Gouania.| RHAMNACEAK, 83 
abortion of the lowest pair 3-flowered, the slender peduncle 12—18”, the 
pedicels 2—3”, bibracteolate ee articulate at the base, the bractlets 
I'/2". Calyx pubescent, 2— n diameter, with sp jeadine triangular 
lobes. Peatals shorter, thin. aren globose. Disk pentagonal in the 
fertile, small cup-shaped without style in the sterile flowers. Styles 
3. disti 
, distinct, very short 5—6“ long, 2—3-winged, the wings 
2“ broad, extending the whole length and projecting below the base of 
the fruit. Seed oblong, rather flat, with a brown shining testa, — Gray, 
Bot. U. S. E. E. p. 284. — G. integrifolia, Meyen (not Link) 
Oahu! Waianae range (Lihue, Makaha). 
G. Hillebrandi, sp. ». Oliver in liter. — A low decumbent shrub, 
the slender rambling branches silky with a rust- or ash-colored pubescence, 
Leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate, 1!/2—21/2'  8/s—1‘, on petioles of 
‘/2—1', obtusely pointed or acute, entire, dark green, pubescent and pale 
below, thin chartaceous. Stipules 3—4”. Cymes tomentose, 1—11/2‘ long, 
bracteolate at the base. Calyx coriaceous, tomentose, 2“, shortly 5-lobed, 
the tube continued beyond the ovary and in the fertile flowers constricted 
below the throat. Disk plane and continuous without style in the sterile 
flowers. Style in the fertile flower short, with 3 obtuse stigmas. Capsule 
4—5“, tomentose, coriaceous, a tones often 3-horned, the sea 
broad and projecting above, contracting or ceasing toward the bas 
Seeds erect, oblong, flattish. Hees central in scanty fiance the 
cotyledons broad-oblon. 
Maui! gulches of Kula ee Lahaina. 
® var. — Leaves emarginate at the truncate apex, canescent on both 
sides with a gray tomentum, as is the whole inflorescence, including the 
ripe capsules. — of capsule extending to the 
Maui! Kula (Lyd 
3. G. Bishopii, sp. m.. A decumbent cirrhiferous shrub, ferrugineo- 
tomentose, with the ‘iecenne terminal on short axillary branches 
with one or two leaves and a stiff revolute tendril in their axils. Stipules 
less than 1/2“, broad and obtuse. Leaves ovate or slightly cordate, 
212-3’  11/2—15/4', on petioles of 4—5, acuminate, crenate with 
glandular teeth, thic sande eee below, sparsely so on the upper face, 
thick chartaceous and strongly penni- aa. the lowest nerve dividing 
pedately. Inflorescence ae ce spicaeform, the flowers on sessile 
clusters along an axis of 2—3‘. Calyx patent, 21/2 in diam. Petals 
nearly as long as the calyx-lobes. Disk 5-lobed or rayed, the broad 
emarginate rays opposite the sepals. Capsule tomentose, 3” high and 
4" wide, 3-winged, with wings continued to the base, finally separating 
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