuse, mucron 
thick chartaceous, dark green and dull. Panicle very large, occasionally 
reaching 5 ft., foliose along the main rhachis, with 6—10 nodes, clammy- 
internodes 8—6‘, the lowest rays 12—18%. 
Median pedicels 4—7. Bracts linear-lanceolate, 1—1'/2". Sepals 1'/2", 
pC: caudato-acuminate, purplish. Beeratinodie nearly as long, filiform 
from an orbicular or deltoid base. Styles 3—4, long exserted, as 
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