56 GERANIACEAE. [Geranium. 
~, hololeucum, Gray, in part. — In 5-nerved leaves 2 nerves run out into 
the sinus between the teeth. 
Maui! Haleakala, from 4000—8000 ft., common on the north and east slope. Called 
«Hinahina> (silver-gray) by the natives, as is the Argyroxiphium. 
3. G. humile, sp. ». — A low trailing shrub, the slender blackish 
branches running to the length of 2 or 3 ft. and rooting, foliose at the 
ends and covered for some distance below with subulate stipules of 4—5". 
Leaves obovate-obtuse, 8—12” 4—6", on petioles of 3“, 5—9-toothed 
near the apex, thick coriaceous, silvery-tomentose underneath, dark-green 
above, but with a silvery pubescence along the 5—9 simple nerves. Cymes 
few-(1—5-)flowered, projecting beyond the leaves, about 3’ long, the 
peduncle over 1‘, the bracteolate pedicels 1/2', Sepals silvery, ovate, 
2—3". Petals white, obovate, entire, 5—6”. 
Summit of Eeka! Maui; and a similar plant in the swamps of Lehua makanui, Kauai. 
Mrs. Sinclair, pl. 35 (leaves toothed, cymes single-flowered). Nat. name: «Nohuanu» 
4. G, multifloram, Gray, Bot. U. 8S. E. Exp. p. 311, pl. 29. — An 
undershrub with branches softly pubescent. Leaves membranous, green 
on both faces, roundish-obovate, 11/2‘ < 1 ‘, on petioles of 1/2‘, 7—9-nerved, 
with most nerves forking and anastomosing, deeply serrate in the upper 
half or two thirds into 13—17 broad teeth, Stipules subulate, 4—5”. 
yme compound, on a peduncle of 2—3‘, bearing 30 or more flowers. 
Bracts subulate, scarious, 1. Pedicels 3”. Sepals 3—4”, mucronate, 
pubescent. Petals a little longer. Carpels pubescent, their beaks 8—9”. 
B var. canum. — Leaves silvery-tomentose on both faces, but glabrate 
with age, 7—9-nerved, with 9—11 serratures in the upper half, Stigmatic 
branches discreet, 1/2", glabrous. 
N. edge of the crater of Haleakala! Maui. 
5. G, ovatifolium, Gray, 1. ¢. p. 314, pl. 30. — A shrub, several feet 
high, with spreading branches, which are covered with connate subulate- 
pointed stipules. Leaves thin chartaceous, green on the upper, white- 
silky on the lower face, ovate, 1—2/2 x 1/2—11/2', on petioles of 1—1'/2’, 
acute, serrulate with numerous appressed toothlets, except at the obtuse 
or rounded base, 7—11-nerved, the nerves forking at the end and sparingly 
anastomosing. Cymes few-(3 —7-)flowered, on short pluri-bracteate peduncles. 
Flowers rather large, the sepals purplish, ovate-oblong, mucronulate, the 
petals white, with purple veins. Seeds minutely reticulate. (Descr. 
according to Gra: 
North bank of the crater of Haleakala, Maui (U. 8. E. E.). N 
* a » . 8. E. E.), No mention is made of the 
stigmatic branches, which are entirely wanting in the figure. Mr. L as collected 
: in the same region and la With the above name. In these the leaves 
the description, but are green underneath, although hispid. The 
