64 RUTACEAE. [Pelea. 
4, P. anisata, Mann, 1. c. p. 314. — A slender tree, 15—20 ft. high. 
Leaves opposite, oblong, 3—7‘ X 11/2—2/4‘, on petioles of 1‘, obtuse or 
rounded at both ends, or emarginate with an attenuute base, chartaceous, 
the sinuate marginal nerve distant from the edge, with smaller secondary 
meshes intervening. Flowers small, 1—3 or more on a common axis 
of less than 1/2“, the pedicels 2“, adens at the middle. Sepals obtuse, 
1” or less. Petals 2—3”, Genes glabrous. Capsule thick coriaceous, 
small, cuboid, not exceeding 6“ in each diameter, subentire, the outer 
faces ohiued a only by a shallow sulcus, the axis remaining entire after 
dehiscence. — Wawra, l. c. 109. 
Kauai! in various parts, but most abundant in Hanalei. Nat. name: «Mokehana». 
— All aie of the tree, but particularly the seen: when bruised, emit a strong spicy 
Ban: 
5. b. "Reuonita Mann, 1. ¢. p. 313. — A small tree, about 15 ft. high, 
with rambling branches. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptico-oblong, 
‘ X 2—2t/2‘ on petioles of 1/2—1’, moderately acuminate, charta- 
ceous, the marginal nerve remote from the edge, with one or two sets 
of shone between, shining above, clothed underneath, especially along 
the midrib, with a dense velvety or cobwebby vitlosity. Flowers small, 
1 or more in a cluster, on filiform pedicels o nSiaee which are brac- 
teolate at the base. Sepals ovate, 1—11/2”, Petals thin, 1'/2—2"/2”. 
Capsule (full grown, but with seeds not matured) octlags r thin, deeply 
4-parted to near the base, the elongate cocci divaricate and recurved, 
about 6” long and less han 3" high, keeled at the upper suture, one 
or _more often abortive. 
Kauai! Waimea, at elevations of 2000—3000. ft. (M. & B., and Kn. 64). 
ar. glabra. — Leaves ovate, broader, subemarginate at the base, on 
vee petioles, quite glabrous underneath. Flowers in clusters of 3—6, 
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glabrous, with bg petals. A low tree, rather shru 
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6. P. oblongifolia, Gray, l. c. p. 343. — A tall spreading shrub, 8—12 
ft. high, with slender eaetieat glabrous almost throughout. Leaves 
Opposite, rarely ternate, elliptico- or obovately- oblong, 2!/2—41/2‘  1—2’, 
on petioles of 4—6“, bluntly acuminate or rounde , even emarginate at 
the apex, contracted but truncate and subemarginate at the base, char- 
ge. Flowers quite glabrous, generally single on a filiform 
2—3-nodose peduncle of 4—12", the filiform pedicel 6—9”, minutely 
bracteolate at the middle, rarely 2 flowers in a cyme. Sepals 1—11/2”. 
Petals 3—4' . 
/4 of their length, ua above, horizon- 
tally divaricate, at length recurved, one or more often abortive. Seeds 
