68 RUTACEAE. [ Pelea. 
diameter, on petioles of 6—9", emarginate at both ends, mucronate, thick 
coriaceous, with prominent reddish nerves, the marginal nerve continuous 
and close to the edge, the midrib underneath hirsute and the lower face 
covered with a scattering pubescence, but glabrate at a later time. Oil- 
dots copious. Panicle as in the two preceding species, 12—15-flowered, 
hirsute. Sepals and petals hairy, the latter in the fertile fl. about 3” 
long, the sepals not much shorter, the stamens less than 1/2 the length 
nd narrow sagittate, the lobes of the style short and thick. Ovary 
gi “orange 
summit of Mt. Eeka, 6000 ft.; a a Sadar on the top of Mt. Kaala, Oahu 
Pay Ps B em herb. Cornell Univers. without n ber). 
15. P. rotundifolia, Gray, 1. ¢. p. 344, pl. 37. — A small tree. Leaves 
sessile or subsessile, round or very sho ortly pointed, 21/2—3'/2’ in each 
diameter or a little less in the transverse one, cordate at the base, thick 
s angular pe 
uncle 4, the pedicels 2— me bracteolate above the middle; bractlets 
L')2. Sepals 11/,'', the reddish petals 3“. Capsule as in P. volcanica. 
— Mann, I. c. p. 315. — Wawra, l. ec. p- 
Oahu, eastern division of the main range. 
16. P. pallida, sp. n. — Leaves ternate, ovate-oblong, 5—7' >< 21/4—25/4, 
shortly acuminate, truncate and e emarginate at the base, thin chartaceous, 
pale, glabrous, on petioles of 1'/2—2’. Flowers nume 5—35, ina 
acutely ovate, 1! ial , the latter valvate. Ovary glabrous. 
Oah Ta 
17. P. cinerea, Hitler, — A small tree, 15—20 ft. sak the young 
shoots covered with a grayish or ochraceous tomentu um. Leaves opposite, 
ovate-oblong, 3—4‘  11/2—2‘ on petioles of G—i2"'; dad eb 
subcoriaceous, with faint nerves, the marginal nerve distant and arcuate, 
tomentulose epi but soon glabrate. Flowers 3—5 in a short 
raceme, onan peduncle 3—6", the pedicels 2—4, bibrac- 
teolate at the ua. the bractlets about 11/2. Petals 2“, valvate in the 
bud, but some edges forced out before expansion, gray-puberulous. Ovary 
tomentose. Capsule 10—12” transversely, the follicles cohering slightly 
at the base only, soon glabrate, thick-coriaceous, opening only along the 
ventral suture, generally all maturing; the thick endocarp pubescent! Seeds 
1 or 2 in each follicle, 2—3” in OO a plano-conyex, extending 
the whole length and breadth of the albumen — Melicope cinerea, Gray, 
l. c. p. 350, pl. 39. hens €. p: S16. 
Oahu! main Tange, chiefly in the western division. 
