34 CARYOPHYLLACEAE, [Schiedea. 
of 1—'/4‘, and leaf-fascicles in most axillas. Leaves spreading, filiform, 
2‘ X ¥2", 1-nerved, channelled above, mucronate. Panicle contracted 
ded interrupted, thyrsoid, consisting of 3—5 short fascicles or glomerules, 
the lowest rays 1—%/4‘ long, supported by leaf-like bracts; the bractlets 
short ovate-subulate. Pedicels 1—2“. Sepals 1“, ovate, obtuse, pubescent, 
nearly nerveless. Staminodia nearly as long, linear-subulate from a 
thickened base. Stamens exserted. Styles 3. Capsule a little longer than 
the calyx. Seeds minute, almost smooth. — Some flowers tetramerous 
sa octandrous. el ade to Gray). 
auai! Waimea (U. S. E. E.). — .’§ no. 342, collected on Lanai, belongs to 
8. pio sii. 
11. 8. Remyi, Mann, Enum. no. 33; Fl. Haw. Islds. p. 18. — Subher- 
baceous, low, !/2—1 ft. high, the short nodose and naked stems prostrate, 
with branches ascending, these de . foliose below, with axillary 
fascicles, suddenly passing into scapes —6‘ in length, which bear 
only 1—3 distant pairs of leaves and a pee globose head of flowers at 
the end, mostly with another smaller one at the next lower node at a 
distance of 1—2‘. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 2—3’ & 1—3“, acute, broadly 
sessile and clasping, l-nerved, membranous, glabrate. The terminal 
glomerule, #/4—1'/4‘ in diam., consists of 2 or 3 closely approximate nodes, 
the short cymes dividing ae near the base, the pubescent pedicels 
1—3. Sepals 2‘', pubescent, ovate, blunt, thin, nerveless, soon withering. 
Staminodia ligulate, ‘j2 as long as the sepals, truncate or bifid, not 
dilated at the base. Stamens scarely exserted. Styles oftener 4 than 3 
or 5. Capsule not exserted. Seeds numerous, transversely rugose (almost 
smooth according to Mann). 
Molokai! shone Kaluaaha, near the seashore; Oahu! Waimanalo (the glomerules 
looser, more open and fewer-flowered). 
12. 8. Sectiost Gray, 1. c. p. 133. — Weak, decumbent, 1—2 ft. high, 
distantly foliose, most branches ending in a panicle. Leaves membranous, 
narrow lanceolate, 1!/2—2'/2‘ x 3—6", acute at both ends, with a petiole 
of 1—2”, 3-nerved, glabrous. Panicle open, 4—8‘ long, with 4—6 pairs 
of filiform, horizontally spreading, multibracteate rays, often dividing near 
the base. Bracts lanceolate, gradually diminishing from 6” below to 2” 
at the extremities. Pedicels and sepals puberulous, the former 4—6”; 
olate. Staminodi 
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linear, bifid, dilated at the ane bieortere slightly exserted. Styles 
Capsule as long as sepals. Seeds almost smooth. — L. ligustrina, Hook. 
Oahu! Kaala range, Makaha and Makaleha. 
13. S. Lydgatei, sp. — Erect, subherbaceous, */4—11/2 ft. is 
brownish when dry, Sabine foliose, with internodes of 1—2’. 
